Posted in Podcast on Mar 31st, 2008
Every story has to start somewhere, and as a writer, laying down that first stone on the road to the end is always a tough one. Join the Dead Robots as they discuss the topic of opening lines, see what they like and don’t like, and hear some of their own.
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Posted in Imported, Justin on Mar 30th, 2008
Justin wrote:
I love video games. I always have, and I always will. My wife, while not a big player of games, still (thankfully) enjoys watching me play. Not all games, mind you. She doesn’t care for games that are nothing but running and gunning, games that are all violence and no story. When I want […]
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Posted in Podcast on Mar 25th, 2008
Artists like to put on the appearance of the artiste, but we all have to eat, and creating art is easier when a roof is over our heads, so somewhere along the way we have to get paid unless we want to share workspace with the bums. Join the debate!
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Posted in Justin on Mar 25th, 2008
Justin wrote:
As you will recall, my wife had a seizure last week. It was the scariest moment of my life, but luckily she’s been okay since then and hasn’t had any other sort of issue (we see a neurologist in a couple of weeks, so cross your fingers for her). So, things had been looking […]
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Posted in Imported, Graham on Mar 24th, 2008
Graham wrote:
I’ve just noticed that the photography category on this blog has 105 entries and the writing category has 130 (including this post). For a blog that’s supposed to be primarily about writing that’s not so good. I’ll have to do more writing to make sure that photography doesn’t take over.
That means that […]
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Posted in Amanda, Imported on Mar 23rd, 2008
Amanda wrote:
Well, if any of you have been wondering where I am, I got sick. Yes, AGAIN. Gah. Though I think this time it might have been more allergy than germ related, since I contracted my “illness” on Wednesday and I’m already feeling pretty much back to normal. (Though my voice still sounds like crap) […]
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Posted in Podcast on Mar 19th, 2008
Artists live and grow by criticism. It’s one of the many ways we learn where we’ve gone right, and even more importantly, where we went wrong. Sometimes it hurts, but such is the way of the writer. Join us in our pain and progress.
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Posted in Imported, Graham on Mar 18th, 2008
Graham wrote:
From BBC News:
British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90…
Sir Arthur’s vivid - and detailed - descriptions of space shuttles, super-computers and rapid communications systems were enjoyed by millions of readers around the world.
He was the author of more than 100 fiction and non-fiction […]
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Posted in Amanda, Imported on Mar 18th, 2008
Amanda wrote:
Episode #27 of DRS has been successfully recorded and by recorded I mean we now have even more material for that bloopers reel we’re eventually going to do. In all seriousness, though, it was a good show, despite any bullshitting that may have occurred beforehand…
As for me, I’m dreading this week. I’m working […]
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Posted in Podcast on Mar 14th, 2008
Hey, folks, here’s another episode comin’ at ya quick and dirty. We let our hair down a little this week and discussed the topic of theme. Theme is how the writer impacts the reader on an intellectual level, and so that makes it kind of important, but that didn’t stop us from making jokes of […]
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