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By Gerard Houarner, on September 4th, 2011
In a recent BBC interview, Sir David Hare, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, playwright, and general curmudgeon, talked about writing –http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/9568401.stm
Brief and bitter-sweet in the clip, he talks about having to write, and writing being one of the most important things in life even as he acknowledges that he makes films not very many people see.
Now, of course, [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on August 15th, 2011
Help…I have locked myself in the bathroom with a loaded pistol and I don’t know how much time I have left before I pull the trigger. I know this is where I have to be now. It’s a desperate move, but I am desperate. I saw the mosquito fly in here, and if I don’t [...]
By Bev Vincent, on July 17th, 2011
I’ve been going to writing conventions for a decade. I attended one local writers guild convention in the late 1990s (Joe R. Lansdale was a guest, which was a big draw). Then I resumed my long-fallow interest in writing and I wanted to start networking with other writers. My first big convention was the World [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on July 15th, 2011
Hey, you want to bug out with me? You know, ditch this horrible, awful agony of trying to create characters, plots and settings? I’ll tell you a secret. When your imagination goes stale, you don’t have to put it to bed until it recovers. In fact, that may be the worst – and certainly the [...]
By Bev Vincent, on June 17th, 2011
No one can tell you when to start a short story.
People can give you all kinds of advice about how to write one, but only you can decide when you are prepared to start.
This is something I deal with all the time. I’ll have a window of opportunity where I can work on a short [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on June 15th, 2011
Maybe I’ll write humor today, you decide.
It is 4:41 AM and your sawdust-for-brains next door neighbor has just “unleashed” Lion Lungs – the hyper barking pooch – for his pre-dawn serenade. Your spouse slumbers next to you, and if you move to the computer downstairs, there is a good chance you’ll wake the baby. Better [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on June 15th, 2011
Maybe I’ll write humor today, you decide.
It is 4:41 AM and your sawdust-for-brains next door neighbor has just “unleashed” Lion Lungs – the hyper barking pooch – for his pre-dawn serenade. Your spouse slumbers next to you, and if you move to the computer downstairs, there is a good chance you’ll wake the baby. Better [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on May 15th, 2011
You don’t have to read too many of my columns to know that I am an advocate of first-hand inspiration as opposed to letting one’s imagination do all the work. No matter how good you are, standing pat on your knowledge and memory as you create whole worlds is a sure way to cheat your [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on April 15th, 2011
I hope you’re as uncomfortable as hell. Nothing sucks like being too comfortable. Four walls are comfortable. 6 feet under is comfortable. Conversely, stepping outside your comfort zone is when you start to live, learn, grow. If you’re a writer, you thrive on being uncomfortable.
Yet when Norwegian publisher Jan Fredrik Lockert invited me to speak [...]
By Thomas Sullivan, on March 16th, 2011
“I feel more like I do now than I did when I first got here…”
Yeah, that’s one of my stock nonsense lines, but this month it makes sense. That’s because I’ve been hopping time zones for two weeks now and will continue to do so into April. Have recently returned from an exquisite trip to [...]
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