Other People's Characters and the Voices in Your Head |
As those of you that read my blog regularly know by now I write collaborative serial fiction. I got to thinking, recently, that writing with other author's characters is not so different than writing...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:43:00 GMT |
The Decade of Our Youth |
I went grocery shopping last night after work. Exhausted though I was we were completely out of food and I'd gone to work in the morning with a stale croissant from Safeway and Starbucks (possibly th...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:50:00 GMT |
Announcing the Pan Press Project |
Plans are moving ahead for the re-launch of the Pan Press as a division of a small publishing house. We had our first business meeting to discussion the structure of the operation. We have a couple ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:44:00 GMT |
I Love the Smell of Paper Pulp in the Morning |
I think about it sometimes. How would I feel if my work was published in an eBook format? I mean it's publication right? It's getting my stuff out there? So what that it's electronic? After all m...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:07:00 GMT |
Why I Love What I Do |
Several times I have hit on the topic of the isolation of the writer. After all it's pretty much just you and your word processor (or for the Luddites amongst us: typewriters or yellow lined pads and...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:39:00 GMT |
#WriteChat on Twitter |
Right now I'm participating in #writechat - which is a rather cool Twitter phenomena. Every Sunday writers form a free-wheeling chat group in the Twitter stream that weaves in and out of other c...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 14:01:00 GMT |
Thoughts on Immortality |
I received a copy of a trade magazine in the mail that I used to write a regular feature for as part of my last job. My feature was also always the cover story. The new issue included the latest of ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 12:34:00 GMT |
Jack of All Trades |
"Jack of all trades, master of none."There is something compelling about being considered good at everything, and yet... I long to be a 'master' of my trade. The problem, for me, is my own nature. ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 11:37:00 GMT |
The Evolution of a Collaborative Role-Play Character |
I recently posted another installment of fiction from my character Red King on my fiction blog and it occurred to me to explain why the character was named the way he was named in a short introductory...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 12:28:00 GMT |
Is It a Rose by Any Other Name? |
Naming a fictional character can be a tricky business. The right name can make a character greater, and the wrong name can derail all your carefully drawn details. The importance of a name on people'...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:36:00 GMT |
