826 Valencia – Damien Walter

WaPo on the politics of Dave Eggers

I glimpsed Dave Eggers once, very briefly, as he flew out the door of the 826 Valencia project in San Francisco. I was there learning about what it takes to build a world class literacy focused NGO from the ground up. He was just dropping in to the project he had helped found. He was impressivelyContinue reading “WaPo on the politics of Dave Eggers”

The Hundredth Master of Ninja Assassin

I finished The Hundredth Master of Ninja Assassin tonight! Woo-hoo! This story has been on my desktop (I keep all my work in progress on the desktop of my computer so I can’t escape it) for about a year now. I started it after reading The Cambist and Lord Iron by Daniel Abraham, a storyContinue reading “The Hundredth Master of Ninja Assassin”

A Long Sleep

I have been asleep almost the entire time since getting back to England, catching up with friends and grabbing snatches of news. The British parliamentary systems has fallen into disrepute, the economy is in freefall and Tarantino has been allowed to release a new film. I go away for a few days… San Francisco wasContinue reading “A Long Sleep”