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On Crime and Violins: Restarting

Arachne Jericho on Jul 13th 2008

I’m scrapping and restarting Crime and Violins. As I’ve been writing the serial, I have learned a few things, one of which is that the serial works best when presented in whole chapters—not one scene at a time. How fast I can do this is questionable, because I do want it to be [...]

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I Shall Yawn…

Arachne Jericho on Jun 27th 2008


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First Time in a Long Time… Plus Some Stuff I Wrote About Writing Fiction

Arachne Jericho on Jun 22nd 2008

Photography: Chris Gin
This will be the first time in a very long time that I’ve had a blog I can (probably) post fiction thoughts in. (And reviews of fiction thingies.)
Ever since I turned over Spontaneous Derivation to writing and blogging, I’ve not really had a space for fiction, and the entries I do write [...]

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Some Semblance of a Work Ethic

Arachne Jericho on Jun 21st 2008

Photo: John Althouse Coken
I’ve been in the doldrums of late.
Then I ran into a quote from a guy whose storytelling prowess I respect, Ryan Pequin:

… I realized that actually creating art and having some semblance of a work ethic tends to cause more people to notice you, as opposed to generally doing [...]

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