Main news of the week was of course the collection of short stories I released as Pure Escapism: Volume One. I can’t say as how it has taken off like a house of fire, but it is early days and there hasn’t been much in the way of advertising its existence yet. On the positive [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Week In Review: Week Twenty One 2009
Posted: May 30, 2009 in writing updateTags: writing, writing update
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The companion for the Eleventh Doctor in the next seasons of Doctor Who starting next year has been announced and it is…drumroll…Karen Gillian. Who? I’d never heard of her, but she is a relative newcomer to the game, so that is hardly surprising. Steven Moffat spoke highly of her in the BBC press release announcing [...]
As a writer, one of the things I really want to accomplish is to be able to give characters stirring, inspiring speeches – the kind tvtropes refers to as the Rousing Speech. The kind that can turn the tide of a battle or just make you sit back and go ‘wow’. There is a bit [...]
An update on yesterdays post – the Night Elf druid bear form skins are now available for view. All I can say is once more I’m glad I’m a Tauren and not an elf. Cat forms are coming next week – look forward to seeing how much they have improved the Tauren cat form.
One of the things I do when I’m not writing is play World of Warcraft. Not as much as I used to, but still enough. I am certain the game is making me get OCD, what with all the mounts, and achievements and vanity pets and tabards I have to get… I am Horde – [...]
News On Pure Escapism Volume Two
Posted: May 26, 2009 in Pure EscapismTags: ezine, pride and prejudice, pulps, Short story, writing, writing update
It appears that volume two may be completed quicker than I initially expected. That is mainly because the four stories slated for it so far had already been started prior to volume one being completed. May even be ready to go in a couple of weeks. While I do have plans for what will be [...]
Pure Escapism at Smashwords
Posted: May 26, 2009 in Pure EscapismTags: ezine, pulps, Pure Escapism, Short story, smashwords, writing, writing update
I’ve made Pure Escapism available at Smashwords as well. I’m still working out how to format it there correctly, but the PDF from there will be inferior in design and layout to the one that can be downloaded here. The main reason to make it available also through there are to garner a wider audience [...]
An Update To Pure Escapism: Volume One
Posted: May 25, 2009 in Pure EscapismTags: ezine, pulps, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
Just a quick note that a slightly updated volume one of Pure Escapism has replaced the older version – nothing major, just a bit of tidying up and formatting, as well as PDF bookmarks added.
Came across the following article at Strange Horizons, an online SF magazine, about what they don’t want to see more of – basically story ideas they have seen submitted too often. I am fairly certain I’m not guilty of any of them, at least not recently. A few examples from the list; # Scientist uses [...]
Pure Escapism: The Future
Posted: May 23, 2009 in Pure EscapismTags: ezine, pulps, Pure Escapism, Short story, writing, writing update
Now that the first volume has been completed, time to look at what the future holds. I have a notebook full of ideas that will fill two more volumes already. Some are stand alone stories, others are parts of groups of tales, centered around certain characters, events or times. Cara’s Choice will be making a [...]
