Skip to content
The Curious Scribbler
  • About
  • Refuge
    • Prologue
    • Chapter 1 Vietnam
    • Chapter 2 Romania
    • Chapter 3 China
    • Chapter 4 Sri Lanka
    • Chapter 5 Iraq
    • Chapter 6 Ethiopia
    • Chapter 7 Myanmar
    • Chapter 8 Iran
    • Chapter 9 Australia
  • English teaching resources
  • Blog
    • Culture
    • Displacement
    • Reflections
    • Reading Chair & Writing Desk
  • Books
  • Contact
Category

My Reading Chair & Writing Desk

The Curious Scribbler
Book progress update
September 2, 20151

The curious scribbler meets the rug-maker

‘Would you like some tea?’ asks Najaf, the rug-maker of Mazar-e-Sharif. I accept his offer gratefully as I step into his  shop – Afghan Traditional Rugs...

Continue Reading

The Curious Scribbler
My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
August 11, 20152

Life comes first

I was cutting the vegetables by the kitchen sink and listening to Annie Dillard’s audiobook The Writing Life. ‘Why people want to be writers I will never know,...

Continue Reading

My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
June 25, 20150

Vonnegut’s Letter to the Draft Board, 1967

When something rings true, time does’t diminish its timbre.

Continue Reading

The Curious Scribbler
Asylum Seekers & Refugees
June 15, 20150

Acting on orders

I have been listening to the audiobook “Ghostwritten” by David Mitchell, read by William Rycroft. Mitchell is a storyteller par excellence; his words transport me...

Continue Reading

The Curious Scribbler
My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
May 14, 20150

Literary Resuscitation

“Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.” Stephen King, On Writing. Annie Dillard says that she...

Continue Reading

the writing life book cover
My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
April 23, 20150

The first sentence

‘Trying to write before you’re ready is like trying to squeeze toothpaste out of an empty tube,’ I wrote in exasperation after I allowed yet another day to...

Continue Reading

My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
April 15, 20150

Reality check

‘You no-good scribbler. Yes, I know who you are. I have seen your columns, God help us. I have read your foolish stories, may my enemies be so clever.’ And so, I...

Continue Reading

The Curious Scribbler
My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
April 14, 20150

For the Love of Literary Devices

And more cool stuff…

Continue Reading

The Curious Scribbler
My Reading Chair & Writing Desk
April 14, 20150

Literary Devices Revisited

When words are all I have to take your breath away, literary devices become very important.

Continue Reading

« Older Articles Newer Articles »

©2017 May-Kuan Lim. All Rights Reserved.
All brands and trademarks cited are the rights of their respective owners.

WordPress Theme by OptimizePress