Tade Thompson's Blog, page 25

“So long as the…

“So long as the events are veiled, the imagination will run riot and depict all sorts of horrors, but as soon as the veil is lifted, all mystery disappears.” Henry JamesFiled under: Uncategorized Tagged: henry_james, the_turn_of_the_screw, writing, writing_advice

Meanwhile

I’m still blogging, I’m still blogging. Just slightly busy with preparing something for the World Fantasy Convention. I should finish that in the next few days and be back with a post or a scan from my sketchy life. Meanwhile: … Continue reading →

Rikki-tikki-tavi

“This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment.” Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’ was one of my favourites as a child, and the mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi was, for … Continue reading →

Sketchiness: Dead Orchid

Two reasons for this sketch to exist, both from my lady. One is that she said I don’t draw or paint enough plants or flowers. The second is that our living room was becoming an orchid graveyard. So I went … Continue reading →

Sketchiness: Lounge

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Sketchiness: Dead Eye

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Honey, Nests and Fleece

  “Thus you bees make honey not for yourselves. Thus you birds build nests not for yourselves. Thus you sheep bear fleeces not for yourselves” VirgilFiled under: Uncategorized Tagged: bird, pencil, sketch, sketchiness, virgil

The Four Horsemen of my Desk

This year will see a return to low-tech methodology for me. I will be writing more with pen/pencil and less with keyboard to reduce distraction and to introduce a delay between thought and publication on social media (see my last … Continue reading →

Sketchiness and Wordiness: Handy

“HE ASKED ME TO give something up, something that mattered.  I had no money, so I offered my right hand. He cocked his eyebrow, wondering if I was serious. ‘I have nothing else,’ I said. He chopped it off without … Continue reading →

Our Stream-of-consciousness is not Harmless

A number of times this year one person’s thoughtless tweet has triggered a twitterstorm. Often, but by no means always, the person meant no offense or meant one kind of (socially-endorsed) offence like “I’m a curmudgeon, fear my tongue”, but … Continue reading →