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The Writing Process in Pictures

May 7, 2012 by

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Caris sent me this link on Friday and I snickered. Possibly more than was entirely reasonable, but I was a bit sleep deprived. Was. Am. Anyway. I think that my writing process is slightly more stream-lined though. It’s more like this: Then the cycle repeats. In the time I spent writing this post my brain helpfully pointed out […]

Why Must We Let Logic Rule Us, Anyway?

May 4, 2012 by

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I just had this awesome dream, which would make a great story — except for the fact that it’s based on this kind of science that… isn’t. That and there were these major plot points that just don’t make sense to a waking mind. I woke up and got as far as, That was really… […]

Not Every Hero Can Introduce Himself: Hello, My Name is Inigo Montoya…*

May 3, 2012 by

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I spent half an hour yesterday figuring out how to do something devious with one of my character’s names that is largely pointless, and will, in all likelihood, amuse only me. But it will amuse me continually whenever I’m working on this book. So I consider it time well spent. I spent ages figuring out […]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer

May 2, 2012 by

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A truly shocking number of people have indicated to me that they haven’t heard of, let alone seen, these one-shot accompaniments to the Avengers series. Being the magnanimous individual that I am, I thought I’d do something to rectify that. The first one, as the title suggests, is set during Thor. And it’s awesome (which the title does […]

I Woke Up Stumbling Off a Bus in the Middle of Who the Fuck Knows With Only My Fairly Dubious Sanity and Most of My Knives

May 1, 2012 by

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 Me: I dreamed I cut my hair shorter with a steak knife Wuffie: Was it a good haircut? Me: Kind of raggedy Wuffie: Raggedy Candy. Me: Oh god… When you start your day with painkillers it’s not a particularly good sign. But then, I suppose technically my day didn’t start there anyway, it started the […]