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“To be dead is to stop believing in the masterpieces we will begin tomorrow.” — Patrick Kavanagh Lately I’ve spent a lot of effort fussing about with block time. You know, regimented scheduling as a way to try to fit 36 pounds of day into a 24-pound bag. Focus exclusively, with laser precision, on X from the [...] Brian Yount, publisher of DOORWAYS, has now made the official announcement of the demise of DOORWAYS magazine, but I wanted to add this public farewell, letting one and all know that right along with Buffalo Bill and telephone booths, DOORWAYS magazine is no more. We had some great material, would have, I like to think, [...] This morning, I threw myself upon the mercy of Twitter, begging for topics to write about this month. And Twitter, in the form of my friend Victoria Janssen, answered; quoth Victoria: figuring out the real story of the story. This is a great topic. This is a topic I would actually love to see other [...] Last month I riffed on a Locus interviewee’s comments about writing, and this month, well, I’m going back to the well but this time it’s john Crowley and, well, it’s john Crowley… In the January 2010 issue of Locus, John Crowley talked about writing and how he teaches, and said the following: “When I teach science fiction [...] In January 2005, Quill & Quire ran a piece in which Helen Reeves, editor at Penguin Canada, said she had been appointed to seek out “cutting edge” writers. Seven months later, she said the term “cutting edge” is still the thing she’s asked most about in interviews. “The whole thing about ‘cutting edge,’” Reeves says, “is [...] Every now and then I look at this site, and the volumes I have on my shelves dedicated to writing techniques, rules, methods, and discussions, and I have to wonder where it all leads. We spend more time trying to analyze how others have found success than we do worrying over our words. We haven’t [...] |
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