The Myth That is Writer’s Block
I hate to sound like a dick — and I’m really not — but writer’s block is an excuse for many other things. Writers are writers and they write. Or they are a doctor, a garbage man, a housewife, a secretary who writes stories. There’s a varying gap between a writer and one who writes, [...]
The Most Excellent Christopher Moore
Last week, I attended my first book signing. I’d always hoped my own would be the first, but barring that, this man was at the top of the list of who I’d see. So I did. Before meeting him in Waterloo at his book signing, I’d already formed an opinion of him: He was a [...]
Dropcloth Angels vs. Cannibalangelo
So here’s the thing: Every time I turn around I see another novel with either an angel on the cover or in the title somewhere. Is this the end of the line for a title that’s been with me since I first changed it from ‘The Saviour’? Last night I was chatting with a friend [...]
Undiscovered Brilliance, Cont`d…
Second up on my list of Undiscovered Brilliance is an American author named Richard Daybell (who doesn’t actually fit into this category since he’s been published many times over). You find him here because, known or not, he’s one of my new favourites. And I’ll tell you why: I have four ‘All time favourite authors: [...]
The Unpublished Masses? Or Undiscovered Brilliance?
As a member of five or six sites tailored to writers and their wares, I’ve come to a very unsettling conclusion. There are obviously many factors that would need to come into play for an unpublished author to become a published author. I’ve seen many fellow writers fail with fantastic books. Books that I’d buy [...]
A little taste of Dropcloth love
Trailer for Dropcloth Angels
THEME: The least talked about ingredient of a story
Theme is the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. A theme may be stated or implied. It differs from the subject or topic of a literary work in that it involves a statement or opinion about the topic. Not every story has a theme, and/or themes may be major or minor. A [...]
Busy, busy, busy
swilling coffee, writing a little Shakespeare, and playing the numbers game over at Authonomy.
Punctuation: yeah, apparently there are different ways to do it
With all there is for great literary minds to ponder–a beautifully scripted fourth century rendering of some forgotten Germanic lore, the hidden meanings within any Quentin Tarrantino vehicle, or how to reproduce the entire Old Testament on the head of a pin–why, oh why do they have to piss around with how a writer punctuates [...]