Hey folks. This is 2020, and we're all on the struggle bus. Accordingly, I've been trying to cut back on my commitments, and one of the things I decided had to go, even though I've greatly enjoyed it, is POP FIZZ. The episodes are still out there in the world, so you can still listen... Continue Reading →
Resisting the neat ending
Recently I've been thinking a lot about endings for stories. Sticking the landing for an ending to a book or short story is often a very difficult aspect of writing. There's a tendency in writing to try to wrap things up in a neat bow, brought on no doubt by plenty of Hollywood and Disney... Continue Reading →
On writing endings: lessons from the Hollows
Recently, I've been re-reading the Hollows Series by Kim Harrison. For those who don't remember this lovely series, it was one of those fun re-imaginings of our world that was contemporary to the Sookie Stackhouse novels, later adapted into True Blood, and Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series, adapted into the TV Show Bitten.... Continue Reading →
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