This article first appeared in FANG Vol. 1 in 2005.
There was once a time, just between the rise of the fast-food, fast-everything economy in the West in the seventies and the flourishing of the modern Internet in the ‘90s, when the distribution of one’s art through amateur media was possible, although it wasn’t easy. The availability of […]
I’ve been quite unfair, in this series (of which this installment is the last) in sketching a Jekyll & Hyde scenario of the Writer vs the Not Writer, because we’re all a bit of both. At different times, for different reasons. There’s a sliding scale between one and the other, see. The goal of these […]
Like many authors, Roald Dahl had a special space in which he did his writing. Dahl’s cluttered and dilapidated hut bears all the hallmarks of such spaces: privacy, comfort and focus.
One problem with a creative mind, to put it diplomatically, is that it is a problem-solving machine which is very difficult to selectively turn off. Many […]
I’m a New Media guy, and as such I’m heavily biased in matters digital. I feel that in the 21st century, in which a common telephone can have enough storage capacity to contain all the text in even the greatest public libraries on Earth, when you can have Internet access every moment of the day, […]
“I have it all worked out in my head.”
This is where the divide between Not Writers and Writers is thinnest: Story Ideas.
Creativity, at its core, is a misnomer. We don’t actually create anything new, because we’re not capable of inventing anything we don’t already comprehend: we can’t conceive of something we can’t conceive of. The actual definition […]
“I have this cool idea for a story, but I won’t have time to write it until after finals.”
This is a perfectly legitimate thing to say if finals are next week, but not if they’re in five months. Stress, health problems, uncertainty at work or at home, children — all of these are legitimate distractions […]
Imagine the scene. Hip youngsters, well-read and literate all, lounging in a diner or cafe and discussing, over steamingly exquisite coffee, the pain of their writer’s block. How their prose is stunted, their characters mute, the well of their inspiration dry and dusty. Sophisticated music plays in the background, providing a mellow undertone to their […]
I’m a writer, and I’m fairly proud of that. I take the craft seriously (most of the time), I’ve worked to hone my skills, I’ve studied. Much to learn, still, but that only makes it more fun. Many of my friends are writers too, and I know many writers who aren’t friends but still awesome, […]
Today’s the day, vainglorious bastards.
Hundreds of copies of Heathen City Vol. 2 “Paved With Bad Intentions” are on their way to Pittsburgh for release at Anthrocon via treacherous and circuitous routes. The brave boys of FurPlanet charge through the wilderness of the Mexican/Canadian Neutral Zone toward the Pit of Burghs or whatever.
Since the Powers […]
Folks,
Krahnos, Vahn, Blue_Panther and I got together with Fuzzwolf from Knotcast over Skype to record an open-heart roundtable about the production of Heathen City #2. Artistic insights, puerile joking, and some serious philosophizing ensued for an hour and a half. Check it out here:
http://www.foxstuffers.com/News_files/f2135dc95d43ba0c33e8a2b9cfd2b7e2-84.html
Or on iTunes, search for “Knotcast”!
Regrettably, Charha, ZooshWolf […]
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