A fictionalised account of a powercut, and the thoughts that might, or might not, go through a neurotic writer’s head. He was probably reading Saramago’s ‘Blindness’ or some sociopathic rant on the future of publishing at the time or perhaps had simply spent too long on Facebook. You decide.
Author: ivan
Tio Carlos
Art, life and duende.
On crafting
Musing on craft and influences.
Noises off
Three real-life aural scenes exploring the impact of sound on what we see.
Nutch content
Nonsense to clear the maths-based sinuses of consultancy work.
New shoes
Stick, twist or fold? The angst of the unproven writer. With apologies for navel-gazing and lack of tomfoolery.
Rejection song
Reminiscing about rejection songs, as I mark yet another step in becoming a writer – my first rejection letters from literary agents.
Joy
Aural hallucinations and the strange attraction of Mogwai for writers of dark, comic fiction. Contains tea.
On clothing
Waiting for feedback, remembering what it’s like to be a freelancer and the ghosts of clothing mishaps past and present.
What is done, is done, and cannot be undone. Or it can’t if you post the badger.
In which the author wibbles on about querying agents, and is happy that the Royal Mail has no Apple-Z or CTRL-Z function. Or does it? Please say it doesn’t.