Why people talk about the death of the book. There’s no reason why folk can’t love both e-books and “real” books. Both have their place.
How I can get on and write short stories and novels but when it comes to preparing a synopsis I struggle.
The only comfort I have here is almost every writer feels the same way about this. I know it isn’t just me!
Why my spell and grammar checker doeesn’t seem to accept the word “their” or “theirs”. I can’t think of any good reason behind this.
Why people debate character versus plot. For any story to work properly, you need both. A good plot with a dull character fails. A good character in a dull plot also fails.
How it always takes longer than you think to back up disks.
Why genre fiction, especially fantasy and science fiction, is looked down on. I can understand people not liking it - we all have our own tastes - but to despise work just because it’s genre seems pointless to me. If you’re going to despite anything, do it for a good reason. Oh and the literary luvvies would do well to remember it is commercial fiction, a hell of a lot of this being genre, that keeps the publishing industry going and funds their work.
Where all my bookmarks go…
Why I never have as much time for reading as I’d like.
Why I tend to go through “gluts” - gluts of reading history, fantasy, short stories and so on.
How I get through biros and pencils in no time at all…
Why I love fairytales as much as I do, it’s enough that I do. It’s kind of okay to have this attitude as a child. At my age, it gets you labelled a geek. Not that I care. Geeks at least take an interest in something in life!