Last week I dusted off my soapbox to talk about how, as writers (especially of fantasy), we make choices in creating our settings that logically limit the resources we can bring to bear in the writing process. I want to continue that discussion this week, but instead of the setting’s fundamental elements limiting our resources, … Continue reading
Wow. I knew when I set this site up that I’d get a lot of spam. I always do. I’m the spam magnet. My inbox is full of… well, you probably don’t want to know what the depths of the internet are capable of belching up into my inbox, but the point remains. I attract … Continue reading
Writing is, when you get down to it, all about resource management. The blank page you see when you sit down to write a new story is indicative of the limitless resources you as a writer have at your fingertips. The problem is that those resources don’t stay limitless for long: each and every decision … Continue reading
Okay, let’s try this again… So, that’s my submission to Napier winging its digital way through the cyber warrens of the e-mail nexus and all hands can step down from battle-stations. How hands are capable of stepping, I’m not entirely sure, but that might be because my brain has burned out a few of its … Continue reading