HumbugsAssociate wrote...
leonard267 wrote...
^ How was the past week?
Quiet and with my parents. How about you and the rest of w&f? Xenon? dd? high? xnine?
d(^_^)(^_^)d wrote...
Hamburglar
Noted for my e-resume.
I don't celebrate it. While I received no presents, it is good that I am not expected to give presents. I spent that week staring at computer screens, figuring out how to play Civ 5, watching videos and seeing this computer of mine crash a million times.
I don't think I will be using this computer for gaming anymore.
Indeed, I'd argue that writing children's fiction is the most demanding of all literary callings because there is no hiding place for the author. In grown up fiction, you can distract with technique; in children's literature, unless you get your plot and structure bang-on, your ruthlessly critical young audience will see right through your pitiful inadequacies. It's why I've never tried to write a children's book.
One of the better things I have read this week. I would really like it if what I read is alike a children's book. It is about establishing the plot, setting and characters well. You may not agree with that author's polemic but you can be assured that that author to whom I attribute the quote to is more than familiar with literature.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100252004/just-how-bad-was-this-years-christmas-doctor-who/#disqus_thread