tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811223941157953945Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:22:57 +0000Black SwanPODRandomnessRussalkaamanda mckitterick rosself publishingworst writer in the worldA companion blog to the novel Russalka, and other tidbitshttp://seaquarks.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811223941157953945.post-5261564877801092115Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:57:00 +00002009-06-03T10:09:52.520-07:00 So everyone has a novel in them? Fair enough. Does everyone have a good novel in them? Probably not. Does everyone have a good novel, plus the desire, determination, perseverance, thick skin, and sheer bloody-mindedness to get published? Definitely not. For anyone reading this who has taken on the already difficult task of writing a novel (and congratulations to you, it’s no mean feat, no http://seaquarks.blogspot.com/2009/06/it-may-not-be-your-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811223941157953945.post-8962908045120006384Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:47:00 +00002009-06-02T09:52:48.632-07:00Whilst in India last year, I wrote a very unserious blog regarding the adventures of a Knightsbridge gentleman who found himself in the wilds of India, without service of man servant, or a reasonable supply to gin to suport him.It proved reasonably popular with my work collegues, but for whatever reasons (laziness!) I stopped after not very many posts.I tried to resurrect our Gentleman back in http://seaquarks.blogspot.com/2009/06/gentleman-of-letters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811223941157953945.post-7318069987778931930Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:47:00 +00002009-06-01T12:06:00.502-07:00Black SwanPODRandomnessRussalkaself publishing<!--[endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:http://seaquarks.blogspot.com/2009/06/youd-better-stop-take-some-time-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811223941157953945.post-4134283089940026293Sat, 30 May 2009 12:06:00 +00002009-05-30T05:42:18.533-07:00amanda mckitterick rosworst writer in the worldFor an aspiring author, you would expect the discovery that one of your direct ancestors, your great great grandmother no less, was a famed writer who courted discussion and controversy, and whose fame spread to the highest literary circles of the time, would be a matter of great rejoice. Surely, with such a famous and great writer as a relation would enable one to, perhaps, leverage some of thishttp://seaquarks.blogspot.com/2009/05/worst-writer-in-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811223941157953945.post-8928864113029306535Fri, 29 May 2009 16:47:00 +00002009-05-29T09:54:18.302-07:00<!--[endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt http://seaquarks.blogspot.com/2009/05/writers-as-musicians.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7811223941157953945.post-2472233105899897029Thu, 28 May 2009 09:22:00 +00002009-05-28T02:55:42.802-07:00The first question I hear is "what's it about?" The second is "Why did you write it? Why in god's name take so much time and effort to write so many words, that no-one will probably read anyway?" Good question.To answer, I'll start by paraphrasing something I once read by Stephen King - 'Every novel or story already exists. It is the author's job to merely uncover it'. Like a fossil, I guess. It http://seaquarks.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-write-novel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1