I saw this in a technical department’s office a few weeks ago, and it tickled me pink… and I hope it entertains you too…
Category Archive: Writing
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Aug
16
Matthew and Me
I’ve been asked… what are the similarities between Matthew Swift and me? Well… Let’s begin with the obvious differences. I am not, at last checking 1. Male 2. Magical 3. Hearing voices in my head. I do not have any grudges against higher powers, or even interactions with higher powers unless we count my local …
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Aug
13
Riots – a Footnote
So, it’s begun. The dust is settling and parliament has reassembled to discuss what to do about our rioting youth. Curfews have been suggested, expelling ‘criminal families’ from social housing, the removal of face masks and harsher sentencing powers. And make no mistake, I’m angry about the riots. They were a feast of brutality and …
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Aug
06
While We’re Talking Women…
A few days ago I posted an entry about why I so rarely write women as my main leads in fantasy – thank you everyone who joined in on that particular mull, it’s always good to have other thoughts on any topic where I am not myself that sure of my own stance! One person …
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Jul
31
Something Authory
‘You know what would be great?’ my editor said. “More authory posts on your blog.’ This conversation happened by telephone, so she couldn’t see the look on my face at this idea, but I suspect she got the gist. I have ongoing debates with my editors about the nature of this blog. I have never, …
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Jul
28
Why So Many Men?
So, I’m currently writing my first ever fantasy heroine, an urban shaman by the name of Sharon Li, who in the course of her many adventures is going to spend more than a little time getting very very angry at the Midnight Mayor for failing to fill her in on the full story until it’s …
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Jul
26
In Praise of… Catch 22
How have I crawled through life without reading this book? It’s brilliant. I pause at this paragraph break to try and find more elaborate words to describe it. I suspect, if I was a critic, this would be an opportunity to talk about its message (war bad) it’s structure (complex and enthralling) it’s characters (fantastic …
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Jul
13
Drama
So here’s a question to mull over a good word count… what exactly is drama? Kinda a broad question, and not really one I expect to be able to answer in any shape or form. But hey, when has that inhibited things…? The question was raised by the follow spot operators on the latest show …
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Jul
12
Stuff You Should Know
I didn’t subscribe to podcasts, but then I started finding myself, at the end of a very long day, exhausted, mind turned to so much putty, feeling like I ought to still be writing, or lighting, or researching things pertinent to both, and by chance in this process, began listening to podcasts as a medium …
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Jul
06
Dusthouses
The problem is this – People want it, people desire it, people will pay for it, and people won’t walk away from it. Worse than that. People will live for it, they’ll work for it, they’ll kill for it, they’ll die for it. Actually, with the fairy dust, mostly they just do the latter. – …
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