well fuck that

8/14/2007 at 3:24 AM

So magic realism didn't work out for me. Or, I should say, magic realism with a word-limit and a time-limit didn't work out for me. I'll leave that story on the shelf for a little while, try and get some small bits and pieces out of the way, and work a bit on the 'boards for the graphic novel. Then maybe I'll have the time to come back to it and give it the thought and attention to detail that it deserves. It was a good exercise in metaphor, anyway. Definitely helped me think more about how I want to insert descriptive text. Any writing is good writing, write right?

Another book roadshow tonight. Samosas + wine + free books = awesome, in my opinion. Then onto a blues club afterwards, apparently.

Expect a fairly amusing (I think) short coming this way soon.

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MR

8/2/2007 at 11:57 PM

So I'm trying a bit of magic realism (as if it hasn't been done enough in recent times) for my entry to the John Marsden prize this year. It's difficult, completely opposite to the way I usually write. I've been accused of minimalism in the past, whereas MR calls for long, flowing sentences. Once again I'm having trouble with the dialogue, the bane of my literary life. I'd post it up here to get feedback, but apparently they randomly check the interwebs against sentences, and I am petrified of Google's cache system. Emails are the go, I believe.

I am reading and thoroughly enjoying 'Other Country' by Stephen Scourfield. Down here in Australia, we tend to get blasted with a lot of American and European culture -- movies, T.V. shows, books, etc. -- because we don't have as high quality as imports in those areas. So we read and watch about cities and countries other than our own. 'Other Country' is an Aussie book made very deliberately for an Aussie audience in an Aussie setting with Aussie characters. There are references to our culture in just about every single sentence, and it actually sounds _better_ in an Aussie accent. Not something you can say for a lot of things. If any Aussies read this (highly doubt it, but there you go), make sure you pick up 'Other Country' when it is released in bookstores. I'm reading a preview copy at the moment, so there are spelling and formatting mistakes, but it is still the most refreshing book I have read in a long time.

In other news, Porcupine Tree. :o

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Intro

7/27/2007 at 11:00 PM

Well. Seems I just found out you can't go back and forward and keep your blog entries on this site. Writing -that- one down for later. The sausage sandwiches that I was glorifying in the previous post (R.I.P.) are almost gone. The crumbs taste delicious, though.

Hello, I'm Phillip, or Phill (take note of the extra 'elle', or suffer my passive-aggressive wrath). I am by day a lazy PhD student, and by night an even lazier writer. The purpose of this account is to take a hold of that laziness and try and wrestle it into routine that might one day produce something resembling publishable material. On the way I hope to score a few contacts around the place, meet a few like-minded 5-9 writers, and have some good conversation. Nice to meet you.

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