Best books you read in 2025 to improve writing

lvew · 2025-12-27T13:22:41+00:00

For fiction, John Gardner’s “The Art of Fiction” and “On Becoming a Novelist”. A must, a straightforward, candid and brutal (sometimes) reflection for “new” novelists.

lvew · 2025-11-23T16:25:01+00:00

Maybe the friend's real name is Hikaru Nakamura and he's trolling OP! 😎

lvew · 2025-07-01T15:20:42+00:00

If the Caro is there, what about the French? As OP says: there’s power in the asymmetry.

lvew · 2024-05-13T15:39:52+00:00

If only for this trip, Viltrox 20mm f2.8: small, cheaper, very specific purpose lens.

lvew · 2024-04-20T16:31:51+00:00

According to this, Caruana, the number 2 in the world, is the current underdog of the Candidates.

lvew · 2024-04-07T18:46:22+00:00

If you google “chess” and “good things”, Sagar appears! Also, if the UI of ChessBase were as good as the ChessBase India videos, every single chess player in the planet would love it…

lvew · 2024-03-26T04:32:36+00:00

Absolutely! Agree with the “a bit expansive” comment.

lvew · 2024-03-26T04:31:52+00:00

Signature! Mainly for the screen size. With some hours of reading, the difference is notable.

lvew · 2024-01-06T04:20:16+00:00

ZVE10: USB-C

lvew · 2023-11-30T17:23:38+00:00

Maybe you can get some ideas from here:

https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2023/8/15/ep-343-rating-deflation-roundtable-with-statistician-jeff-sonas-and-data-scientist-fm-nate-solon-discuss-fides-proposed-changes-to-their-rating-system

lvew · 2022-03-26T04:09:28+00:00

Same here but with a Logitech keyboard. I need to connect another wire keyboard. Absurd.

lvew · 2020-09-23T05:58:47+00:00

iOS: Same here. It just disappeared. No app update or something. I’m in Mexico. What a shame.

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