What did you blog about today?

[Cathbad]

"Darganau: Autobiography of a Dragon", Part 12 is now up!

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Steph's story is getting more serious:
Mr Hyde and Gertrude Jekyll

 

[Cathbad]

Steph's story is getting more serious:
Mr Hyde and Gertrude Jekyll

Wow!

 

[Cli-Fi]

I have a blog about tech, tv, and politics. I will also be updating book ideas and progress on there as well! Check it out: JohnJFalco.com – Because sometimes I have more to say than 140 Characters

 

[DZara]

So late, but the story itself is ready - pictures coming later.

Zaragoza Stories - Last Man Standing, Part Four

 

[AnyaKimlin]

The hardest blog post I've ever written. It's the first time since I started that I've worked with someone else over their story:
Sam's Story: Yes We Are All Individuals. Are children's services in Scotland broken?

If nothing else there is a Life of Brian clip at the end

 

[DZara]

Still working on my latest short story, so I offer up some opinions and a peek this week at one of the best writers ever to cross my eyeballs so far...

Zaragoza Stories - Why I'll Never Read Certain Authors Ever Again...And Neither Should You

 

[Cathbad]

"Darganau: Autobiography of a Dragon", Part 13 is now up!

This is the longest episode to date, coming in at about 2800 words. It's also the most poignant episode to date!

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Review: Liberator by Nick Bailey and Darren Bullock
Nick Bailey - The Interview

New blog started with Liberator by Nick Bailey and Darren Bullock.

 

[Juliana]

Nice work, Anya and Nick. I enjoyed the interview. And since Liberator is in my Kindle TBR pile, the review was a great incentive to move it up the pile!

 

[DZara]

When you can't think of anything to write, post someone else's work. Oh, how I wish I could write like this...

Zaragoza Stories - G.K. Chesterton and 'The Twelve Men' - Part One

 

[The Big Peat]

I'm reading Brian Keenan and John McCarthy's recollections of their time as hostages, and it brought to mind something important about writing a story. Even more importantly @The Judge got a call out in a mysterious we-do-not-review-our-true-identity manner.

JoZebwrites: A PROTAGONIST IN THEIR OWN STORY

I piggybacked on Jo's excellent blog post to ramble on about character worlds...and princess dresses.

Worlds Apart

I decided to add my own little thought to this train: Protagonists and Observers

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I decided to add my own little thought to this train: Protagonists and Observers

Ha! This is turning into my most spun-off blog. It's an interesting question you ask and I shall go all cloak and dagger and go under a spoiler tag for those who haven't read Abendau's Heir

Spoiler

One of the things I was very sure of was that I wanted to be unflinching in showing what an ordeal of torture actually entails, rather than our rather flashy (almost sickeningly macho) typical fictional take. To do that, I knew I would have to lose Kare's voice - that, for a time, he would be too lost in the ordeal to be able to have a voice. Which left me in the tricky position of having a protagonist who would no longer be active in their own story. Which is why Sam* appeared. @HareBrain , the learned beta that he is worried about this on two counts:

1. Sam was a deus ex machina coming in so late. I felt I had no way to show him earlier without everyone knowing he'd be the doctor who would save the day. Since the bunny is the only person to have mentioned this to date, I think I got away with it.

2. That Kare was so weakened as a protagonist he would not be able to carry book two and three. Judging by reviews to date, that has not been the case, but it does make book one a harder sell as a trilogy starter than it could have been...

*Sam is, and always has been, a secondary character. But for the four or five chapters when Kare is lost, he carries Kare's voice for me (I hope). He is both the witness and the testimony.

 

[Juliana]

I decided to add my own little thought to this train: Protagonists and Observers

Ha! This is turning into my most spun-off blog.

And the plot thickens... Who's going to be the next to take this a step further?

On a more serious note, very nice, Peat. Good take on the theme. And quoting Jim, too... Reading all Jim's old blog posts was what got me writing AND guided me through my first attempts at novels.

Jo, I thought Sam worked well. He did what was needed, and added a necessary humane counterpoint to all the horror.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Mayhem: CHAPTER FIVE PART THREE: LEAVING COVESEA ISLAND

Guess I need to add something to the protagonist thread over the weekend.

 

[Juliana]

Guess I need to add something to the protagonist thread over the weekend.

Ooh, yes! Do it! Let's see how many takes on the subject us Chronners can manage.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Ooh, yes! Do it! Let's see how many takes on the subject us Chronners can manage.

I have a vague idea I'll have to link to the others now.

 

[The Big Peat]

Ooh, yes! Do it! Let's see how many takes on the subject us Chronners can manage.

Maybe we should even set monthly themes for ourselves?

 

[Juliana]

I think it's more fun when it happens organically, personally. Like this time. But you never know, you may get some takers!

 

[DZara]

I'm gonna have to think now, if I can add anything to the protagonist discussion - got an open spot this Friday that I don't have an idea for yet.

Here's the next installment of G.K.'s ponderings on the jury:

Zaragoza Stories - G.K. Chesterton and "The Twelve Men" - Part Two