I’ll probably write a few posts on this sort of stuff. There are so many tools out there availible for a writer (or any artist for that matter) it is hard to know what to pick. Most of my posts will be about free software. Why? Well, as a starting writer, free is a good [...]
Software for Writers, part one
February 27th, 2008
On Charater Death
February 20th, 2008
Characters are what make a story. No characters, no story. For the most part, I am sure you could find some sort of experimental French novelist who proves me wrong, but lets go with the mostly characters involved sorta stories. When we sit and write a story, we write it from the perspective of the [...]
Poetry on a Pedestal
February 11th, 2008
At some point in your past one of your teachers dragged a large pedestal out into the middle of the classroom. She then stood on it, complete with royal music and halo-esque light and said “We shall now read from this sacred book of poetry.” From then on, you have this view that poetry is [...]
What if Train: Apple and Yahoo
February 4th, 2008
(So I started this before Microsoft’s Bid this weekend. Figured I’d finish it anyway)
Recently, Steve Jobs went to a Yahoo conference and gave a speech to Yahoo about themselves. He told them “The company with one of the largest Internet user bases can do and achieve anything…” Steve Jobs was giving Yahoo a pep-talk.
So this [...]