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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
February 7, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
For a longer explanation of why and what this is about, look here.
What’s in a Writer’s Notebook?
February 5, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
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?
February 1, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
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 […]
I Didn’t JUMP to Conclusions, I Took a Tiny Step and There Conclusions Were
January 8, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
Tuesday is the perfect, most excellent day of the week. Mostly because it’s the first time I get to write since before Christmas. When I went on holidays I decided that the first week back would be Arbitrary Admin Week (or Aaw as Rick has been referring to it). This worked remarkably well at stopping […]
Why Writers Belong Behind Bars*
December 19, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
I read an article the other day** that suggested that incarceration was good for writers. They cited a long list of examples of people who’d been locked up and then buckled down and produced some of their best work. Prison offered them the quintessential distraction free zone. Somehow I doubt that is still the case. […]
Two Writers, Both Alike in Dignity — Not Much. Together, They Fight Crime.
December 17, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
The more attentive amongst you will have noticed that this website is run by two people. (Although Paul doesn’t post very much because he’s stinky. Or it could be that whole ‘finishing his doctorate’ thing. One of those.) In addition to being friends and co-website owners we’re also superheroes. (Okay, not really.) We fight crime. […]
The Beautiful Part of Writing is That You Don’t Have to Get it Right the First Time Unlike, Say, Brain Surgery.*
December 14, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
I have been working on the same chapter for like two weeks. Well, sort of. The problem is, this chapter is the lead in to the latter part of the book and I keep staring down the line at the end and changing my mind about the approach. I mean, I know where I’m starting, […]
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Paul McLaughlan
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February 12, 2013 by Kandace Mavrick
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