So, we’ve got some changes coming.
Not much, nothing too dramatic, but hopefully the readers of Karavansara will like what I’ll be doing.
First and foremost, thanks to all that answered my call early this week, both in the comments and privately.
Your suggestions have been very welcome, and quite useful.
So, what’s going to cange? Continue reading
This month keeps bringing sad news.
I am sad to report the death of American author Thomas Piccirilli.
Despite his young age, he had a staggering catalog of novels, short stories and non-fiction books.
He was an editor and a poet.
His work had won both the Bram Stoker Award (four times) and the International Thriller Writers Award (twice).
He was barely fifty years old, and he will be sorely missed.
OK, for a laugh.
I was reading an award-winning novelist‘s interview the other day.
I like reading writers talking about their work flow, their methods, their quirks.
Turns out the guy worked on his latest, award-winning novel
six hours a day, every day for four years, without pause
And being the sort of person I am, coming to this statement I started thinking in numbers.
Now, four years makes
(365 x 4) + 1 = 1461 days
working six hours a day, every frigging day of the week for four years makes
1461 x 6 = 8766 hours
Now comes the hard part – according to Amazon, the guy’s award-winning novel is 411 pages long in hardback. Let’s place it at around 150.000 words.
150.000 / 8766 = 17 words per hour
That’s when I started laughing. Continue reading
I’m truly saddened by the death of Egyptian actor Omar Sharif.
He was my late mother’s favorite actor (and teenage crush).
8th October 1974: Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, born Michel Shahoub in Alexandria. (Photo by D. Morrison/Express/Getty Images)
I can only recommend this course – fast, fun and spot-on. Excellent as a starting point for those that want to write non-fiction.
Old but excellent piece from the Huffington Post
Great post by Alex White.
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