Alex Collins | July 13, 2009
Um… this needs a bit of explanation. Over the weekend, I hosted three other NaNo-ers from Sydney at my place for a write-in/sleepover. We wrote some (I got some good stuff going) and then we went to dinner, picked up a movie (Role Models, very funny, I recommend it) and then we went back to [...]
Alex Collins | June 26, 2009
Never underestimate the power of your insanely devoted fans.
I have… three documents filled with the prophecies, places and people mentioned so far in Meledon Phoenix. All collated by one fan who apparently loves Meledon Phoenix to the extent of reading it once for every document she makes, or so I gathered.
Of course, she leaves me [...]
Alex Collins | June 19, 2009
Last night, I had the interesting fortune to meet up with three Nano-ers from Sydney for a write-in. It was pretty good; we had some dinner in the city and then got stuck into writing. I personally didn’t get much done, but I did get about a thousand words down and a better sense of [...]
Alex Collins | June 8, 2009
I’ve been writing for about a month, working on Meledon Phoenix for a fair bit of it. It so happens that I offered to write some drabbles from prompts people gave me, and one of these prompts inspired a side story: what do the HP characters of MP, DV and canon think of the lives [...]
Alex Collins | April 5, 2009
So. I last updated on February 12th, talking about family issues keeping me away. Ultimately, family issues is what kept me away for a further almost two months–father was visiting for part of the month, then mother went to hospital in the last week of February. Then she came out and died. I can’t remember, [...]
Alex Collins | February 12, 2009
I’ve had a few family issues keeping me away from writing and the blog and for those who are interested, I haven’t been near any of the bushfires, nor do I know anyone in them. So yeah. I anticipate a return to normal writing and blogging next week. I’ve got two story ideas I’m mulling [...]
Alex Collins | February 2, 2009
As a writer, I get discouraged, often due to the fact that the writing’s not going like I want it to be. Most of the time, I’d be satisfied if I could just get my ideas out; nothing frustrates me more than knowing what I want to write and not being able to get it [...]
Alex Collins | January 20, 2009
You can choose your friends but you’re stuck with your relatives. That’s the saying according to my father. I think it says a lot, beyond the obvious. “Stuck with your relatives”. Why use the word ‘relatives’ and not ‘family’? I know there’s a version (that may even be the original version) that uses ‘family’, but [...]
Alex Collins | October 26, 2008
To NaNo or not to NaNo, that is the question;
Whether ’tis nobler in the month to write
A novel, by which contain fifty thousand words,
Alex Collins | October 23, 2008
I am now even more convinced that not all prostitutes fall into the sterotypical media portrayal: that is, they have been abused by family/friends/significant others, they do drugs, alcohol, they have self harmed. Why? Well, because I’ve recently read Belle de Jour’s book, The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl and Miss S’ two [...]