| [standalone] On the occupational hazards of being a writer [1/2] |
[03 Feb 2009|09:30pm] |
(Author's notes: 1. Alex is not me and does not necessarily share my opinions on writing what you know, subversive anti-government activities, relationships with your characters, or the importance of writing an aspirational world to deprive your enemies of ammunition. And would not have shared my opinion on compulsory liscencing of textual work, had I not taken that bit out in an edit. 2. The Warriors' Apprentice cover really is that bad. I have a copy. 3. There really is a Stephen King story like that; it's called "Umney's Last Case" and is still under copyright, but there's a version findable online. 4. If this gets a little incoherent, forgive me; large portions were written when I really should have gone to bed already.)
( ~8000 words, 1/2 )
Part 2 here.
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