January 19th, 2009
I completed writing the latest Persistent Spirit audio chapter over the weekend and realised I had just created the starting points of five associated short stories in the space of a few paragraphs. There seems no end to the possibilities.
The TableRappers book series is planned to have short story collections spread amongst the full novels [...]
December 7th, 2008
A few months ago, when buried right in the middle of my novel writing, the thought of discovering a problem with the story large enough to consider rewriting perhaps 20,000 words and killing perhaps another 15,000 was horrific. Oh how attitudes change.
I’m 110,000 words complete in the second draft and a flaw has occurred to [...]
August 27th, 2008
Bear with me while I pop back in time a handful of years to when I messed around with stand-up comedy.
For the first few years as an aspiring stand-up comic, one must tread the rocky paths of the open spots. These are the 5 minute – or if you are lucky 10 – slots that [...]
August 22nd, 2008
I wrote on my personal blog about how work – that’s the bit that actually pays the rent right now – overshadows pretty much everything else, including the creative writing. When writing has to be squeezed-in to available hours, it can be tough to summon up the inspiration.
The day-to-day demands of working in the UK [...]
May 26th, 2008
It’s official, now that I am well on the way to completing Persistent Spirit, I can say I officially do not enjoy writing. But hand me the chance to this it full-time, and I’d bite your arm off faster than a starving mongoose with a genetically enhanced disposition for arm-biting. —- A posting from neildixon.com [...]