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Things You Do Not Realise Until You Start Proofreading Epic Documents
There are some words where the addition or subtraction of the letter ’s’ makes no difference whatsoever to the meaning, or validity of spelling but makes you look like a right goof if you do it inconsistently. There are way more differences between AUS/UK and US English spelling than you would give credit for. And […]
More Moore?
April 25, 2012 by Paul McLaughlan
Jumping on board to discuss the Alan Moore / Before Watchmen brouhaha. This, because I both adore many of Moore’s works (Watchmen itself, the story bits in Promethea, and Swamp Thing in particular), but from the evidence of his own words (interviews, and not text), he comes across as a very bitter, unlikable person, concerned with his own righteousness. […]
Diary of a Writer
April 24, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
Yesterday: I am editing this passage, which I have been having trouble getting to on account of its terribleness. And now as least I’m in it. But it’s still terrible. I think I’m going to have to go through it twice to get out all the terrible. It’s that terrible. Or, well, it’s that melodrama. Bleh. […]
Clowns. Dangerous. Just saying.
April 23, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
Clearly, there’s a reason some people get freaked out by them. Death by clowns. Not a myth. It’s interesting. I liked being a clown and I think they’re creepy. I’m not sure what that says about me. Or what it means that when I tell people I used to be a clown they’re either completely […]
One Wizard Chunk, Two Wizards Parts, Three… Now it Sounds Like I’m Dismembering Someone
April 20, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
So I’ve written enough of Wizards now that it’s a bit unwieldy to think of it as a single whole. But it doesn’t seem to break into chapters sensibly. I’ve been calling paired scenes ‘chapters’ but they’re not. They’re just two scenes. Which becomes particularly obvious when a conversation breaks off in a scene in […]
Writing a Biography: Or, I Wish I Could Remember What I Did Last Year
April 19, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
And then I get to the part where they say, And wouldn’t you like to write us a biography? And I say very politely: No, not really. But, you know, I don’t think it was really a question. So I went and looked up what I wrote back when I was applying for my PhD […]
Three Things I Think You Need In Your Life Today
April 18, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
This isn’t a trailer for the TV mini-series based on Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens that’s still in development. This claims to be the world’s most dangerous sport. I’m not sure if that’s true. It certainly looks dangerous. And fun. Although I’m pretty sure the only reason Paul S showed it to me was because of […]
Submission Neurosis, Let Me Count the Ways…
April 17, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
Actually what bothers me most about the submission process and it’s accompanying string of rejections is not the fear that my work isn’t good enough (that’s a whole other anxiety train) but that my failure might be due to presenting the novel the wrong way. What if I’m just really terrible at writing query letters? […]
A Good Opening Scene is Worth a Cocktail in the Face
April 16, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
So I’m about thirty thousand words into Wizards and I finally got to the scene fragment that started the whole thing. Finally.* I’m really glad now that I didn’t decide to start the book there. I don’t think the scene would have had the same resonance without the context you get from the what comes […]
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April 26, 2012 by Kandace Mavrick
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