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2 July 2009 2 Comments

The Emperor’s New Prose

I happened to be in and around the vicinity of a few online fringe writer’s groups and had the opportunity to see what was being written. I was appalled. Sturgeon’s Law of course applies (90% of everything is crap), but even bearing that in mind, I could not find that better 10% anywhere. I set [...]

26 May 2009 0 Comments

Writing Tip #1

Writing is both art and science. It is the act of capturing a tiger by the tail and getting to stand still long enough to get a photo of it before it turns around and eats you. The secret to successful writing is to write as fast and as hard as you can, because if [...]