After a week of writing, my friends have, indeed, gotten what they wanted: the shopping mall got hit by terrorists. I thought I could avoid
Category: research
Accuracy matters!
I finished the first draft on the next book! And then I gave it to Calmer Half, for the tactical read-through. Because accuracy matters. (After
Visualizing a world view
One of the more frustrating things for a writer is building the fictional world within which their characters will take life and form. If it’s
Learning Curves
Learning is never on a smooth curve; it just averages out that way when seen from a far enough distance and with a heavy hand
Influences
The question came up in a writing group: who are your influences? And being writers and overthinking everything (it’s what we do!), the question mutated
“Gothic” – a genre for our times?
In a recent article, the BBC examined the genre of so-called “gothic” literature, and drew obvious parallels between it and “horror” books. I simply won’t
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