I've been thinking about my process for building scenes and crafting prose. Slowly, I'm admitting to myself I go for dialog above description. If a building needs to appear in the story, my first instinct is to have the characters talk about the building. ("Huh. Your apartment looks like the one from Ghostbusters." "What, the… Continue reading Dialog or Get the Chatter Down
Category: Writing
August and Ever After
August was a long, and yet short, month. Personal items kept me from updating this blog and reviewing some of the thoughts I dredged up at the end of July. It was one of those months when I said, "Aside from a compulsion, why am I doing this? Why am I trying?" The answer is… Continue reading August and Ever After
Ten Women – And the Future (#TenWomenAuthors)
There is a hashtag trending - #TenWomenAuthors - whereupon folks name ten women authors who've inspired and amazed. I thought I'd add my ten in this article. Now, I could just keep adding and adding, but I've picked ones which had a particular influence on me in one way or another as I was exploring… Continue reading Ten Women – And the Future (#TenWomenAuthors)
Ivre – Part 1: Arrival, Chapter 10
Ivre by Andrija Popovic (The following is an initial draft of this work. All content is (c) Andrija Popovic 2015) A box within a box. The great watchers laugh at me. The beast flailed in the ocean's depths, grasping at the tiny motes of energy floating around. Fish. Squid. Survivors of the ship which carried… Continue reading Ivre – Part 1: Arrival, Chapter 10
The Truth Revealed – thanks to Garth Marenghi
I admit, I was sucked in. A sheeple lead to the slaughter. But my eyes were opened by the brilliance of this man- Garth Marenghi: It was here, in the awful light of his amazing literary talent, that I realized the Puppy campaigns were right all along. Why has a grand literary talent such… Continue reading The Truth Revealed – thanks to Garth Marenghi
Ivre – Part 1: Arrival, Chapter 9
Ivre by Andrija Popovic (The following is an initial draft of this work. All content is (c) Andrija Popovic 2015) "Can you see it?" Anton tilted his head. Tellus did. He knew his efforts were in vain, but he could not let go "Yes." Tellus toppled his king. "I am beaten." "Gods, what a graceful… Continue reading Ivre – Part 1: Arrival, Chapter 9
Ivre – Part 1: Arrival, Chapter 8
Ivre by Andrija Popovic (The following is an initial draft of this work. All content is (c) Andrija Popovic 2015) "The pleasure place has a dungeon?" Adia's saw the lush comforts of the upper levels vanish as she descended. The soft lamps became guttering torches. Chains hung from the walls at random intervals. A low… Continue reading Ivre – Part 1: Arrival, Chapter 8
Life in the Hermitage
(Old hermit Roy Ozmer reading a book at his house: Pelican Key, Florida) It's been a month too long since I've posted. Chapter by Chapter revisions of Ivre continue. I've actually gotten a bit ahead and haven't posted recently. For the one person who's reading, I apologize. I've also been redrafting a short story, and… Continue reading Life in the Hermitage
Ivre – Part 1: Arrival, Chapter 7
Ivre by Andrija Popovic (The following is an initial draft of this work. All content is (c) Andrija Popovic 2015) "You build their homes like toy blocks set upon each other." Tellus gazed up as Strom guided them through the streets. If this was where some of the poorer citizens lived, he could not see… Continue reading Ivre – Part 1: Arrival, Chapter 7
On Hugos and Wes Anderson Quotes
(Updated: Now with the Whitman Brothers...) There is a pivotal moment in The Darjeeling Limited where the Whitman brothers, traveling through India in an attempt to reconnect as family, have a massive brawl on their train. It ends with two of the brothers being maced by the third, who runs off screaming "Stop including me!" Having… Continue reading On Hugos and Wes Anderson Quotes
Biomechanoid Blues 