It’s a fix
250 words down and it settles in. A great calm. A sea of words to keep me afloat. I stop looking for land.
250 words down and it settles in. A great calm. A sea of words to keep me afloat. I stop looking for land.
Just had the pleasure of listening to the incredible Louise Nutting upstairs at The Corridor in her first solo gig since her new album. Always incredible.
While the edit is proceeding apace I have decided to abort. Why? 1. Two comments from first my partner and then my mum put me off my stride. The first from my partner was, like, at 9 pp an hour aren’t we talking quantity not quality. And that really freaked me out because I don’t…
writing, waiting, sleeping a little not much, drinking a lot a little too much, reading not enough but loving Hammett again, learning more about poetry and wishing my cousin would call. It is three weeks into the university term so I have films to watch and paper work. I am getting to know a very…
I have an essay on writing place, in this craft omnibus, Writers on Writing, titled “I Am Setting.” In great company, with contributors such as Kevin Lucia, Tim Waggoner, Lucy A. Snyder, Jasper Bark, Mercedes Murdock Yardley and many more. Available in the usual formats. Always appreciate any reviews or comments on Goodreads/Amazon. Thanks to…
My 1991 edition of Stephen King’s story collection, Nightshift, begins with an introduction by John D MacDonald (most famous for his detective Trevor McGee and for his story, The Executioners, which provided the basis for the film Cape Fear (1962, 1991). MacDonald tells it straight. In order to write well you need: 1. Compulsive Diligence…
So I’m on a train to meet my mother at the art gallery, and my phone lights up and my little sector of the social mediaverse goes off. And there was nothing I could do about it for the next couple of hours at the art gallery because you know those places — where no…
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