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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]





