L.S. Engler

Books

  • Review: “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk” by David Sedaris.

    “It wasn’t the best story in the world, but, as the mouse had told him on more than one occasion, it wasn’t the worst, either.” “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest/Wicked Bestiary” by David Sedaris. I am unique. I am an individual. I want to be known for my own voice and my own creative abilities.…

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  • Free Book Giveaway!

    Well, okay, not exactly free, but I did get your attention, didn’t I? Stay with me, though, it may as well be free. So, I’ve got ten copies of my collection of short stories, Bowlful of Bunnies, to give away to interested parties. I’d love to sign them and personalize them a little bit, too,…

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  • Kill Two Birds with One Click!

    For the Holiday Season, which is upon us in full swing despite the sad lack of snow outside of my window right now, you’ll have to forgive me a little bit of advertising. Or a lot more advertising to come, as I’m starting to try to get back into the swing of focusing on my…

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  • Art Nouveau and Aryneth.

    One of the most notable after-effects of a trip to the Art Institute is that it never fails to inspire me to try my hand at art again. Now, writing has always been an obvious choice for me. I love it, I’m fairly good at it, I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life.…

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  • Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill!

    Quite often, especially lately, especially in the insanity that is being upper management for retail during the hoilday season, I find myself wishing on thing more than others. I wish I could be a faster writer. At the start of this year, when I really started to cling to the idea of self-publishing and really…

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  • Back to Blog.

    So, some of you may have noticed that things have been pretty quiet here at lsengler.com. Okay, maybe not “pretty quiet.” More like “dead.” You see, about two months ago, my computer went kaput thanks to an icky virus, and, as a result, I haven’t been able to have very good access to ways to…

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  • The Chronicles of the Missing Notebook.

    So, an interesting thing happened two nights ago, as I sat down and went to type up my “at least a page” of Serpent in a Cage. I was typing away, frowning a little to myself because things weren’t panning out as I thought they had. At first, I chalked it up to that distance…

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  • The 100 Books Project: Tune in Toyko.

    “Oh, and Brad Pitt would not play me in the movie adaptation. Sandra Bernhard will.” “Tune In Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries” by Tim Anderson The ghost of David Sedaris haunts the pages of Tim Anderson’s Tune In Tokyo. Okay, no, David Sedaris is (thankfully) not dead, but his own memoirs and experience in culture shock,…

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  • Oh, Here It Goes Again.

    So, I’ve taken a little bit of a break from writing and from the blog to have some well-spent time with a friend, which I have a feeling I’ll be doing a lot of on the weekends if this new schedule that gives me Sundays off stays consistent. From what I hear, this is typical…

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  • The 100 Books Project: Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue.

    “I would hope, however, that we might think of these things as what they are: arbitrary fashions of formal language that we must attend to just as we dress according to the random dictates of the fashions of our moment. Remember that what is considered ‘proper’ English varies with the times just as fashion does.”…

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