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I Did Not Blow Up or Drown Anyone. Today.
Me: Wrote another chapter today. Rick: Yay. More explosions? Me: This is like… the aftermath of the explosion. Rick: Hmmm. Explosion wasn’t big enough then. Me: It was a very little one, in point of fact. The idea is to not blow up my main characters. Rick: I suppose you might need bounds on things […]
Neil Gaiman’s Calendar of Tales
07/02/2013
For a longer explanation of why and what this is about, look here.
What’s in a Writer’s Notebook?
05/02/2013
So this one time? In undergrad? …this sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. It’s not. I swear. It’s the answer to a question several people asked after my last post. I mentioned a class where I asked if I could hand in the final assignment on the first day. I had more than […]
Is There Any Point in Studying Writing?
01/02/2013
People keep asking me this. So. Short answer? Depends. Longer one? Depends on what you’re hoping to get out of it. I mean, it’s remotely possible that the course will hook you up with a lecturer who is the perfect editor for your work, who will nurture and encourage you until you burst forth from […]
How to Cure a Cold if You’re a Writer
30/01/2013
My dialogue has been uncharacteristically violent today. My cold is making me frustrated. But at least it’s not stopping me working. I’m not sure where my head’s at exactly but I’m writing. I guess I’ll just have to look at this stuff on a clear day and make sure I’m making sense. I did have […]
Finishing the First Draft
25/01/2013
Me: It’s the second day in a row I’ve only been able to squeeze a couple of good writing hours around ow ow my head ow ow. It’s pretty fucking annoying. Rick: Snorts. Me: Are you laughing at me? Rick: You don’t swear often. Me: Well it’s really unfortunate. I’m getting pretty close to finished […]
Retired: Extremely Dangerous (Take Two)
22/01/2013
As I understand it, this one isn’t so much based on the Warren Ellis’ graphic novel as made up out of whole cloth, but the trailer looks entertaining…
Does This Mean Pre-Adolescents Are Melodramatic?
17/01/2013
There’s a… well, I’m going with thing rather than ‘problem’ that arises in my plan rewrite Path. As it stands the first book moves very slowly, which is a product of the fact that when I was writing it I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t know my story, I hadn’t had any […]
Head —> Wall, Repeat.
15/01/2013
So lately I’ve been suffering from this urge to rewrite Path. I mean, really, I’ve been thinking about it on and off since last August when I met Lovely Agent Jen and talked with her about the book. Partly this is because I always find talking things out with a new person to be a […]
Back to Work or Why You Shouldn’t Leave in the Middle of an Explosion
10/01/2013
I thought picking up again after the holidays would be really straight forward. I had the next scene totally laid out for me. Half of it’s already written, I just need to string it together. But. I kind of stopped for the holidays in the middle of a fight. And I’m coming back to it […]
Kandace Mavrick
Paul McLaughlan
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12/02/2013
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