Welcome!

Like anything else, this blog is the result of a few accidents of technology and someone with too much time on his hands. After several misadventures involving self-publishing and college literary magazines, I approached one of my professors and asked him how to go about publishing in a more efficient way. He looked me in the eye and uttered two sage words: "Start bloggin'."

 Blogging as a whole was probably inevitable, because everyone has a certain amount of pent-up energy burning to be shared with anyone who will listen. This blog will be semi-organized and will have a strong literary theme. The word “blog” is a natural abbreviation of “web log,” but that doesn’t make it any less hilarious.

Here I’ll be writing short reviews of books I read, as well as some of my own original writing. I have a strong affinity toward fantasy. I think it’s less of an escapism complex than a general disregard for the difference between realism and speculation.

The title is ripped off of something G. K. Chesterton once said: “There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.” That is, there are no rules here. It could become anything!

If you want a practical reason for reading this blog, use it to flatter me so you can then steal my wallet. Tell all your friends!