ideas
November 17, 2009
- I don't promote such avenues nor advise against. They exist (indeed proliferate), and I find this one particularly interesting. http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/ An online literary publication type deal.Born AgainLadies and gentlemen, welcome to TNB 3.0! As you will see, the new site features four main sections: Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Arts & Culture. Each will be ...
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November 16, 2009
- All of these ideas are currently under serious consideration by various powerful people in TV and movies. For your own good,please do not try to steal them. ......."STRANGER IN BLOG TOWN"Suddenly one day, nobody is able to start a new blog in town. For some mysterious reason there is a limit to how many blogs there can be in town, and that limit has been reached. Everybody who was ...
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November 11, 2009
- “In a world where life has different seasons, we mustn’t give hope and believe we can make a difference.” “We must not compromise what we stand for, even if some might feel offended by our values. Nor must we apologize to the world for our values because they have shaped us to where we are today.” “Living life is a daily challenge and risks are part of ...
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November 8, 2009
- I did not choose Claude Levi-Strauss; he was thrust upon me. Structuralism was far from my mind when I was gifted a bunch of his books. A couple of academicians were arguing over the merits of burdening me, a work in progress, with the abstractions of totemism. The argument did not take place across the table. The two individuals did not know each other. I carried the messages to and fro and ...
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November 2, 2009
- If you would like to read part one of this blog, please visit: http://redroom.com/blog/lslbradford/being-homolateral-the-hippo-on-your-head-part-oneI believe, mind you this is just a theory, that writer's block is lodged firmly in the homolateral state. From this 'stuck' place, we are either far too consumed with the details and end up suffering analysis paralysis, or we are living in the ...
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October 12, 2009
- Please have a look at my journal on my blog [which is a great tool for writers to spread the word for anything they post on RedRoom__which is good for promoting reach and breath from a post you've made here. Here is the link to the visual representation of my journal page: http://michaelpokocky.posterous.com/does-seeing-my-journal-interest-anyone I have been keeping journals since I was 12 and ...
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September 18, 2009
- A fascination for the odd and the obscure drives my writing. I’m always on the lookout for strange but real occurrences that would make for a really interesting story. When I discovered the unusual business world of viatical settlements, lightning struck and I knew I had a novel.So what are viatical settlements and what makes them so special? In a sense, they’re a reverse insurance ...
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September 15, 2009
- Ideas for novels come from a variety of sources: overheard conversations, stories relayed by others, personal experience, locations and the news. On my blog I recently mentioned the Windsurfing Festival on Hayling Island as a potential idea for an Inspector Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel, well here's another idea that popped into my Google Reader - Murder on the Hayling Seaside Express. ...
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September 11, 2009
- I live with a cold blooded killer. I haven’t turned him into the cops because he’s my cat, Tegan. He’s on a roll at the moment. It’s summer and that means young and inexperienced creatures are poking their heads from their protective homes and Tegan is there to bite them off. I spent last week picking up the chewed remains of mice, rats, birds and a lizard. As soon as I’d ...
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September 1, 2009
- Today, the internet turns 40. I like paying tributes to inanimate objects and abstract concepts. Humans are usually commemorated when they die; objects and ideas grow and outgrow the accolades we shower on them.I got my first computer nine years ago. What transpired before that has been recorded. The question one asks is: Has it been good for you? What does such connectivity mean where you can ...
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