Writing about writing and reading
I'm sure you're tired of hearing me talk about this book in all my posts, so you should be glad to know that this is the last post about it! I finished it! And although it was creative, exciting, with well developed characters, interesting ideas and great prose--it also irritated me quite a bit. Along …
Continue reading "The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey"
I for one, am quite tired of this genre. Zombies, vampires, ghosts, and so on. They never go away. Even the current book I'm reading, 'The Girl with all the Gifts', turned out to be a zombie story-- although they put a small twist on it. The story is good in spite of the zombies, …
If you read the same books, watch the same shows, go to the same places, eat the same foods, do the same things every day--it stands to reason you're going to think the same thoughts every day. Thoughts are products of our experiences, a rearranging of things we already know. So if you want some new …
Well, I've made it to one of the major scenes that I first envisioned oh so long ago when I first was brainstorming this story, and now that I'm here I don't know how to start. Will it ever come out as good as it has been in my head all this time? Probably not, …
I find that when I'm aiming for a certain tone or vibe in my writing, it helps a lot to be listening to music that evokes the same feeling I'm going for. It puts my brain into the right gear and the visions of what I need to write come a lot easier. What are …
Jonas David 