Lesson One – Define Yourself Compulsive? Tortured Genius? One Time Wonder? Figure out what type of writer you want to be courtesy of Sam’s Would-be Writer’s Master Class
November 3, 2010
Yup, it’s November. It’s also National Novel Writing Month. I knew of NaNoWriMo a couple of years back, but didn’t really get it. Mostly it just seemed like (yet another) opportunity for would-be writers to harp on about their ‘process’ or their wonderful/woeful word count. I do not care for these people. But then, I… [Read more…]
October 21, 2010
Read the review on the rather lovely Hand + Star website
October 11, 2010
Graham Buchan performs three of his poems: Iran, 1979 Jazz Days Königsberg You can buy Graham’s collection, ‘There is violence in these vapours‘ from Tall Lighthouse. They publish all sorts of lovely poetry things so it’s a nice site for lingering. You can subscribe to all episodes of the podcast via podomatic, itunes or -… [Read more…]
October 7, 2010
1. Read your piece so fast that no one has any idea what you’re saying. Your masterpiece remains unappreciated and your audience do not become your fan base. This is easily avoided by reading it out loud before the event. 2. Tell the judges/audience that you’re a massive fan of Jodi Picoult. Especially if you… [Read more…]
September 13, 2010
You know that moment when you realise the furry thing at the bottom of the box isn’t quite dead yet? Issue Four is even better than that. Oh yes.
September 8, 2010
Gosh, that was fun. The Organ boys (and girls, we suspect) pieced together a divine evening of lyrical acrobatics, comedic escapades and musical noises and served it up in true Trashed style. If you missed out (and I can assure you that if you did), your soul is lacking memories of London’s shiniest lit kids.… [Read more…]
August 15, 2010
Just in case this little piece of joy passed you by, the wonderbeast that is ISSUE THREE is primed, ready and waiting for your love. You wanna lap it up whilst it’s still warm and foamy.
August 15, 2010
Okay, so the judges were 2/3 twat, which sort of makes the bits when they do the talking feel rather like a car crash, sans the spectacle (so, just to hammer that point home, we mean both pointless and painful). A similar thing happened at the last London death match but I just figured they… [Read more…]
December 8, 2010
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