What's the best way to describe yesterday given I did no work worthy of the name? Well, in a way, quite good. Not because of the lack of work, but rather the vestige of a return to something like sleep. I started to feel a little better during the afternoon and by evening the hacking … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 22nd April
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I know people are inclined to say nice things in Chat windows during on-line open mics, but here's what was said about "Giro-scopic" when I read it at Kim Moore's open mic on Wednesday: I love that ending, Ian. Whew, what a gut punch, Ian. Devastating poem. Well said. Really moving poem Ian, very moving … Continue reading Positive feedback
Yesterday & Today: 21st April
Yesterday was pretty terrible; a day of coughing and sneezing bookended by two nights with virtually no sleep. (It was bad enough for me to take a Covid test this morning...which confirmed 'man flu'.) The only thing of any note was spending about and hour typing-up the already drafted follow-on to Crash into play format. … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 21st April
“The Art of Falling”
Having read Kim Moore's All the Men I never Married, how could I not read The Art of Falling? And it was undoubtedly worthwhile. For me, the real stars of the collection come right towards the end: "A Room of One's Own", "John Lennon", "Wallace Hartley" to name just three. If I have a minor … Continue reading “The Art of Falling”
Yesterday & Today: 20th April
In the end it was a decent day yesterday, even if it didn't get off to the best of starts. I decided on another Crash read-through, my assumption being that the more I read it, the more of it I'll learn off-pat. But it was a session interrupted by multiple phone calls, and I wasn't … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 20th April
“Cloud Cuckoo Land”
Based on the back cover blurb and any previous reading of Anthony Doerr, you know from the very outset that he is going to weave together the various strands of Cloud Cuckoo Land into a cohesive conclusion. Bow neatly tied, thank you very much. And he does. However, there are other aspects of the novel … Continue reading “Cloud Cuckoo Land”
Yesterday & Today: 19th April
Lots of time spent doing things yesterday as is usually the case on a Tuesday with my Library session and 'Write-on Ripon' - but only half of it was pre-planned. The things I did expect to get done were some more drafting of "C" (which continues to move on at pace), and 'Write-on Ripon'. The … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 19th April
Yesterday & Today: 18th April
After a day or two when production has been below average, it usually takes a short while to ramp the effort back up, and yesterday was no exception. I started the day with a Crash read-through. It's interesting how my rehearsals with Andy take about 5 minutes less than when I read it in my … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 18th April
Yesterday & Today: 17th April
By the time I get to the end of a writers' retreat at which I'm mentoring I'm usually pretty exhausted mentally. No surprise then that creatively yesterday was at a minimum. At the request of the Ripon Theatre Festival organiser I pulled together a few paragraphs about me and my inspiration for Crash which I … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 17th April
My writing journey to the performance of “Crash”…
Ever since I wrote my first story aged five - an illustrated tale about a boy’s adventures in space - I wanted to do nothing other than write. In my early years this was an ambition fulfilled merely in fits and starts, and even then only in a minor way. This changed at the turn … Continue reading My writing journey to the performance of “Crash”…
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