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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #450 on: April 15, 2008, 02:31:50 AM »
finished "unforgiven", by jules hardy - brilliant.  and now, just finished "if nobody speaks of remarkable things" by jon mcgregor, also brilliant, although difficult to keep track of all the characters, as he doesn't name them.  it's like a long prose poem, sort of - the language is very poetic, anyway.  but it was a joy to read, and actually has a plot.

not sure what's going to be next, to be honest.  i need to start writing again soon, so better not fill up my head with rubbish.  :laugh:

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #451 on: April 15, 2008, 08:12:45 PM »
What, doesn't it inspire you not to stoop to writing the same kind of drivel yourself?  :P
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #452 on: April 16, 2008, 02:27:09 AM »
What, doesn't it inspire you not to stoop to writing the same kind of drivel yourself?  :P

it has to be relatively well-written rubbish, otherwise i can't cope with it.  :laugh:  i mean, i might've been able to manage the claptrap of "the da vinci code", if it weren't for the fact his writing is utterly abysmal.

but i know what you mean.  that's how i teach writing - i use ghastly examples to show people what NOT to do, cos if you're reading good stuff, you just glide through it, as it were.  the best example is an "erotic fiction" site i found, which is so bad, it's painful.  the students all fall about laughing at the atrocious writing, but it really illustrates what i drone on about, with regard to using appropriate imagery, visualising what you write, how to write dialogue, etc.

also, i'm trying to develop a more literary style at the mo, so i'm hoping that, if i read more "literary" works, i'll absorb it by osmosis.  :laugh:

reading "the piano tuner" by daniel mason, at the mo.  stunning.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #453 on: April 16, 2008, 07:27:56 AM »
 :laugh: You'd be fun to have as a professor.

I do it more with computer games than horrible books. Even the better RPG's have the stilted dialog and painful plot twists that make me want to call up and strangle every developer that won't give me a job.

More literary? What do you think your stuff is missing?
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #454 on: April 16, 2008, 10:57:33 AM »
:laugh: You'd be fun to have as a professor.

thank you - i take that a really big compliment.  :)

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I do it more with computer games than horrible books. Even the better RPG's have the stilted dialog and painful plot twists that make me want to call up and strangle every developer that won't give me a job.

More literary? What do you think your stuff is missing?

a publisher.  :laugh:

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #455 on: April 16, 2008, 02:34:42 PM »
More literary? What do you think your stuff is missing?

a publisher.  :laugh:

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You'll get there.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #456 on: April 16, 2008, 02:55:01 PM »
The recipe for the final details of the Meaty Meat Loaf.   :green:

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #457 on: April 16, 2008, 02:58:01 PM »
What is Meat Loaf?

A meaty bread?

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #458 on: April 16, 2008, 03:04:23 PM »

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« Reply #459 on: April 16, 2008, 03:10:37 PM »
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

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« Reply #460 on: April 16, 2008, 03:12:15 PM »
I could send you my copy of Writers' and Artists' Yearbook for good luck  :laugh:

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #462 on: April 16, 2008, 03:22:50 PM »
I could send you my copy of Writers' and Artists' Yearbook for good luck  :laugh:

aww, you're are just a sweetie.  :hug:

actually, i haven't got this year's one yet.  they never change that much, and they're so expensive.  ::)  i can always use the uni's copy.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #463 on: April 16, 2008, 03:37:35 PM »
They do change, some. It's really embarrassing to send a novel to an editor who's moved to a competitor.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #464 on: April 16, 2008, 03:44:18 PM »
i always check on the intergeek, and/or phone them first, anyway.  phew!