Some more quotes I discovered in my reading yesterday, most along the same themes covered in the Seed Culture post.
Having dipped my toes into film and telly recently, I’m struck by how different we are from other writers. Most TV people spend all day sitting around in wine-bars and talking about a project they’ve had [...]
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I don’t really want to be writing this right now. It’s been a long day and I want to do something mindless. But this is an idea I had in the shower this morning and haven’t been able to get out of my head. I was scratching notes about it at work, read 90 pages [...]
My Leap Year: Small Steps 198-203
And now, today’s Meditation for the Comic Creator:
Mammals invest a lot of energy in keeping track of the disposition of each copy we spawn. It’s only natural, of course: we invest so much energy and so many resources in our offspring that it would be a shocking waste if they were to wander away and [...]
My Leap Year: Small Steps 196-197
[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
Warren Ellis mentioned Sleepbot in a twitter last week and I checked it out because I didn’t know what it was.
So here I am, a week later, totally [...]
Making Good: Small Steps 192-195
[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
INTERVIEWS!
First I published a new Making Good column today over at ScrypticStudios.com, in which I interview comics writer Vito Delsante. Here’s a quick excerpt:
What’s the best advice you [...]
My Leap Year: Small Steps 186-191
[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
Here’s a sneak peek at the design process for WAITING, a new story with artist Simon Smith for Parable 2.
My Leap Year: Small Step 185
And now, today’s Meditation for the Comic Creator:
I’ll aim…comics at a wide, media-literate mainstream audience and slowly but surely help generate that audience, just like you. I’ll continue to learn from stuff I think breaks new ground. If at the moment I think comics aren’t being sexy enough or FuturePop enough or incendiary enough, I’ll [...]
My Leap Year: Small Step 184
Watch this, it’s only 15 minutes:
Where will you find your time? What will you do with your cognitive surplus? I have definite plans for mine. Big plans.
My Leap Year: Small Step 183
[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
I had insomnia a couple nights ago. It’s a doubled-edged sword for me, and can be both a blessing and a curse.
The blessing: good time for creativity. This [...]
