20201221 - Drunk Crafts Night

HaikuPrajna

Always by my side, / she shares all she makes with me./ Eight wonderful years. (Drunk crafts night)

It's April's and my anniversary! Eight wonderful years together. 

Check back tomorrow for more bite-sized insights from #MyYearInBooks!

Allen W. McLean

20201220 - "Beowulf"

 

HaikuPrajna:

The giant-killing / dragon-slayer, an epic / on loss and reason. ("Beowulf")

Have updated the page for "SM-SARA, Poems and Other Stories". You can now read the book blurb along with past excerpts from the book here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/sm-sara.html

Today's Goodreads #MyYearInBooks is "Beowulf" by anonymous. The story is an epic poem following the giant-killing, dragon-slaying feats of the titular protagonist. What I had liked about "Beowulf" was how blurred the line was between Beowulf and the enemies he had slain; Heorot had killed Grendel's mother's child, and the Geats had stolen from the dragon. Grendel himself attacked Hrothgar's mead hall because he felt wronged by their joy. In every case, "Beowulf" matches both sides of its conflicts with reason, and that gives this epic its real-world feeling

My Goodreads' 2020 #MyYearInBooks can be seen here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2020/83965332

Previews of the upcoming "SM-SARA" HaikuPrajna Collection can be found here:  https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/sm-sara.html

While I pitch my first novel, "Perennial City", the full first chapter along with rough-chapter previews can be found here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/perennial-city.html

Thank you for reading.

Until next time,

Allen W. McLean

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