It’s the first time I’ve taken part in a virtual book tour, but it’s been a pleasure. Book review to follow, on 31st January.
Monthly Archives: January 2014
I’ve been thinking
Stop laughing.
No it didn’t hurt. No you can’t smell burning.
Anyway, I’ve been thinking about this creative writing book I’m working through. I’ve had a quick look through the next few sections and I can see why it’s designed to be worked through over several months. The exercises become longer as the book progresses.
30 days of Creative Writing: Day 10
Today’s exercise discusses the use of music in writing. I have to write a story in which music forces the protagonist back to a specific point in time and cause them to re-evaluate their life.
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30 days of Creative Writing: Day 9
Today’s exercise is another multi-part creature, but it’s not so long as Monday/Tuesday’s. Today alliteration in prose and poetry is the subject under study.
Review: ‘Nearest Star’ by Leon Golub and Jay M. Passachoff
2nd Edition
2014
Cambridge University Press
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30 Days of Creative Writing: Day 8
Today’s exercise is one of using taste and smell in description, and the principle of ‘show don’t tell’.
Grandfathers of Fantasy
I’d add Poul Anderson to the list as well as all those mentioned in the article and by the commenters. He was as influential to fantasy writers as Tolkien and drew from the same well of memory, mythology and faery & folk tales. I have a book of essays by prominent fantasy writers about Middle Earth and Tolkien’s worlds that is dedicated to Poul Anderson. I reread it every couple of years to remind myself why I love the genre.
Review: ‘Curtsies & Conspiracies’ by Gail Carriger
Finishing School series book 2
2013
Atom
http://gailcarriger.com/books/finishing-school-series
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30 days of Creative Writing: Day 6 & 7
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and all you other creatures.
I’m feeling less like death warmed up today, and am ready to get back on schedule. Let’s start with the creative writing course. Later I’ll post my review of Curtsies & Conspiracies.Continue reading “30 days of Creative Writing: Day 6 & 7”
Things I had planned to do today.
But probably won’t because I feel like my skull is cracking open:
Write a review of Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
Work on exercise 6 in Back to Creative Writing School by Bridget Whelan
Go to college to do my module assessment (one step closer to getting my IT diploma)
Instead I think I’ll just sit here and read a book about the Sun. And wait for the pain to go away.
Everything Is Better With Dragons 