The blow to my gut was seeing how unprofessional the story looked - and that I hadn't done that last-minute, last-gasp final check. Oh, I did look - quick and dirty, apparently, because I missed the critical elements that blew it wide open. That hard-drive error - that's the problem. No. That's what I blame, … Continue reading Take Two: A Re-Launch
Published last night, after a mighty effort, Agoness: The rules of kingship have been lost with lack of care and the passing of time, but when the Prince retaliates against the Daughter of the Holy when she refuses to marry him, and ensures she is sentenced to death by pyre for refusing him so publicly, … Continue reading Agoness
Well, it's TDF! Which means I don't sleep, forget to eat at the normal times, stay up all night to watch the lycra legs and mountains and pretty landscapes - the Tour de France! So, in a nutshell, what you get is what there already is - a third scene from the WIP (the Ghost … Continue reading That Time of Year, and What it Elicits
An excerpt from a new story in the paranormal field. Copyright Rose Brimson & Cage Dunn 2017 (of course). Scene 1 “It’s a beautiful old house. Probably best described as original, ’cos it needs a fair amount of work, but I’m sure there’ll be someone to do work in the area – it’s a farming … Continue reading A New Story [Perhaps]
Why are you doing it? I was asked (topic: the presentation next week). Why, indeed. The shortest and simplest reason is because I wasted so much time and effort trying to learn something everyone seemed to think every writer knows without thinking about it – structure. After all, there’s the 3 acts, the Aristotle’s incline, … Continue reading The Answer
Next week I'm going to offer a presentation to a group of young writers. What I want to do is share what I've learned on my journey through the apprentice stage of writing - because it shouldn't have been so hard! I want to share how I learned to understand structure. Maybe I should put … Continue reading A Presentation
A short story, copyright Rose Brimson 2017 “Down; look down – don’ look at the light,” Colly said, as he held Mibba down by the head – it hurt! “Uncle! Uncle! Leggo – you hurtin’ me!” Mibba scrabbled in the dirt, tried to get purchase. Colly gripped him tighter at the back of his neck; … Continue reading Min-Min
It could have been this, or that, or something else. I should have applied for 'real' jobs, or set up a market stall, or ... But I write. It means I have to make choices about a life of minimal money/cash flow. It's been a few years now since that decision changed my life. Has it … Continue reading Choices
Was it a promise I made? Did I say something to someone about having a break from this daily grind - for a whole month? Surely not! Not this manic, obsessed, driven, etc. words-gotta-get-out person! But I did. Whether I promised someone else, or the promise was to myself, I need some time to get … Continue reading How to go one more week without –
The last few months I've been trying out a new process (yes, yes, yes - a process is the way it's done [before the procedure of outline], and I'm talking about from Idea to Concept to Premise to Beat to Balance Sheet to [finally] Outline) and it's proving a little difficult at certain points. Don't get … Continue reading How it all comes together …
