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Look, I Got Here By Using Logic

October 31, 2012 by

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I’m starting to get better. (Yay!) Which means it’s time to get back to work. (Um…) I’ve cleared away the backlog of admin tasks. (Bleh.) Which means it’s time to look at the writing. (Yay!) If only I can figure out exactly what I was doing when I got sick… (Um…) Okay. New plan:  

Clarity is Looking at the Gap Between Buildings and Thinking, “I Can Make That”

October 19, 2012 by

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Me: I’ve finished the washing. I feel like I’ve accomplished something with the day. Paul S: Well that’s good. Me: Yes. Don’t argue. This week has been something of an exercise in frustration. I’ve been fiddling about with the plot, trying to figure out how much of this backstory I have the time and/or justification […]

Character Sketch in 32 Words

October 15, 2012 by

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I want a trouble-maker for a lover, Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame, Who quarrels with the sky and fights with fate, Who burns like fire on the rushing sea. — #862: From Rumi’s Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi. Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988). Translated by Zara Houshmand  

Insulting Your Minions? Put Your Back Into It!

October 12, 2012 by

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Me: ….I’ll have you gagged, beaten bloody and then forced to dress as a mime so others will know to avoid you. Is that better? Rick: Yes. But maybe will know how much they need to avoid you? Me: No, that sounds awkward. Rick: Yeah, but, like the degree. Like there’s vagabond, man with a […]

The Writers Who Stare at Ceilings

October 11, 2012 by

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I am… staring at the ceiling and trying to figure how the latter part of the book happens. I mean, I know what happens, but my original mini-synopsis is going to bring the book in about 20-40 000 words short of the length I want it to be. So I need to tweak it a […]

It’s the Small Things

October 10, 2012 by

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I honestly don’t know if this drives me crazy or if I really like it. My OCD tendencies are at war with my love of individualism and object anthropomorphisation. I think I like it. Right now it’s making me smile. I’ll take that.  

Science Fiction Safety Protocols or Why Don’t People Seem to Realise Space Travel Actually INCREASES the Number of Ways You Can Die?

October 3, 2012 by

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Me: I just realised I’ve given this ship an airlock that it shouldn’t have out of existential panic and now have to figure out how to write it out. Rick: Don’t they need airlocks? Me: Ships that are meant to dock with one another should have airlocks. This ship is docking with another, hence I […]

Vampire is Just a Way of Saying, “You Kinda Freak Me Out, Man”

October 2, 2012 by

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Rick: Pirates? Me: Pirates. Vampires. Thieves. Smugglers. Whatever. Rick: I remember you telling me about vampires. Me: Same thing. Rick: How does that work? Vampires can’t be pirates. Pirates are uncouth, vampires are… well they are couth. Me: That’s a stereotype. You don’t think I’m writing about stereotypes, do you? Rick: I’m guessing the answer […]

I Don’t Know What Gave You That Impression…

September 28, 2012 by

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Me: There are three ideas that came together to call this book into being — Rick: Alcohol, wizards and explosions? Me: (laughing) No… This book is based around three things. The thing with the magic and the alcohol. The thing with the pirates. And this friendship. I’ve mentioned the magic (although I haven’t explained about […]

Fuck Admin Stuff, Write the Damn Book

September 21, 2012 by

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In the last eight writing days (read: all the writing days I’ve had since I got back as the other days were taken up with boring admin-ity crap and being weekends) I’ve written more than ten thousand words of Wizards. Or, to put it another way, a volume that represents a quarter of the current […]

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