By Jai Kobayaashi Gomer. At the age of 14, Gustav Mierlson invented the Self-Propelling Pencil. As he told his prospective investors, “It writes for you, so that you don't have to.” They thought this was an incredibly forward-thinking notion, and a great product, worthy of their investment. They wrote him a cheque for fifteen thousand … Continue reading Gustav & The Self-Propelling Pencil.
What to do when your characters won't behave themselves? Okay, so I have my protagonist (a necromancing child of darkness, spawned in Hell but violently rejected by the Devil himself and conflicted to the very dust within his bones between Good and Evil) and my setting (he's living out his days in the mortal realm … Continue reading The Disobedient Protagonist.
I wrote a story. The title is 'Mondays' (get your copy now on the site!). It is a rather horrible story, based on a dark premise, and one which begins with a casual portrayal of a brutal act. So far, so horrible. So why did I write it, if it was so horrible? Why invest … Continue reading On Writing Horrible Things…
This is a question which plagues many writers (not you, obviously, you look like you've got it sorted!). How will I know what to write if I don't know what people want to read? The answer is : people want to read all kinds of stuff! Some people want to read the Bible, others want … Continue reading What do people want to read?
I used to write and write and write. All I needed was to be left alone in a room, and I could churn out reams of wonderful madness. Poetry. Prose. Stream-of-Consciousness. I could enter strange new worlds, explore the alien within, my pen / pencil speeding across the page like lightning. Now, not so much. … Continue reading Writing While Broken…
Sometimes it's like wandering into a room where there's an animated conversation occurring, and I get to watch for a while, and occasionally I can ask one of the non-participants, crowded around to view the action, what's happening, and why. Sometimes I don't know all the answers, or the history of a conflict, or the … Continue reading I don’t write my stories, I merely record what I see and hear…
As Kobayaashi Studios finally 'comes out' as an independent publisher, I'm reminded of the oft-quoted words by Winston Churchill : “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Of course, I'm not comparing the birth of a publishers to the … Continue reading As Churchill Once Said…
I love Time Travel. I love watching films & series about people travelling through Time, communicating across Time, warping & manipulating the Space-Time continuum... Back to the Future, 12 Monkeys, The Time Machine, ARQ, Looper, Primer (not to mention a whole host of short time-travel-based offerings on YouTube & Vimeo) - the list of titles … Continue reading Why I Love Time Travel…
Testing testing... 1, 2, 1, 2... As you can no doubt tell, this blog is still very much a work in progress – the party hasn’t started yet, we weren’t expecting guests and we’re not dressed properly, so check in again in a few weeks for something which looks a little more presentable!
