(Note: This article was originally published to JamieMcSloy.co.uk on March 28th, 2020. I’m going through an old backup of the site, which has hundreds of posts that aren’t currently uploaded. As I’m working hard on updating the site, letting these old posts be the daily posts for a while.) Ridiculous Fiction And The Human Condition…
Following on from yesterday’s post, I decided, as always, to sit and figure out what the problem with my writing of this blog was. For those who don’t want to click; I admitted that getting into the swing of things with the blog-bits has been harder than I anticipated. I’ve “lost the magic.” Except…
Another Quick Post I spent most of the day planning and running through the Python course I mentioned yesterday.More gems to come out of that, but this is another quick post as it’s Saturday. (Come to think of it, maybe I’ll schedule resources, reviews and the like for these weekend posts; I have to get…
Writing fiction, doing research for all kinds of things. Short post today because I’m in the zone, but once upon a time, if you were a writer, you’d have to actually go to places to experience them. While that’s a great idea for life purposes and potential tax write-offs, it’s easy to get complacent with…
How I Would/Will Approach The 20 Books Challenge (Please Note: This post about the 20 Books to $50k Challenge is split into three parts. You can read the first part here, and the second part here.) In the two previous posts, I talked about the 20 Books to 50 Challenge. I talked about what…
What Is A Living? (Note; this is a continuation of the post I wrote yesterday on 20 Books to $50k. It’s Part Two of Three, and it’ll help if you read yesterday’s post first.) Amongst the hustlers, grifters and success stories of various authenticity, there are a lot of figures flying around. It seems that…
Reader Rob leaves the following comment on this post: I’ve made a lot of plans recently regarding moving into writing fiction. A lot of research, planning, templates, ideas, and studying other writers and types of fiction. A few weeks back, I wrote about a short story challenge I’m already behind on writing for in 2024….
A Simple Fiction Writing System I haven’t forgotten about the big Fiction Writing Challenge I said I’d do. It’s behind schedule, but I can quickly bring it back. As always, I’m a big systems-thinker and fiction writing is like all my writing; I create systems for it. I recommend you do. Now, that said, a…
Micro-Fiction As Prompt Alright you guys are going to have to bear with me with these tiny blog posts. Let’s start with some Grandpa Jamie life lesson stuff. When you’re young you can work and work and work. You can shake sleep off, work through the night, get a couple of hours to recharge and…
I saw this thread on Reddit today: Here we have someone who has a common problem among writers. Nearly everyone on the planet thinks they have fantastic ideas for a novel or a story of some kind. The problem with these people is that they think that the idea is magical and that it will…