Great interview! The rubbish teenage stuff and the cringey high school poetry is VERY familiar. Unfortunately, I do have the book I wrote the poems in buried in a box somewhere - but most of the short stories were saved on a 3.5 floppy disk, so hopefully technology's evolution means they'll never be seen again!
I liked "blaming myself for not storing enough MP3s"!
Interesting that Oleg is glad all the old stuff he penned is no longer with us. It's the same for me, but I regret letting it go, as some of it (not much, but some) wasn't bad at all. Not good enough to publish by any stretch of the imagination, but useful in a way to see what I was trying to do and where I didn't quite make it.
Also, just to say: I really like Oleg's newsletter: such a variety, and so well-written. I need to catch up, and leave some comments.
Great interview! The rubbish teenage stuff and the cringey high school poetry is VERY familiar. Unfortunately, I do have the book I wrote the poems in buried in a box somewhere - but most of the short stories were saved on a 3.5 floppy disk, so hopefully technology's evolution means they'll never be seen again!
Am signing up for Fictitious now!
I liked "blaming myself for not storing enough MP3s"!
Interesting that Oleg is glad all the old stuff he penned is no longer with us. It's the same for me, but I regret letting it go, as some of it (not much, but some) wasn't bad at all. Not good enough to publish by any stretch of the imagination, but useful in a way to see what I was trying to do and where I didn't quite make it.
Also, just to say: I really like Oleg's newsletter: such a variety, and so well-written. I need to catch up, and leave some comments.
*nods* I've nuked blogs in the past, RIP. But I may reuse of some of the old themes and ideas (I do this occasionally for How About This).
Same here. In my most recent post, Is Satire Dead, I resurrected stuff I wrote in 1971. Lol
You had me at conjugating verbs and Basque-based pidgin. Enjoy your dopamine hit, I subscribed!
Oleg, I have really been enjoying your newsletter!
Thank you Julie, I'm glad you like it!
Another great interview - thanks Mark and Oleg!
I love that Oleg write drafts on his phone and during his commute! Sounds like another (albeit non-Bradbury) challenge!
It's not that difficult to be honest :). Writing on paper during the shaky Vilnius commute would be a true challenge!