A Frayed Quill

Lucubrations, Desideratums & Palimpsests

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Elevator to the Gallows - Quote

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There's a great line in the 1958 film " Elevator to the Gallows ". " You read. It gives you great ideas. "
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Great Insults

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Webster has a list of some great and rarely used insults . 01. Cockalorum -  a boastful and self-important person; a strutting little fe...
Monday, February 14, 2011

E M Forster Quote

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EM Forster once said, " I'm quite sure I'm not a great novelist. Because I've only got down onto paper really three types o...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Repairing Paperbacks

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I recently found a copy of a book I've been looking for for years in an old antique shop, however it's cover was falling off and one...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Auto-Correct

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I loathe auto-correct. Not only will it be responsible for some war in the future it's actively contributing to the dumbing down of the ...

Similar: City of Ember vs The City Under Ground

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City of Ember published in 2003 by Jeanne DuPrau. The City Under Ground published in 1963 by Suzanne Martel.

James Frey Writing Factory

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This is quite an interesting read if it's new to you. This isn't the first time it's happened in the literary world either. F...

Nano Update

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I've not officially signed onto NanoWrimo this year but I have been working on the "throw away" novel here and there. I've...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

The Screenplay

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Believe it or not this blog isn't dead. It's just been a tumultuous past three or so years. I'm kicking around an idea for a s...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

The Evolution of Verbs

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Verbs evolve much in the same fashion as DNA. For decades, scientists have realised that languages evolve in strikingly similar ways to gene...
Sunday, October 7, 2007

The Writer's Palette

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AN*NO*TA*TION blog has a really interesting idea to keep yourself motivated and/or inspired when you're writing. She calls it a " w...
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Shelfari

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Shelfari makes it easy to see what your friends are reading, what others with similar tastes have enjoyed, and even get and give book recomm...
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Friday, September 28, 2007

Andrew Taylor's Plot Advice

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Andrew Taylor has some brief words of advice for creating your plot.
Monday, September 24, 2007

Book Signings

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Here's a really fun read about what has happened to some authors when they go on book signing tours. "The whole time I'm doing...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

Ancient Diaries

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Frozen communion wine, soft rains that caressed the earth and winds that wrought an all-consuming yellow fog are described meticulously by t...
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