Archive for May, 2011
As you may know, once in a while I like to open up the Circus of Pimpage — I undo the ropes, open the tent-flaps, and let the drunken elephants in velvet robes and grill-mouthed clowns with ruby-encrusted pimp cups come tumbling out. (That sounds like a creepy sexual metaphor. I assure you, it is not. Button up your britches.)
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It’s time to talk about action scenes. Explosions, high-kicks, roundhouse punches, car chases, train crashes, wizard battles, robot attacks, machine guns chattering, nipples spewing liquid fire. What rules do you abide by when writing action? Talk this out. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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This past week, I caught an article that ping-ponged around the Intersphere where author Jody Hedlund explains — nicely and wisely — ten ways to support authors you love. And so, I thought, let’s add some options to that list. Thus I give unto you: Ten *more* ways to support the authors you love.
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Thus is your mission. This week: Please turn (click) to the ‘M’ section of Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Click around. Find an awesome term that you like that starts with “M.” That is your title and your concept. Go forth. Scare up a phrase or fable, and let’s see what you got.
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So, as I announced yesterday: CONFESSIONS OF A FREELANCE PENMONKEY is coming soon to a Kindle, Nook, PC or hallucinogenic dreamworld near you. Thing is, in the spirit of the “confessional” vibe, I figured it might be cool to have you crazy kids ask some questions, and then I’ll answer the questions inside the book.
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