...taken from the excellent Backyard Babies Stockholm Syndrome. Hunt it down.
Sporadic blog posting at the moment again due to more proper work. Yeah I know other writers seem to manage it daily but they obviously get paid to write and don't have to do other stuff in between. Nearly there...
Started another short this morning, which makes six on the hob but two of those should be dusted down by the end of the week. Those two are so close I can smell them but I know they can't just be good. They have to kill. Every single one has to rip heads off which takes time I don't have but it will be worth it. Writing a collection of varied short stories almost all at the same time that will each serve an individual purpose in the world is like trying to write unleash Chinese Democracy - or at the very least Hysteria.
I'm sure this mega-plan will pull itself together soon. I'm hyper aware that in order to crack this barrel open, I'm going to require not just a few things that are pretty good but a whole arsenal of material. Shock and Awe as it were.
I realise that I'm not pitching myself into the horror arena, but I was in Waterstones for about two hours yesterday and the horror shelf is so poor, you would cry if you thought you had some talent in that arena. Out of 8 shelves, you can kiss 6 of them good bye to King and Koontz - the rest are sporadic entries. Fantasy however is booming - there is so much to choose from, you're hard pressed to choose anything at all! I'm not even convinced any more that the bookstores are the main drag in this scenario.
I've gotten ahead of myself now. Check back in tomorrow - I need to wait for Ida (different timezone) to post my lastest piece - The Strange Case of Bob Lefsetz vs Gene Simmons - then I can move on to say what I'm about to say now.... but it won't make any sense before that goes up.
Just finished reading: Killing Yourself To Live | Chuck Klosterman (Should be on your shelf people...)
Currently listening to: a Backyard Babies shuffle experience
Currently watching: Lost, 24, Dollhouse, Fringe and stoked about Primeval starting up again next week.
