Dec 29
Horrorscope have just released their 2008 Dark Fiction Recommended Reading List
It’s SO exciting to see a story from ASIM #34 (otherwise known as the issue edited by yours truly) on the list!
“Bitter Elsie Mae” by Tessa Kum (ASIM #34)
Horray for Tessa!
Dec 08
This is it, people. Revelation time. Guess what? Writing is hard. That’s right. Hard.
It’s hard to sit at a computer when everyone else is taking the day off. It’s hard to look at a plot point or a sentence or a paragraph you love so much and concede it has to go. It’s hard to try something new, admit you can’t do it right the first time, then rework it until it is. Yep, hard.
And yeah, I knew this before. And yeah, it’s worth it on so many levels. But there are some days — possibly due to the headache? — when it just feels hard.
Dec 02
I’m gearing up for the next revision of Debris and have been thinking a lot about how this stage feels. This might make me sound like a crazy person but I’ve been searching for the right metaphor. A bit like taking a very deep breath. A bit like setting out on a long journey. Neither of these felt right. But then I got it.
Revising Debris is like eating a huge chocolate cake. I know I’ll enjoy it. I know it’s rich and delicious. But I also know I’ll feel sick by the end and will need a lie down. So this preparation stage is all about drinking water, about eating a light breakfast of yogurt and fruit. It’s about getting the tummy and taste buds nice and ready before I indulge.
And yeah, I ate way too much food today. It was a friend’s birthday. Birthday brunch at work, birthday cake, birthday chocolate. So this metaphor was kinda inevitable.
