Do you remember Clutch Cargo?
A few days back, on a blog I do not normally read, an off-topic comment to a rather meaningless post (I’m not making this up, ladies and gentlemen) dissed Clutch Cargo, calling it a bad show, making fun at its style and animation.
And that throwaway comment, on a blog I don’t normally read, sent me back memory lane.
So, for the uninitiated – what the heck’s a Clutch Cargo? Continue reading
Some things do not translate.
The Italian expression “volersi bene” for instance.
Normally it is considered as a milder equivalent of “loving” – if I say that Jack and Jill “si vogliono bene” I’m implying they are in love with each other, but in a somewhat quiet, not very passionate way.
But that’s wrong.
First, because it can be misleading.
A literal meaning is closer to “they wish well to each other”, or even more precisely “they desire each other’s good”.
It’s something soft, maybe even a little cuddly, but sometimes it’s love, sometimes it’s something else.
But it gets trickier than that. Continue reading
No media-related post today.
I’m happy to announce that one of my proposals passed the selection process at Pro Se Press – yes, I sold them a story!*
For a small-time hack living in the backwoods, feels like suddenly joining the major league.
I’m scared, nervous, damn proud and pretty exhilarated.
And since they gave me permission, I think I’ll flaunt it…
That’s me!
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* Now all I’ve to do is write it.
Nice piece about small presses publishing books about Japan
Extraordinary resource – The Museum of Hoaxes.
This post makes a pair with yesterday’s detox post.
I started Karavansara as an experiment, as a way to improve my English and as a reason to start and look outside of my country – but also as a safety valve.
Should everything else fail, I’d be able to kill strategie evolutive (my Italian blog) and go on doing my things here.
I guess anyone who’s keeping a blog or leading some kind of on-line writing activity feels like getting away from it all once in a while. Continue reading
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