In the coming weeks I plan to release a second novel. It’s very different to Light’s Shadow. It is not part two of The Divining Mind trilogy. In fact, it is completely, utterly, unrelated. And that is basically why it exists. There will only be a digital release as we (philharmonicorca) are not really flush… Continue reading
No update this week. I’ve been yoked back to Book 3 and finalising the editing on something else. Potential announcements next week regarding some merch for the website (badges) and a timeline for the release of a new novel (not Book 2 – that monster will be a little longer yet). Enjoy the pretty picture… Continue reading
How much profane language is too much for a book? This question is specifically directed at a book intended for older teenagers and burgeoning adults. I suppose that there is a difference between each reader, and there is certainly a difference between what is publicly acceptable and what is more in tune with the more… Continue reading
I’ve taken refuge in mundanity. Maybe this is what David Foster Wallace was trying to grasp as he struggled to grip the subtle wisps of insight and capital ‘T’ Truth that were intended for The Pale King. In no way do I hope for some comparison with DFW – that just seems utterly ridiculous to… Continue reading
One The Internet is down. That great hole in the sky? You know, the secret one? The one that all the hope and joy and gifs of cats pours from? The source of all that is wonderful and beautiful and idiotic and uncomfortably funny? Well, it’s gone. It’s closed up shop and gone somewhere else… Continue reading
This one’s for you Thien 🙂 “Is writing not a fine thing…? Are you not filled with joy to know that you will live forever, after a manner?” Susan Barton, Foe (pg. 58) Language has become increasingly important to me as I get older. This is not to say that I think of myself as… Continue reading
Yuichi Hisakawa rode to the same spot every day. He enjoyed the feeling of wind and sun on his skin. But it wasn’t always sunny. On this day the sky was heavy with a sheet of clouds – low and thick, undulating like dunes over his head. The droplets that spattered his jacket and the… Continue reading
Chapter Fifteen: Everyone in the hospital would have heard the scream. It was a sudden burst of energy – a sound that couldn’t be controlled. Robert had been in an office on the other side of the hall from where he left Quinn. He had managed to pilfer a white coat and a name tag… Continue reading
tl;dr: Arthur C. Clarke is amazing. A month or two ago I read ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. I’ve never seen the film and, until then, I had never read any Arthur C. Clarke. The film has been recommended to me so many times that I feel kind of bad that I haven’t actually sat down… Continue reading
tl;dr – I wrote a school-style essay, because I was inspired (read: bored or procrastinating). I’ve been only mildly productive of late. Writing is very much a process and on some days it just happens without any help required, but there are other days where the screen just looks like an empty landscape that could… Continue reading