Writing Journal – Page 76

Woot!

…is my new favourite word. There are many typographical variations: Woot! W00t. w00T! WOOt! An expression of joy and triumph. A full list of the meanings of wOOt!

An interesting breakdown of the literary fiction genre by Toby Litt. Its refreshing to see someone usualy heavily associated with LitFic abandon the partisan position and admit that at bottom is just another genre. Toby is in a good place to comment, being represented by the Mic Cheetham agency who happen to also have IainContinue reading “The Litt Fic Genre”

A Twist in the Tale

I spent most of Thursday pondering a project I’d been asked to do in the wake of ‘Cthul-You’ airing on BBC7. The Beeb have an Audio Music Festival happening soon as part of which the Festival Live radio station will be playing to staff throughout Broadcasting House. I’m guessing Festival Live isn’t just music, becuaseContinue reading “A Twist in the Tale”

Voice

Note to self: Writing with a strong, clear voice is good. Writing with a neutral or no voice is bad. Remember!

Tangy MySpace

When I was a kid I used to be hooked on Lemon’n’Lime Tangy chew bars, purchased from the leisure centre vending machine for 5p each. Chewing a Tangy was somewhat like sucking down a cup full of sulphuric acid, but in a good way. 50p would buy 10 Tangy’s and I could happily sit andContinue reading “Tangy MySpace”

Kid in a Sweet Shop

My bad habit of not being able to pick just one book to read continues. At least they’re all fairly complimentary, so its not like try to suck on a sherbet lemon whilst chewing a toffee. I thought I had liberated myself from my Haruki Murakami obsession when I gave away my newly purchased copyContinue reading “Kid in a Sweet Shop”

Cthul-You Listen Again

Cthul-You is no longer available from the BBC Listen Again service, but is online at Terrifying Tales. You can find the link here.

Not Suitable for Younger Listeners

Excellent…my first advisory warning! Cthul-You went out as planned earlier this evening proceeded by a fantasticaly stern warning. I think most of the nasty bits were succesfuly toned down in the editing but if someone looked hard enough at the subtext they might find it a bit disturbing…with any luck the story will generate aContinue reading “Not Suitable for Younger Listeners”

Coloring Inside The Lines

A frustrating couple of days have passed on the writing front as work has refused to stay inside the lines and has obliterated the last two evenings, and will claim the next two as well. I did manage to get the 2nd (and probably final) draft of ‘Circe’s’ completed this evening, but that is it.Continue reading “Coloring Inside The Lines”

Its Better for You

Yay! Alan Moore came to town and I got to see him. Granted I was only one of about 400 drooling fanboys but still I can say with pride that I was there, in fact the whole little gang came along (gang pictured below) I’ve heard and read many interviews with Alan Moore, and everytimeContinue reading “Its Better for You”

Up Late and Scribbling

Just finished work on a scene in the new writing effort. I’ve had the characters and plot bubbling just beneath the surface for a fortnight, last week I manged to get the first part plooted out and I’ve dedicated this weekend to throwing myself into fleshing the thing out. Writing early scenes on a storyContinue reading “Up Late and Scribbling”

If At First You Get Rejected…

…get rejected again. Weird Tales have now rejected ‘Cthul-You’ twice, once by e-mail and once by post. To give them full credit they spent 84 cents to send me the the latest rejection, which must seriously bite into the profit margin in these tough days for genre fiction magazines. On the very positive side bothContinue reading “If At First You Get Rejected…”