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Dryads gets to draft
Dryads, the last of my Nymph collection, has finally got to draft stage at 33,000 words. For those with a fictional frame of mind, Dryads is set in a place not dissimilar to medieval England – it has a Soke, … Continue reading
An Office Life 8: Intermission
1) Learning the work. Work is easy – find the pattern and fit in. Do the job better, faster, more effectively and cover all the bases; create space to do more. Everything that goes without saying. There are barriers to … Continue reading
Kulturá at Kavá 2
[* edited 06/08/2016] To blog or not to blog. I shuck off thoughts of Grant Morrison’s Invisibles (Vertigo Comics) and retellings of The Fisher King. Once more I am at Kulturá at the Kavá in Todmorden. In another life, things … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Review
Tagged A Slow Blues, Aristotle, Cheetham Street Writers, Ed Reiss, Hasiwriters, Idries Shah, Kavá, Kulturá, Lucky, Mandy Pannett, Plato, Poetry, Sentinel Books, silt from distant lands, Sufi
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Writing Theory: Aristotle and Plato’s Contribution
In a few days’ time I get to do a bit of a talk; that is, in the absence of group members (holidays) and given the no show of Bury Borough Council plus writing course, I elected to provide a … Continue reading
Posted in General, Opinion, Philosophy, Writing
Tagged Aristotle, Gorgias, imitation, Ion, mimesis, Phaedrus, Philosophy, Plato, Plato The Republic, rhapsodes, The Poetics, Theory of Forms, Ultimate Good, Writing Theory
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Notes to World Building and Cosmogonies
I’m gonna talk about two things here: Cosmogony and World Creation Cosmogony Any theory concerning the coming into existence (or origin) of either the cosmos (or universe), or the so-called reality of sentient beings. World Creation Essentially a process of defining a sandbox … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Philosophy, Science, Trivia, Writing
Tagged Amber, Aristotle, Averroes, Cosmogony, Plato, Roger Zelazny, World Building, World Creation
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This Site: About me + Self-published works
This site… is a casual, and sometimes, not so casual interest in the world and universe about us, us ourselves, history, current affairs, love, sex, and pretty much anything else that pops into my head. I’ve been writing as long … Continue reading
Isn’t quite what we’re looking for
Your story isn’t quite what we’re looking for right now. Seen that before? Perhaps, if you’re a writer trying to sell your stuff. It’s an ever present reminder that the editor / publisher takes a gamble each time a new … Continue reading
The Roots of Originality
There is a burgeoning industry of formulaic fiction. Some is easy to pick out; fiction I wrote because I’m a fan and fiction pretty much like another book but just different enough come to mind. With experience you see it … Continue reading
Posted in Links to Fiction, Trivia, Writing
Tagged Aristotle, Crime, Detective, Fantasy, Harjazes, Heroic Fantasy Brant, Historical, Horror, Jaded palate, Lellegheny, Opinion, Plato, Post Urban, Science Fiction, Sex, The Poetics
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My Notes on Aristotle’s Poetics
Note; this post is largely superceded; its content is incorporated in Writing Theory which also includes further consideration by Plato on writing. Aristotle – Poetics Penguin Classics 978-0-14-044636-4 £8.99 Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Malcolm Heath Mimesis (imitation) Hamartia … Continue reading
