I love this image. Can’t remember where I got it from originally, but I really should make it into a desktop image or something…
Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
Of late, I’ve been really impressed with the American TV series “Homeland”, starring Damien Rice and Claire Danes. The basic concept is very “now”, but it’s all very twisted, and plays with preconceptions. The basic premise is simple. An agent of Homeland Security is told by an informer that an American prisoner-of-war has been turned, [...]
Over on his site, Charlie Stross talks about the differences between prose and dialogue, and a writing experiment he plans to work on. It’s a really interesting piece, and a fascinating concept – writing the prose, and using speech recognition software to do the dialogue pieces of the writing.I’ll be interested to see how it [...]
Interesting piece in Time about whether HBO-Style long-story-arc shows such as Sopranos and the like are ruining the ‘episodic’ nature of TV. Also, the parent piece linked to in the article is here.
E.L Doctorow on writing novels : “It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
Another interesting article from FutureBook, providing some insight on how to make a good-looking eBook.
Over on Terrible Minds, a wonderful article about ‘25 reasons why all writers are bug-fuck nuts‘…
Way back in the day, I very nearly got caught out by a vanity publishing outfit – thankfully I had my suspicions when it came to paying in order to get my book published. So when it came to restarting, I was wondering what I should do in order to look at publishing. Getting an [...]
One of my writing ideas was a site called Killer in the Midst, which has now been set to re-direct back here. The original idea was to have the site as a diary of the main protagonist, Kit Midst, and to form a whole story out of the posts. It was a nice idea, one [...]
Over on Whatever, John Scalzi discusses when you may call yourself a writer – and answers three questions… When may you call yourself a writer? When may you call yourself a professional writer? When may you call yourself a good writer? It’s a good piece, and well worth the read.