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Delete. Remove. Expunge. Excise. Eradicate. Cut.

July 24, 2013 by

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Me: Ugh. I’ve reached a chapter that has four decisions in it. Four! Arkem: Are they yes/no decisions? Because I could help. Me: Somehow I don’t think your help would be properly informed. Arkem: That’s never stopped me before. I’m up to the point in this draft where it’s all about making the hard calls. […]

Straight to Hell

July 5, 2013 by

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This band does rock interpretations of folk songs and sea shanties and, well, they’re kind of awesome. I think “Here’s to the Gents and Ladies And the foolish times we spent They cost me Afterlife in Paradise And they were worth every single cent” …. I’ll dive right into damnation With a smile across my […]

The Second and a Half Draft

July 4, 2013 by

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This last pass of the edit is annoying. I keep having to tell myself off. I’ll be cruising through a scene and I’ll hiccup over something and backtrack and glare at it. But it won’t be an easy fix. At this point things are either insanely minor, and I take care of them without even […]

House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.*

July 2, 2013 by

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I have reached the end of the book in the current draft, which is not the same as saying I’ve finished the draft but is close. I still have to take another quick spin through to double-check the changes and then possibly proofread, because that’s always a good time. I am actually super excited about […]

Ooo Eee Ooo Ah Ah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing Bang

June 28, 2013 by

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You know how when you’re really little you think that your family is a template for the world? Like, this is how parents are, this is what ‘holiday’ means. But as you get older you realise that’s not true. You figure out the difference between family traditions and cultural traditions and even broader group behaviours. […]

I Hear the Voice of Rage and Ruin

June 21, 2013 by

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I am going to see these guys play in a few weeks. Arkem says it would have been cooler to see them twenty five years ago. Which is true. Of course he was an infant then, so I’m not sure he would have appreciated it.    

Can’t Sleep. Clown’ll Eat Me.

June 19, 2013 by

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Arkem: I’m having a “I’d rather be napping” day. Me: Aw. That was my yesterday. Although to be fair, I’ve only just woken up today and I’m not sure yet that I don’t regret it. The problem with being ridiculously sleep deprived is not that I can’t write. I write just fine when I’m out […]

A Distant Time, A Distant Space, That’s Where We’re Living

June 14, 2013 by

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All the thoughts you never see / You are always thinking Look for love in evidence / That you’re worth keeping As far as I can tell there isn’t an official video clip for this song, but this one is sort of a love letter to the earth and includes a guy conducting the ocean. […]

I Do Like to Set Things On Fire

June 13, 2013 by

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I have around a quarter of the book left to edit at this point and my sidebar is full of these weird sarcastic notes to self. Last week when I was sick I wasn’t really focusing clearly enough to want to mess with the text so I just flipped through it and made comments. That’s […]

And the Songs They Get Louder, Each One Better Than Before

June 7, 2013 by

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and you’re singing the songs thinking this is the life and you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size where you gonna go where you gonna sleep tonight If I had slept I might actually have something to say about this. As it is I am going to listen to […]

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