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Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

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Writing Blog Number 2

by S 🤦

Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #2311764

This is a continuation of my blogging here at WdC

This will be a blog for my writing, maybe with (too much) personal thrown in. I am hoping it will be a little more interactive, with me answering questions, helping out and whatnot. If it falls this year (2024), then I may stop the whole blogging thing, but that's all a "wait and see" scenario.

An index of topics can be found here: "Writing Blog No.2 Index"

Feel free to comment and interact.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

S 🤦

Apr 22, 2025 at 12:32am
In response to "20250421 Reposting Another Old Blog - Negative Reviews"

To those who have emailed me...

I am serious. He wanted to kill me for making fun of Jesus. The fact I am on the other side of the world and he is a keyboard warrior nowadays would probably make me goad him; back then, I did panic.

So, yes, he wanted to kill me. Seriously.

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Amethyst Angel 💐

Apr 21, 2025 at 1:41am
In response to "20250421 Reposting Another Old Blog - Negative Reviews"

Glad they didn't carry it out! Some reviews totally cross the line. Around here, we get spoiled... I feel peeved when someone gives me three stars. I think I especially hate it when they say "hey, good story..." Without any reason for giving less than five stars, or at least four if it just didn't appeal to them

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Apr 18, 2025 at 2:04am
In response to "20240418 An Old Blog (Story Matters!)"

The advice is really really good. May inspire me to write a 'decent' story. We'll see. My goals are poetry at the moment and establishing new habits.

citruspocket

Apr 14, 2025 at 2:45am
In response to "20250414 Novel #4"

Thanks for the insight - I enjoyed reading this!

I think you must have high standards for yourself. Your "bad" is a lot better than a lot of "good" (published) books out there.

S 🤦

Apr 12, 2025 at 12:24am
In response to "20250409 Australian Publishing 1"

citruspocket - I have a 50 page rule. Within 50 [pages, I give up. But many of these I read to be patriotic or for school or for book clubs.

Never again.

And I hope you enjoyed the Magic Pudding even if the pudding itself was a little scary...

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citruspocket

Apr 9, 2025 at 2:52am
In response to "20250409 Australian Publishing 1"

I decided a long time ago that if I'm bored or struggling with a book, then I'll give it up... there are far too many good ones out there to waste time struggling with a bad one! My opinion was formed by reading a few Literary books which mostly seemed to be about boring adults getting divorced... Now I read a lot of sci fi and fantasy, much more fun

As a sidenote, I have Australian relatives so read The Magic Pudding when I was younger! I remember finding the illustrations of the pudding a little bit scary though...

S 🤦

Apr 8, 2025 at 12:48am
In response to "20250407 Book Review – How Not To Write A Novel"

citruspocket Carol St.Ann 👓 - I hope you will not be disappointed. I found it quite useful, especially for 2nd drafts.

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Carol St.Ann 👓

Apr 7, 2025 at 7:57am
In response to "20250407 Book Review – How Not To Write A Novel"

This is a great review, Steven. You’ve convinced me it’s worthy of purchase.

citruspocket

Apr 7, 2025 at 3:01am
In response to "20250407 Book Review – How Not To Write A Novel"

Ooh, I haven't heard of this, thanks for the recommendation! The quote made me snort-chuckle, so I think I'll enjoy it...

tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Apr 4, 2025 at 3:00pm
In response to "20250404 The Music Of Writing"

I find myself distracted by the lyrics if music is playing while I write, even if it's just instrumental, my mind starts putting lyrics in. Instead, I have found different background sounds work with my writing and have used thunderstorm sounds work well for action and horror, while soft rain or waterfalls work with more mellow writing.

April 1, 2025 at 12:30am

#1086316

20250401 External Writerings March 2025

External Writerings March 2025

That time of the month where I list the writing I have done for Weekend Notes (and any other places that could be bothered publishing me online).

Songs, and even films this month, and a few columns because there was a good incentive, which I got

. Remember, you do not have to listen to the songs (though I would be grateful if you did), but every look at the articles from a different IP address with no ad blockers helps me out in my increasingly desperate attempts to make money as a person who writes.

Songs about memories (not remembering).

My favourite songs from that surprisingly good year for music, 1975.

My favourite films from 1985, a year where I spent too much time at the cinema.

Songs about the sky, the early years.

Songs aboyt the sky, more recent years.

Songs about listening.

My review of some music of a band I have only just discovered – Halflives.

I really recommend them.

And there we go, 7 articles for this month. Hope you find something you like. And if you have any ideas for music (or even film, though my film knowledge is not as extensive, or book, but ditto here as well) columns, leave a suggestion in the comments below and if I have not tackled it already, I would love to give readers what they want.

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