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A Race Through Dark Places
I was up late watching Southland last night, and often my late night viewing influences my dreams. So some time in the early hours of the morning I had a dream where I was a detective, with a partner, following some crime the details of which elude me now. The important thing that I took from the dream was the last conversation I had with my ( Read more... ) -
Neil Gaiman on Copyright and the Internet
It's always good to see someone who finally gets it.
Originally published at Jeremy Sadler. You can comment here or there.
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X-Men: First Class
I must admit the idea of First Class did not appeal to me, but the trailer does spark my interest.
Originally published at Jeremy Sadler. You can comment here or there.
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Dead Red Heart
A short story I wrote, “Such Is Life”, has been selected to appear in an anthology titled Dead Red Heart, published by Ticonderoga Publications. Pre-orders are now available via Ticonderoga’s online bookstore, indiebooksonline.com.
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It's not writer's block
It's not writer's block. It's just not knowing where to go next. I'm at a point in my story where my characters are in a particular, rather dire situation that requires them to travel a long distance by walking. I'm just not sure how to proceed from there without it becoming that scene in Clerks II where they discuss Lord of the RingsI may have to ( Read more... ) -
End of NaNoWriMo
So, I didn’t make 50,000.
I didn’t because I got half way through the month, at roughly 18,000 words, and realised I wasn’t writing the story the way I really wanted to write it. I didn’t like the idea of just mashing out 50k words under pressure and calling that a novel.
I’ll give NaNoWriMo its due: it worked as a kick-start. I realised I ( Read more... ) -
End of NaNoWriMo
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Motivational friends
Had an absolutely fabulous afternoon/evening yesterday of food and conversation with several friends, most of whom have some involvement with writing in their lives. One is a professional, while the rest of us are part timers.
It was good, however, to chat about the difference between the “art” and the “job” aspect, to discuss the various ideas on ( Read more... ) -
Research
If I take anything from NaNoWriMo - more on that in a moment - it should be that I should write what I know, at least at this point and especially if writing under such pressure like NaNoWriMo provides. I don’t know enough about what is a large part of the setting of my NaNoWriMo novel and research on the particular subject (see how I’m being very ( Read more... )
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