Executive Summary 1: There’s a crash coming. Executive Summary 2: Poisoned chalice, anyone? Whatever you might think of John Key[…]
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Author: Geoff
Kurt Vonnegut and the shapes of stories
As Kurt Vonnegut demonstrates, almost all stories follow one of two basic shapes. Then there’s a third, which you probably[…]
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Leonard Cohen, Suzanne and “a standard writer’s contract”
I’ve always loved this song by the late Leonard Cohen, but I was intrigued by his opening comments in this[…]
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Ian Rankin on the origins of Inspector Rebus
Next year is the 30th anniversary of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus, and the twenty-first book in the series. With Rather[…]
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Niven’s Laws for Writers
These come from Larry Niven’s short story collection N-Space: Writers who write for other writers should write letters. Never be[…]
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A respectful question to authors using traditional publishers
… “Do you realize how much are you paying for the services provided by your publisher?” For a middle-aged writer, a publishing[…]
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Stephen Fry vs. Grammar nazis
Publish. A lot!
Publish. A Lot: For those of you who have spent 10 years writing your last book I have news for[…]
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