C is for CYBERPUNK
The word cyberpunk was first used as the title of a short story about teenager hackers in 1980; you can read it here The science fiction genre was developed by … Continue reading
B is for BOAT DRINKS, BUCKWHEATS and BACK STORY
All from the 1995 film Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead. BOAT DRINKS was the good luck phrase used by a group of ex gangsters when they said … Continue reading
A is for ALL IN A DAY
We tend to think of a novel having a big landscape with a great sweep of characters and the story told over weeks, years, even centuries. But some writers have … Continue reading
MONDAY CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE because it’s a good way to start the week — Banishing Cliches
‘The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before.’ … Continue reading