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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Sorry this is late. We’ve been trying to get our episodes out by Sunday night, but this last week has had some challenges in it, so we’re a few days late. Mea Culpa. Blame Canada. Now… Writers must manipulate their…