Posts Tagged ‘fiction’

Nonfiction and Fiction Writing – Worlds Apart

One of my role models is Cory Doctorow.  Cory's the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of Little Brother, a teen sci fi adventure set in San Francisco in the near future.I love Cory because like me, he has about ten jobs, and I admire him because he's made a successful transition from nonfiction to fiction writing.  You heard it here - this year I'm… Continue reading

January 25 2010 | By Alexandra | Tagged: , , , | 10 comments»

How to Fuel Your Idea Machine

"Reading fiction is a waste of time."Have you ever heard someone spout this line of complete and utter bollocks? I've rarely heard anything so ridiculous said in my life. Fiction, like all the arts, is an important part of culture; both a reflective distillation of it, and the base elements that form it. Society's collective attitudes, values, beliefs and the public memory have a symbiotic relationship with the arts. Books… Continue reading

April 12 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: , , , , , | 22 comments»

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