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March 11, 2015
The Mother of All Agreements
An interesting perspective on how arguments might actually be the extremes against the middle ground: To continue their analogy, my theory of responding in a reasonable fashion if you have the perspective to do it could be compared to people … Continue reading →
March 9, 2015
The Game’s a Thing, Some of the Time
Crissy Moss posted an article earlier today on the wonders of playing games. Both Garrett Robinson and Simon Cantan enthuse about games they have played. There is (unsurprisingly) a correlation between enjoying games and being a writer. However, there might … Continue reading →
March 6, 2015
Inspiration: An Unquiet Calm
The An Unquiet Calm anniversary week comes to a close with the inspirations behind the title story. There may be spoilers ahead. ‘An Unquiet Calm’ was an attempt to fuse British myth with my favourite aspects of Lovecraftian horror. The … Continue reading →
March 5, 2015
Inspiration: Blossom
Day Four of my series on the inspirations behind An Unquiet Calm brings me (un)surprisingly to the fourth story: ‘Blossom’. There may be spoilers ahead. ‘Blossom’ was originally written for a flash fiction competition with the prompt Falling Rain. The … Continue reading →
March 4, 2015
Inspiration: Some Secrets
Continuing the anniversary celebrations for An Unquiet Calm, today’s post is on the inspiration behind the third story in the collection: ‘Some Secrets’. ‘Some Secrets’ is potentially my most experimental piece. In late January 2014 someone mentioned an anthology due … Continue reading →
March 3, 2015
Inspiration: Washed Clean
Continuing my series of posts celebrating the first anniversary of An Unquiet Calm, today I discuss the inspiration behind ‘Washed Clean’. There may be spoilers ahead. ‘Washed Clean’ was originally an entry in a flash fiction competition from the prompt … Continue reading →
March 2, 2015
Inspiration: Thieves in the Night
One year ago, I published An Unquiet Calm, my first collection of short stories. To celebrate the anniversary, I will be posting this week about the inspiration behind the five stories. First up: ‘Thieves in the Night’. There may be … Continue reading →
February 27, 2015
Tribes by Carmen Webster Buxton
Combining a world of both depth and breadth with a range of plausible characters, Webster Buxton delivers a novel with dilemmas and personalities every bit as complex as real life without limiting herself to the merely realistic. Mariposan society is … Continue reading →
February 25, 2015
Criminalisation Is a Social Opiate
For me, drug policy is the clearest example of social protection at a remove: restricting a choice not because of the direct outcome being negative, but because the possible outcome of that outcome could be negative. As I believe the … Continue reading →
February 23, 2015
In Collaboration, The Nature of Art
Last week Simon Cantan posted an overview of the collaborative writing method we developed since starting Greenstar about a year ago. While we are still using the passing-back-and-forth method I mentioned in mentioned in my first post about our collaboration, … Continue reading →
