ADD SALT FOR SWEETNESS
NEWS & UPDATES: Seclusion and experience, these are the poles between which writers are torn. The adage says that writers write and that is true. But it is also true that writers must have some well to draw from and that pool is experience. For those that remix ideas that…
ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP NERDS
MW MCLEOD NEWS 11 JULY, 2022 The wild blog reader, in their natural habitat, stumbles upon the new page. Could it be? It looks like yes, it is M.W. McLeod’s July update. Let’s see what they make of it. A frazzled-looking woman, who is neither young nor old, with unkempt…
I CAN FEEL THE STORM COMING
FK MARLOWE NEWS 7 JULY, 2022 July for a horror writer should be hot; the sun a white, baleful eye that sees every sin and reaches fingers deep into the soil to find the rotting secrets buried there and bring them writhing to the surface. It should be a sheen…
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR
MW MCLEOD NEWS 10 JUNE, 2022 Grey. I see nothing but grey all around me. Fog covers the ground in the strange, wide open liminal space of this purgatory. Black text, white background. Text, words, letters everywhere. The author died and came here to this limbo to edit, only to…
A HORROR WRITER’S JUNE
FK MARLOWE NEWS 7 JUNE, 2022 It’s a horror-writer’s June here in BC, with louring skies and torrential downpours one minute, sweltering heat the next. Not great for the flowers, but fantastic for the imagination, and mine is putting out creepy crawly tendrils all over the place! It’s hard to…
MAY, BLOSSOMS AND BIRDSONG
FK MARLOWE NEWS 5 MAY, 2022 Ah May! The blossoms! The birdsong! The torrential blimmin’ BC rain! Loathe to fall for pathetic fallacy as I am, I can’t help thinking the latter is linked to my side job of exam marking. I hope I’ll have conquered the beast mid-month so…
ROLL ON JANUARY
MILESTONES GOODBYE DECEMBER! I’ve been online for four months now to forge partnerships, find potential readers and engage in some kind of intellectual debate and social interaction with other writers. Covid style, of course. As December, and with it this whole blasted year, withers away in the night, it’s time…
ROLL ON DECEMBER
MILESTONES GOODBYE NOVEMBER! Three months into this creative writing adventure I’m beginning to think the Writing Community, particularly on twitter, is a pretty awesome place to call home. So, now that November is over it’s time for the monthly recap. I’m extremely proud of myself for completing NaNoWriMo in 17…
ROLL ON NOVEMBER
GOODBYE OCTOBER! Two months into this adventure I’m touched and blown away by the kind and supportive reception I’ve received in the online WritingCommunity. I posted more work in progress (wip) chapters and daily InstaWrimo/ preptober blogposts in October. I was active on social media and promoted my posts and…
ROLL ON OCTOBER
GOODBYE SEPTEMBER! Six weeks into this adventure, we’re still going forward and getting the wheels in motion. I’ve posted four work in progress chapters and a few blogposts. I’ve been semi active on social media and promoted my posts and drafts on twitter, Instagram and facebook. So far, twitter has…