Anatomy of Perceval
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About the "Perceval" series of future history thriller novels and a professional writer's blog. |
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| Located: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Tags: | writing, fiction, classical music, conductors, sci fi future, Vienna, suspense, novels |
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Reading as a Writer: “Ace” by Richard Carr on Nov 21, 2009 in Writing reading as a writer Ace Poetry Richard Carr Washington Prize Compressed squares of old junked cars in straight vertical piles fill the cover of Ace, winner of the 2008 Washington Prize, and the last of the four poetry books Richard Carr published this year that I’ve now read. The junkyard feel of the...
Update on “Two Years and Counting” on Nov 14, 2009 in Fiction Marketing The Writing Life Updates Writing accomplishments essays novels Perceval short stories The holidays fast approach, the new year is only weeks away. I’ve slogged along with my projects and am ready to update my “To Do” list: The Blog Itself: After reviewing many, many themes here at WordPress, I decided that I wanted...
I’m Late, I’m Late, for a very important…. on Nov 9, 2009 in Marketing The Writing Life Writing books e-readers e-rights Fiction intellectual property rights Minnesota Orchestra MPR Osmo Vanska rabbit hole White Rabbit Cyberspace and the digital world conjure for me the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland and the rabbit hole. I feel all too often that something I’ve sent off via the internet disappears into a rabbit hole to arrive not at the intended des...
Coughing Mayhem…ahem… on Oct 31, 2009 in Classical Music Updates coughing during concerts how to attend a classical music concert novel H1N1 flu Orchestra Hall seasonal flu In September 2008, I visited the subject of how to attend classical music concerts. During recent internet research surfing, I ran across a fun essay at Theatlantic.com by Erik Tarloff entitled A Few words about Coughing. Tarloff describes a con...
That All-Important Relationship on Oct 28, 2009 in Fiction Marketing The Writing Life Writing book editors editor-writer relationship magazine editors working with an editor Back in the day (ahem), editors edited. They guided writers, taught them about language and grammar, illuminated narrative structure for them. The best and wisest understood that the novel was the author’s not theirs and never tried to impo...
To Outline or Not to Outline? on Oct 24, 2009 in Fiction Writing Evan Quinn novel Perceval screenplay series of novels as one long story to outline a story An existential question, no, but a question that pops up in writer interviews regarding the creative process all the time. Is outlining important? Not to me. However, it could be important to a writer who needs that structure before beginning...
