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Category Archives: General Madness
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A Long Time Between Drinks…
Date: April 27, 2012 at 4:13 am- by AJ-
Posted in AJ, Fresh Ink, General Madness, Midnight Echo Issue 8, Writing-
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With the school holidays over, it’s time to get back into the writing routine. Not that my writing is completely forgotten when the kids are on a break; my copywriting is put on hold, but any spare time (yep, I more »
“I’m writing a novel” are Words of Power
Date: April 23, 2012 at 10:57 am- by Marty-
Posted in General Madness, Marty, Writing-
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It’s true. With these simple words, you can sneak backstage and find the real goodies. For example, when I was writing 809 Jacob Street, I needed to find out how someone could get hold of a gun–illegally. So I got more »
On the joys of books and hidden ideas
Date: April 17, 2012 at 2:24 am- by Marty-
Posted in General Madness, Mark, World Domination, Writing-
Comment(s): 1
In the midst of my extremely exhausting top secret week away (I feel like road kill, but in a good way–happy road kill), the idea for novel 3 began growing… I’ve seen glimpses of this idea for the past couple of weeks, more »
Worn Down by the Novel…
Phew. Urgh. That’s what I felt after finishing the rewrites of my novel, 809 Jacob Street. It was exhausting–but don’t get me wrong, it was also a thrilling ride. It’s just that, once you close off on that, you have more »
Death to the Tooth Fairy
Date: March 13, 2012 at 11:33 pm- by Marty-
Posted in General Madness, Uncategorized, Writing-
Comment(s): 6
Right, where’s that damn tooth fairy…? The one who nicked off with my tooth last month and left me looking slightly crazy. When I find her, I’m gonna pluck off her wings and then whisper into her ear, “I don’t more »
Good ol’ fun sci-fi
Date: February 22, 2012 at 5:10 am- by Marty-
Posted in General Madness, Marty, Writing-
Comment(s): 0
Fresh from researching necrotizing fasciitis, a damn horrible disease if ever there was one, I needed some lighter entertainment—okay, some entertainment—and turned to my collection of mid-20th century Amazing Stories issues. They always take me to a place of pure more »
Unearthly Fables: Names in Blood
Date: February 7, 2012 at 11:48 am- by Dave-
Posted in Dave, General Madness, Writing-
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A new phase of the book is now taking place. Introductions are now being constructed by a range of dark authors out there. This is scary. . . I will update you on some of the names that are being more »
Next time, Gadget. Next time …
Date: February 1, 2012 at 9:03 pm- by Juliet-
Posted in General Madness, Jules, World Domination-
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I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God. Robert Browning On the day of Facebook’s Timeline mandatory roll out, it begs the question: more »
Vampires – the proper kind…
Date: January 19, 2012 at 10:00 am- by Marty-
Posted in General Madness, Marty, Writing-
Comment(s): 5
The HWA, in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, recently put out the nominees for the Vampire Novel of the Century Award (which really would be something cool to have on your mantle…). more »
Thoughts for 2012
Well, most importantly, my family has lived another healthy year, and my little man won an Academic Award for term 4! Go little sport! Daddy Dave is still chuffed. Now, to the writing me. My last two years in the more »