It was Stephen King who said, “If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write. Simple as that.” And let’s be honest, Stephen King is a frood who knows his shit when it comes to the writing caper. In all...
I’ve seen a couple of things today that are complementary and very true. They are also always relevant to the writer. First, I saw this on Chuck Wendig’s blog (click the pic to make it bigger): And I saw this doing the rounds on Tumblr: “It’s a...
I’m having trouble with the current work in progress. It’s book three of a trilogy and it’s very exciting, but I’m struggling. There are prerequisites that can not be avoided. The climax needs to outdo the ends of book one and two. There are...
I’m running my Write The Fight Right workshop at the Writer’s Centre in Adelaide on May 12th, and as part of the lead up to that, the SA Writers’ Centre asked me for a guest post for their blog. Here’s what I wrote: You’ve heard the old adage,...
I said I would get around to a quick wrap up post for Conflux 9, the 52nd NatCon, that happened last week. It’s fast becoming history and life is barrelling on (seriously, May, calm the fuck down) and so I thought I’d better get around to it now or I never...
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