Archive for June, 2007
Channeling John Hancock
By David Niall Wilson
There is a venerable ritual in the halls of wordsmiths everywhere that I thought, considering my current odd and pretty pleasant situation, would be worthy of a bit of thought. What better place to record those thoughts, and who better to share them with?
One of the images we all have of [...]
THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL
By Dick Hill
THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL is a term often applied to Mark Twain’s book chronicling THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. The work deserves that name. I can’t remember how many times I’ve read it, but I just finished recording it for the third different publisher. None of these [...]
Deadline on the horizon
I have a deadline.
My fourth book, Summerdown, is due August 1st. I honestly don’t know if it’s going to be finished in time. So, since it’s the first thing on my mind (also the second, third, fourth, and fifth), I’m going to introduce myself to storytellersunplugged by talking about, hey, deadlines, and the [...]
OLD HAUNTS
by Wayne Allen Sallee
You can thank Mr. Wilson for reeling me back in from the troposphere. Last month I had fully intended to do an entry about how writers, at times, have to write on the holidays–May 28th was Memorial Day–but I was in the middle of a private meltdown. Almost all [...]
The Blogging of the Proofs
So.
Confession time.
I…am not a “real writer”.
Oh, sure, I’ve written. I’ve published literary criticism, book reviews, RPGs, video games, humor, and six months’ worth of columns in a Korean-language video game magazine. I’ve done short fiction, tie-in novels, and a chapter in a book on game writing that was enough to get me branded an enemy [...]
Down Library Lane
by Janet Berliner
During a variety of moves, I’ve given away more than 6,000 books, but not to worry. Between what I kept and what I’ve accumulated, I still have a few thousand more. Every now and then, I wander around my personal library and allow myself to be carried away by the memories [...]
Two Nuggets
By Stan Ridgley
I’ve read with interest the most recent essays by my colleagues, particularly the powerful message sent by Rick Steinberg on being true to one’s inner voice and vision rather than seeking external “inspiration” and validation.
Another colleague cut against the conventional grain in sharing that he does not write every day. Of course, I [...]
Marching Grimly Forward, Looking Straight AheadOrThe Lost Art of Cloud-Gazing
(You learn something new every day. Brian saved this in Blogger as a draft days ago — when I posted it, it posted back on the day when he created it! Here it is again - DNW)
The other day I read a fantastic essay by Ray Bradbury called Run Fast, Stand Still, or, [...]
God’s Megaphone
ByRichard Steinberg
“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process,” Vincent Van Gogh
Have you ever looked into the night sky and wondered if there was someone out there looking back at you wondering the same thing? Have you ever felt the pain that rises out of [...]
Bursting to Write
Sometimes, as a writer, I read books or columns of writing advice, much like what you can find in many of the essays here on Storytellers Unplugged. Although I have a degree in Creative Writing, I figure there’s always something new to learn, and at the very least I can see how other published writers [...]
