I'm always fascinated by the way other writers work and organise themselves. It gives me inspiration and also comfort when I find out famous authors have struggled like me.
Two snippets from Writer's Almanac which I keep on plugging as it's full of interesting facts and nuggets.
Hunter S Thompson typed out the whole of The Great Gatsby to learn about writing style.
Dan Brown used a dictaphone while he was out jogging to get to grips with the plot of The Da Vinci Code.
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Gary Short poem about cats hunting
in the Writer's Almanac today.
Very apt because we had the present of a baby wood pigeon in our kitchen last night. Humphrey our loving but maddening cat had brought it home to eat in comfort.
Ugh. We've given it a decent burial in the garden this morning. And we're still waiting for Humphrey to turn up.
He's not staying away from shame. Definitely not his style.
Iit's because the tree surgeons are in the residential complex next to us chopping down the trees. Humphrey hates mowers, rubbish lorries and any other whining equipment.
Sad to see the trees go but they are very tall and maybe dangerous. Don't know but I hope they'll come back soon. Also sad to see them done this time of year rather than before they came into leaf.
Our cynical thought is that it's probably a budgetary thing.
Very apt because we had the present of a baby wood pigeon in our kitchen last night. Humphrey our loving but maddening cat had brought it home to eat in comfort.
Ugh. We've given it a decent burial in the garden this morning. And we're still waiting for Humphrey to turn up.
He's not staying away from shame. Definitely not his style.
Iit's because the tree surgeons are in the residential complex next to us chopping down the trees. Humphrey hates mowers, rubbish lorries and any other whining equipment.
Sad to see the trees go but they are very tall and maybe dangerous. Don't know but I hope they'll come back soon. Also sad to see them done this time of year rather than before they came into leaf.
Our cynical thought is that it's probably a budgetary thing.
Friday, 29 May 2009
Political absurdity by Jimmy Carter in Writer's Almanac
www.writersalmanac.publicradio.org. I've mentioned Writer's Almanac before but if you haven't found it yet then I recommend it
Everyday I'm reminded of writers famous and not so famous with poems and pieces of their work. Today a short poem by Jimmy Carter about the absurdity of votes for the dead. Yes really.
I can't reproduce the poem here without permission so I recommend you take a look.
Everyday I'm reminded of writers famous and not so famous with poems and pieces of their work. Today a short poem by Jimmy Carter about the absurdity of votes for the dead. Yes really.
I can't reproduce the poem here without permission so I recommend you take a look.
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