All Entries Tagged With: "creative writing"
Come Over To The Dark Side
When I see a plane flying overhead, my first thought is not oh, look, people going on holiday. No. My first thought is that could crash. It doesn’t help that I used to have very accurate premonitions about air crashes some years ago, and one terrifyingly spooky one about the first space shuttle disaster. But [...]
A Time to Write
I had a blog all ready to go until I read the latest offering from Tumblemoose. I now feel compelled to say something more than just a comment at the foot of his post. First of all, I don’t think for one second that writing skills are a “use it or lose it” affair. The [...]
Out of the Pens of Brats
I wonder what the future holds for freelance writing. Tumblemoose did a blog last year on the wonderfully creative writing talent that can be found in the oh-so-young. Whilst such occurrences are undoubtedly widespread and should indeed be lauded, those of you who know my posts will appreciate I sometimes look at the darker side [...]
WUI
People often ask me: Mark, they say, Mark me old mucker, is it a good idea to drink alcohol when you’re writing? I mean, you being a top novelist, and all that. What do you think, Mark? Actually, no one has ever asked me that. In fact, no one has ever sought my advice on [...]
Finger on the Trigger
Anyone who sits down to write for hours on end because they cannot break from their beloved creative writing project, or because they have a client deadline to meet, will be painfully aware of the exquisite agony that comes from maintaining certain positions for too long. Working on a laptop can create different issues to [...]
The Doer of Deeds
By Mark Pepper Well, everyone, it’s 2010, so a Happy New Year to you all. I trust you’ve made some powerful resolutions and you are now looking forward to a prosperous year ahead. Unfortunately, nothing is going to change just because the clock hands have ticked over into another year. If you are expecting 2010 [...]
