A.K. Lee
Book Review| Monstrous Regiment
“The enemy isn't men, or women, it's bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.” It's already the end of August in 2021...
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A.K. Lee
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
Book Review| Goodbye, Things
(Or more accurately: Audiobook review) Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism was an easy audiobook to listen to and absorb. Much...
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A.K. Lee
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
On Audiobooks
For the most part, I don't process auditory input very well. It's a matter of attention and retention: I can't listen to one single thing...
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A.K. Lee
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
Working on Writing
Recently I revisited an old writer's workbook. The Writer's Workout was something I'd bought back in around 2015, with the idea that I...
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A.K. Lee
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
Lok'tar ogar!
All through March I binge-read World of Warcraft novels, tracking down as many titles in eBook format from my library (seriously, I love...
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A.K. Lee
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
Book Review| Salt: A World History
Fuel, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea. The seven essentials of a Chinese household - and salt is the first condiment listed....
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A.K. Lee
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
一日丢一物 Daily Discards
I was tired of my clutter and decided to embark on an intentional decluttering exercise. Rather than just bundling up stuff I didn't like...
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A.K. Lee
- Jan 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Alchemy of Story
(initially published March 14, 2020) If you have a deep and abiding love of horror; if you have a keen eye for design; if you love the...
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A.K. Lee
- Jan 1, 2021
- 4 min
So You Want to Write a Mother
(initially published in May) Congratulations! You have chosen to incorporate a Mother™ in your latest piece of fiction. This is indeed a...
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A.K. Lee
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
Through Broken Glass
The year of 2020 has been challenging for practically everyone, and I think I speak for most people when I say "Good riddance!" to it. We...
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A.K. Lee
- Aug 29, 2020
- 5 min
My Father.
I apologize for not posting much recently. Part of the absence was due to depression, taking the form of the inability to focus on...
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A.K. Lee
- Jun 10, 2020
- 4 min
Challenging My Biases
I am a racist. Those four words are hard to admit to, let alone written to be read by anyone with internet access, but they are...
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A.K. Lee
- Apr 8, 2020
- 3 min
Book Review| The Grim Reader (Pt 2)
#bookreview #grimreader #death #dying I have reviewed one essay from this collection, but it occurred to me a few days after I'd posted...
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A.K. Lee
- Mar 28, 2020
- 5 min
Book Review| The Grim Reader: Writings on Death, Dying, and Living On
#reviews #thegrimreader #essays #death #dying #plague This is a collection of writings edited by Maura Spiegel and Richard Tristman. It's...
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A.K. Lee
- Mar 14, 2020
- 2 min
I interviewed Bryan Fuller (!!!)
I have been sitting on this personal achievement for a few months, but I can now share that I have accomplished a MAJOR personal goal of...
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A.K. Lee
- Feb 17, 2020
- 3 min
Viral
Life in Singapore goes on, even as the number of novel coronavirus (COVID19) patients increases. Most people are going about their days...
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A.K. Lee
- Feb 17, 2020
- 2 min
Book Review| The Red Threads of Fortune
“You weren’t to blame. Violence is the fault of the one enacting it. Always.” The second book in the Tensorate series, The Red Threads of...
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A.K. Lee
- Jan 13, 2020
- 3 min
Book Review| The Black Tides of Heaven
“The saying goes, ‘The black tides of heaven direct the courses of human lives.’ To which a wise teacher said, ‘But as with all waters,...
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A.K. Lee
- Dec 30, 2019
- 2 min
Looking Forward
I'm not a huge fan of resolutions, but the New Year always feels like a good time to start new things. I don't have huge goals for 2020,...
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A.K. Lee
- Dec 28, 2019
- 8 min
19 Things I Am Grateful For
While 2019 has been an eventful and a somewhat stressful year, I would like to look back and think about what I am grateful. 1. My loved...
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