My bone china coffee cup sank through the breakfast table. Strange when you see it: the lack of resistance; wood veneer a thick syrup. It lasted just a moment, but the cup had submerged to the handle when the world pulled solid again, a listing little boat caught between a tomato ketchup buoy and theContinue reading “A Surreal Little Easter Story”
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Six Indispensible Things You’ll Need to be a ‘Pro’ Writer
After years of research, I finally have a definitive list: 1) A word processor. Apple is preferred, but Windows and Linux based options make you look like you’ve suffered for your art, rather than been gifted a fifteen hundred quid PC. Whether you buy it, get given it or nick it, no writer can liveContinue reading “Six Indispensible Things You’ll Need to be a ‘Pro’ Writer”
Writing The Damn Synopsis!
I’ve been quiet for a while, trying to finish the first draft of my novel, almost dreading the moment it would be finished, because then – like all novelists- I face that dreaded Armageddon of Self-Belief when I have to write the synopsis. Many would say I’m now returning to the blog only because IContinue reading “Writing The Damn Synopsis!”
More on the DNA Mystery
Another thought struck me today. It relates back to my previous post and it’s this: If evolution depends on random chance (i.e. on random mutations of genes which are preserved when they provide a positive effect), then what you need is a lot of those random trials, and the way to have a lot of those randomContinue reading “More on the DNA Mystery”
A Question of Tense – part 2
Now I’ve had some time to stew on the question of ‘tense’ and its relation to narrative voice, I’ve come to an unexpected conclusion: ‘Tense’ isn’t a part of narrative voice, unless you deliberately mess with it.’ I was struck by the number of books I’ve read recently in which the tense changes. ‘The Goldfinch’,Continue reading “A Question of Tense – part 2”
