Posts Tagged ‘writing.’

Nightly Update April 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Well, I’m writing about these William Malone movies.  It’s becoming clear to me that I know nearly nothing about writing a readable review.

Learning how to do it properly can simply be the next great adventure.  That is, I mean, between the family, job, magic practice, and writing fiction.

Magic Update

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

I still work on magic, and most of what I practice is larger effects.  It’s easy enough to stash a deck of cards, some rubber bands, and whatever else in my pocket to tinker with on lunch at work.

It’s a little more difficult to work with big metal rings or bass cups from the office break room while phones are ringing in the next room.  I suppose I could keep pulling ropes through my neck.  It’s quiet enough, but potentially unnerving.

I am also writing.  A lot.  I have a journal full of idea scraps and a system of randomly pulling scraps together.  It’s been a lot of fun.  While I have no doubt that some of the writing in this blog is rough, the fiction is written, re-written, proofread, and re-written again.  So, I do that in my lunch breaks.

Magic needs to wait until those times between the kids, the wife, and simply unwinding.

I bought some tarot cards

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

And I plan to use it.

Friends who have seen me grow over the last ten years might have some interesting reactions to this.

I write best with a little bit of chaos in the mix. Random ingredients that have no immediate connection to the story. In fact, I love working that way.

Creation is magic to me. Better than magic, creation is an absolute and knowable force.