Archive for October, 2008

Gabe - an update

 I recently passed 40K with Gabe, which has broken the back of the ‘novel’ challenge.  I thought I’d pop up part of one of the chapters I’m working on at the moment.  Takes place somewhere in the middle and can stand alone alright, I reckon.
 
 
 
Diversions
 
The problem with being a writer is that you […]

D M Thomas and The White Hotel

In 1981, a seemingly innocuous book called The White Hotel emerged into the literary market.  It created a bit of a stir, and quite rightly.  Within a restrained and beautifully constructed narrative, a young woman recounts a tale of eroticism and violence to her psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud.  It is the most original book trying to […]

Advice for new writers

Writing is easy, as a beginning anyway.  You sit your arse down and get on with it.  Over time, you get a bit better at it.  Time passes and the movement of ideas from your head comes through your fingers in a pen or on a keyboard more smoothly.  Finally, you get good and are […]