A look inside Arthur's brain...
>I'm just going through my bookshelf which is way, way, way overstuffed with books. Each one has some sort of memory attached to it. But I need to clean, to straighten it all up. It takes forever because I read bits and pieces of books deciding which ones to keep. I keep the ones signed to me, of course. And the childhood ones. But what about the rest? It's such a laborious process. Though I'm giving a bunch to my nephews so it helps to picture them enjoying the books...
>It's a pretty consistent question that we writers get all the time. But just walking around yesterday made me realize how ideas are just everywhere...and character. Like there's the guy in my neighborhood who rides his bike backwards, all the time. Sometimes he's just going in circles. Why? Is he proud of himself? Did he never learn the proper way? Or is it some magical thing where if he goes fast enough he'll go back in time? See how ideas can just spring out of something you've read. What about the other guy who's always walking his dog? Or the blind woman with the seeing-eye dog? She's out every day rain or shine. I don't know these people, but I know that I can make up stories about them...and maybe at some point one of those stories might end up in a book.
>It's my first Halloween Monsterology Podcasts
These are a series of podcasts featuring interviews with Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, and more!
Monsterology #1: An Interview with Frankenstein's monster. (Sept. 17th, 2005)
A frank and juicy podcast interview with Frankenstein's Monster. Don't call him Frank!!
>My 5th podcast episode is up. The 5th podcast shows you how to write the next Harry Potter! Learn everything you need to know in just 3 minutes and 51 seconds!
Click the above link or point your podcast gathering software (like iPodder) to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ArthurSladeWritingForYA You can subscribe on iTunes, too, just search for "arthur slade" under podcasts.
Art
>My 4th podcast episode is up. Only 3 minutes long--it's a discussion with myself about the importance of reading work aloud as part of the editing process.
Click the above link or point your podcast gathering software (like iPodder) to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ArthurSladeWritingForYA You can subscribe on iTunes, too, just search for "arthur slade" under podcasts.
Art
>My 3rd podcast episode is up . This time it's about working on the beginning of your novel or short story.
Or point your pod software (like iPodder) to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ArthurSladeWritingForYA You can subscribe on iTunes, too, just search for "arthur slade" under podcasts.
Art
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