Amateur Distractions

Catherine Yiğit – Irish writer living in Turkey

  • Aspiration

    Generally at the beginning of August each year I decide to enter the Novel Fair run by the Irish Writers Centre. It only requires a summary of 300 words and 10,000 words. The fact that I have no idea, no plot, no characters, is never enough to dissuade me from the attempt. There’s a whole…

  • Lower Decks

    What a delight! Funny, madcap, weird and yet still true to Star Trek. Boimler is just the right amount of annoying, Mariner is just the right amount of slacker. Tendi has a core of steel and Rutherford is sweet.