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Why do you write poetry? – Andy Jackson
Adam Ford - poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off —
Authority: 117
I asked a bunch of poets the above question. I’ll feature their answers here each week until I run out or find more poets to answer the question … Andy Jackson says: “Why do I write poetry? There’s no comprehensive answer. Much of it is, I suspect, unconscious and mysterious. But the bulk of it ...1 week ago -
ITS BOOK RELEASE DAY!!
Some Mad Hope —
Authority: 117
Ive officially now gone from contracted author to published author.... Its true! I have a box of printed books with covers and title pages and a whole story I actually wrote! So Im celebrating this huge JOY with a party here on the blog... and where better to have a virtual signing party than the Maine Beach ...1 week ago -
James Preller Interviews . . . Deborah Kovacs, Part One
James Preller's Blog —
Authority: 121
Back during the Archaean eon, the earth received a heavy bombardment of meteorites. That’s about when Deborah Kovacs and I first met to discuss co-authoring a book for Scholastic Professional Books, eventually titled: Meet the Authors and Illustrators . Wait, no, it wasn’t that long ago. Existence ...1 week ago -
Snow scene
Lifescapes —
Authority: 109
The view from my writing loft, in last weeks blizzard. The big snowfall came on Tuesday, maybe 18", but it...1 week ago -
The Voices in Our Heads
A Writer's Life —
Authority: 589
Theres a terrific interview with my brother Tod over at The Writers Inner Journey. Heres an excerpt: "That I am able to ruminate on these rather dark issues for great lengths of time is somewhat disturbing in that I think the difference between what is clinically considered insane and what is clinically ...1 week ago -
Pretty Lights on the Tree, I’m Watching Them Shine
James Preller's Blog —
Authority: 121
Sometimes you can hear a song a hundred times and on a random afternoon it will hit you in a new way. Whap , right upside the head. As a huge Bob Dylan fan, that happens to me frequently, where I’ll suddenly appreciate, say, Dylan’s piano technique on “Blind Willie McTell” — and need to hear that song ...1 week ago -
Michael Stearns on Picture Book Writing
A Totally Random Romp —
Authority: 111
Heres a great essay from agent Michael Stearns at Upstart Crow. Let it guide you as you prepare for our next Picture Book Peek Week coming up on December 14th.1 week ago -
No, it doesnt count as procrastinating
Yat-Yee Chong —
Authority: 120
I was just going to tweak my submission package a little bit for the latest request before sending it out. How did I end up: rewriting most of chapter 1, after swearing on the 174th time that I would NEVER do it again, and rewriting the synopsis? THE SYNOPSIS!!! The one I sweated blood for. So I thought ...2 weeks ago -
When Not Writing is Writing …
1WriteWay —
Authority: 103
In a recent post, Fiona Robyn mused, “Most of the time being a writer is about looking out at the frosted grass, and sipping earl grey, and not writing.” Sometimes I think I do my best writing when I’m knitting or crocheting or sewing, when my hands are occupied with something other than typing. Even ...2 weeks ago -
The Physical Act of Writing and the Psychological Problem
FictionBitch —
Authority: 116
Tim Adams asks whether the art of great writing can survive the advent of the e-book. He works towards an argument (I think) that computers and our constant on-line status have created a kind of solipsistic self-centred mentality which may make us unable to appreciate extended arguments or concentrate on the great ...2 weeks ago -
Mr. Monk and Mayhem
A Writer's Life —
Authority: 589
Theres a Q&A; interview with me today over at the MAYHEM & MAGIC blog about me and my latest MONK novel. Heres a peek: Lee, tell us about a bit about your latest book and your writing schedule [...]My writing schedule isnt set in stone. I basically work on my books whenever I am not working on a script, ...2 weeks ago -
Portland Center Stage —
Authority: 125
{photo: an actual page from Dicken’s manuscript of A Christmas Carol .} Mead Hunter, the creator of Portland Center Stage’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol just posted a really interesting piece on his blog about the recently released images of the original manuscript of A Christmas Carol - complete ...2 weeks ago -
The twitter fiction thing – 100 posts in 100 days
Adam Ford - poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off —
Authority: 117
There’s this thing called One Hundred Days to Make Me a Better Person, part of the London Word Festival. The idea is that people dob themselves in to do one thing once a day for 100 days in order to improve their lives in some way. I’ve got some residual guilt in the wake of my abject failure at NaNoWriMo last ...2 weeks ago -
By Dickens: Rewriting Christmas
James Preller's Blog —
Authority: 121
Charles Dickens has been wildly (and unexpectedly) popular around here lately, with children’s authors speaking about him in revered tones, and not just because of the holiday season. As Carmen Deedy, author of 14 Cows for America , told me in a recent interview: I just re-read Great Expectations this ...2 weeks ago -
Bystander: Chapter 2 (and some thoughts on adverbs)
James Preller's Blog —
Authority: 121
Click here in case you missed Chapter 1 a couple of weeks back — that is, I mean, if you want to. And don’t worry, there are 34 Chapters in the book; I’m not going to give away the entire thing. One note about craft: I made it my mission to eliminate adverbs, particularly where it concerned dialogue. ...3 weeks ago -
The Reality of Fiction
FictionBitch —
Authority: 116
A post on Katy Evans-Bushs blog reminded me tonight that I hadnt yet read Zadie Smiths Guardian essay on the essay, and I went and did so. I commend to you this article, in which Zadie acknowledges the reality of novel-nausea, a sickness with the artificiality of novels in general (which Katy, it seems, strongly ...4 weeks ago -
On the Theme of Themes
FictionBitch —
Authority: 116
I like this by A L Kennedy on the Guardian books blog , which expresses exactly what I feel myself about being asked to write stories according to predetermined themes: I object on principle to unhelpful restrictions of time and subject, because I got into writing at least in part so that no one could tell me what ...4 weeks ago
