Tag: writing tips

• Notes on My Novel

  Tamper strives to balance mainstream storytelling with some of the more modern conventions, sometimes called meta-fiction, without alienating fans of either style. This gives fans of both meta-fiction and mainstream fiction something to talk about. To borrow a phrase from Cory Doctorow, it “brings more people into the tent.”  In his book, The Modern Weird…

  Bill Ectric

  March 7, 2009

  Henry James, mainstream fiction, metafiction, S. T. Joshi, Sleepy Hollow, Tamper, Thomas Ligotti, Thomas Tryon, Washington Irving, Weird Tales, writing, writing tips

• Generous Jeff Invites Us Into His Creative World

  After a couple of joking “before & after” pictures, Jeff VanderMeer presents some interesting and educational steps in the completion of his latest novel, Finch.  Check it out, this is really cool.

  Bill Ectric

  December 16, 2008

  Ann Vandermeer, Jeff Vandermeer, writing tips