On the Unchained blog I’ve been talking about the Big Thing that passed our way recently and how it compares with the overwhelming scale of a novel in progress. But I also mentioned speed (or lack of) when handling a juggernaut and I think it’s a desire to SLOW DOWN that has brought me to … Continue reading It’s writing, folks, but not as we know it: the art of using a pen
I’ve read a few articles lately extolling writing by hand, some of them by otherwise hardened technophiles. For these people I have nothing but admiration If they can live without the delete key, without Ctrl X and Ctrl Z, I take my hat off to them. I’m also prepared to believe, as is sometimes stated (sorry, … Continue reading Paper, pixels and the lost art of handwriting
You’ll have to take it from me that I started to harbour these heretical thoughts a while ago and certainly before getting wind of the Guardian article kindly summarised by Snowbooks on their blog. But it did come to a head last night when a T.V. advert flited across my consciousness. The perky graphics and … Continue reading Fessing up
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