May 31st, 2008 § 4
Since this blog is partly about me as a writer, I thought I should do the done thing and post occasionally about what I’m working on.
I’ve just finished another story for my writing group, a 2,500 word fantasy/horror tale. I started the first draft back in 2005, and although it’s now mostly rewritten it’s nice to finally see the project to completion.
It’s now been sent off to my group so I’ll wait and see what they come back with. For the time being I have some home recording to do…
May 30th, 2008 § 3
I was going to write a quickie this week as I’ve got other things to work on, but apparently my fingers were full of words that needed typing.
And oh god, having just finished this I’m experiencing the urge to rewrite it in the voice of Arab Strap‘s Aidan Moffat. I think this cold and sleep deprivation have addled my brain.
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May 20th, 2008 § 4
GUD magazine is something of a bold venture in the current environment of declining short fiction sales (if not, I’d imagine, readership) – a dual online/print magazine presenting fiction, poetry and art across a swathe of genres, but with obvious literary aspirations alongside its generic focus. At 200 pages GUD is packing in a lot of content. I had intended to keep my review brisk, but at over 2,000 words I think I’ve failed in that. So it goes. Fortunately, it’s an interesting magazine to write about and hopefully to read about too.
May 16th, 2008 § 8
May 9th, 2008 § 7
I’m quite disappointed in myself. I’ve posted just a couple of pieces of flash in the last… what, four or five weeks? That’s pretty poor form (just like flash, the naysayers cry). All I can say is that I’ve been busy lately. I’m sure most of you reading this know what it’s like to have work kicking your ass for weeks on end, leaving you a drained and empty shell at the end of the day. Fun times, eh?
All effort to connect my laxity to the release of little-known independent title Grandiose Thieving of Automobiles the Fourth is misguided, seditious and punishable by death (unless you buy more copies of our book).
I’m pleased to say that we may have a couple of new Friday flash fictionists amongst us: Gaie Sebold, who to the best of my knowledge is the first of our Orbital ’08 panel attendees to join us in posting flash online, and Sarah Ellender. They’ll be posting on alternate weeks; the first piece, from Gaie last Friday, is titled Folie A Deux.
My F3 for this sunny and glorious week is a continuation of Turning Point, following on from Gareth and Justin’s additions in the comments thread. Last time around I imitated Gareth’s voice, so it’s only appropriate that this time I try at Justin’s. We’re metafictional, baby!
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