Computers In Literature – Balls, Ones and Zeroes
Many authors would rather be kicked in the crotch by a centaur (or a binary camel - see illustration to right) than incorporate any of that modern nonsense, but it’s increasingly hard to avoid. Everyone is obtainable all the time, so what’s your excuse for any character being out of the loop when they could call, email, text or tweet someone? Isn’t it funny how they keep losing their mobile phones?
Audio still up on the old Tumblr site.
On a whim, I have recorded a brief audio ramble about pigeons, inspired by a fairly dull occurrence on the way home. Thoughts welcome, especially if they relate to how you would survive a pigeon attack.
And yes, this is kinda instead of a Friday story I suppose.
On a whim, I have recorded a brief audio ramble about pigeons, inspired by a fairly dull occurrence on the way home. Thoughts welcome, especially if they relate to how you would survive a pigeon attack.
And yes, this is kinda instead of a Friday story I suppose.
Preview of shows starting up this summer in the US on The Digital Fix, including 200 glorious words by me about Breaking Bad.
Stating The Obvious – 4 Pieces of Oft-Used Writing Advice That AreProbably Still Correct
As I hinted in my awkward-yet-strangely-touching intro post, one of the problems with suddenly deciding to blog about writing is that everyone else has been doing it for some time, and many of them have more experience in the field.
More to the point, there is a lot of basic writing advice out there in one form or another, including endless retweeting of trite inspirational soundbites. So much so that I long ago started ignoring them - nonetheless, that doesn’t make me right. Or write.
So, to inspire me as much as anything, here are four bits of obvious writing advice which I have picked up over the years on sufferance.
Final Game of Thrones review of the year on The Digital Fix. Most of the fighting was last week but we can still have fun.
Friday short story time: "Faker"
Morning.
Not much time today, or this week as a whole, hence a slightly dashed off snippit of dialogue as this week’s “Friday story”. But I think there were a few good jokes in there, so here it is regardless.
Oh, and if you didn’t catch it earlier in the week, I have also been doing a bit of blogging about writing. Well, the plan is to do it every Tuesday, so here’s the obligatory intro post. First real attempt coming up in a few days.
Not much time today, or this week as a whole, hence a slightly dashed off snippit of dialogue as this week’s “Friday story”. But I think there were a few good jokes in there, so here it is regardless.
Oh, and if you didn’t catch it earlier in the week, I have also been doing a bit of blogging about writing. Well, the plan is to do it every Tuesday, so here’s the obligatory intro post. First real attempt coming up in a few days.
