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Eclipses Are Magic
I went out to see this morning's -- just for the impressive twenty minutes or so -- with the sky nicely cloudy so the show was visible when the thinner cloud patches opened on it. Which was pretty much for all the sliver parts. There's the weird light, the mildly confused birds, the odd person looking up, some just because you are. (The four ( Read more... ) -
Last Year...
It actually feels a little comforting to say it that way... last year ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year!
Because it's that time of year again! -
#5 It's Easier If You Can Live With Contradictions & Apparant Contradictions
The universe, and writing advice, is full of contradictions... some of which may later resolve themselves as being apparant contradictions but that doesn't always make them less bemusing. If you can't cope with holding two contradictory statements as being of merit (and often equal merit) you'll only be able to write, or live, along one set of ( Read more... ) -
#4 It's All In Your Mind
Everything you ever write comes out of your head. Every piece of fiction. Every non-fiction article. You are indelibly stamped on your writing -- whether it be your ideas, your word choice, or your selection of facts. Your world view, your experience, your imagination, shape what you try to say and what you do say. -
#3 It's Out There
Yesterday I was walking back from my father's flat in darkness and I happened to glance up at a building in town I'm familiar with and there was a light on and in the window was a man, looking down and across the street, mobile phone in hand, in outdoorish clothes, and behind him on the wall were photos in what looked like a wall of stalk... or ( Read more... ) -
#2 Binary Code
At first glance story telling is full of binaries -- positive/negative, happy/sad, good/evil, right/wrong, friend/enemy -- but unless you're like the kid who can glance at a tray of many stones and then list them in excruciating detail... a first glance is more about not seeing what's there. -
#1 From the Ashes of Disaster
Pretty much all the best writing tips are also useful life lessons. In writing you can learn from your own disasters, but often it's easier to see what went wrong with someone elses. -
Umm -- Mr Odd Got Odder
So quick morning meeting with the plumber this morning at the flat to discuss options etc (I think this is his way of saying he's nearly ready to do the job and I need to order stuff). Then, while we were chatting and deciding stuff in the bathroom I heard a sound out in the hall, and as I started moving to look someone said 'hello!'... as I ( Read more... ) -
It's A Cruel Cruel Cruel Summer
The cold that introduced me to chocolate-snot for four or five days (no really that's the expression you get introduced to when you Google a more delicate description) and took three weeks to pass has left me a bit weak ( Read more... )
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