http://www.orble.com/personal-blog-a-writers-life/ Personal Blog - A Writer's Life en Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:03:00 GMT Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:03:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/last-stop/ This is where I get off. I wanted to spend more time building this and the Scriptwriting Blog up into something interesting and useful, but with so much time being... http://www.orble.com/last-stop/#comments http://www.orble.com/last-stop/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:03:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/favourite-authors-an-occasional-series/ In this occasional series, I thought I'd tell you about another reading pleasure, Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' series. Running now for more than twenty years, the series is set on a... http://www.orble.com/favourite-authors-an-occasional-series/#comments http://www.orble.com/favourite-authors-an-occasional-series/ Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:51:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/tough-times-moving-forward/ It seems to me that I write here more about the difficulty in writing than other writers in their 'writer's life' stuff. Maybe because I don't have a big income... http://www.orble.com/tough-times-moving-forward/#comments http://www.orble.com/tough-times-moving-forward/ Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:03:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/moving-and-family/ Apologies for the long gap between columns. Writer's block kicked in with a vengeance, and there have been a bunch of issues at home, as well as work and death... http://www.orble.com/moving-and-family/#comments http://www.orble.com/moving-and-family/ Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:46:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/this-mortal-coil/ I got an email from a friend the other day, hadn't heard from him in years. He'd been doing all the normal work things, but it turns out he's had... http://www.orble.com/this-mortal-coil/#comments http://www.orble.com/this-mortal-coil/ Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:56:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/on-writers-block/ Some people says writer's block is a figment of the imagination. Some say it's like Winston Churchill's 'black dog', his name for depression, which often visited him, never leaving his... http://www.orble.com/on-writers-block/#comments http://www.orble.com/on-writers-block/ Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:05:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/crime-time/1/ The idiot's lantern fills the gloomy room with all manner of fractured imagery. One of those staples is the crime drama, wherein a ne'er-do-well strikes at the fabric of society... http://www.orble.com/crime-time/1/#comments http://www.orble.com/crime-time/1/ Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:52:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/keepgoing/ Some of you are lucky. You have love and support, a safe place from which to struggle with the muse, whether it's your bedroom, your college dorm, your study or... http://www.orble.com/keepgoing/#comments http://www.orble.com/keepgoing/ Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:26:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-journal-a-tool-and-a-friend/ A journal is, apparently, a good idea. Some are basically diaries, some are deeper, a catalogue of daily events of not just he writer's life but the world around them... http://www.orble.com/the-journal-a-tool-and-a-friend/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-journal-a-tool-and-a-friend/ Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:57:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/faveauthorsgoddard/ I said in an earlier post you need to read everything you can find. This occasional series will point out authors you may not have come across. The main thing... http://www.orble.com/faveauthorsgoddard/#comments http://www.orble.com/faveauthorsgoddard/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:31:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/riches-and-focus/ The big problem I have is, of course, trying to justify the time I spend reading, watching, watching something else, reading more, thinking. Because I am a bit 'plugged in... http://www.orble.com/riches-and-focus/#comments http://www.orble.com/riches-and-focus/ Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:55:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/thewritingspace/ While all writers approach their vocation from different angles and different levels of work ethic (though at some point sweating blood is involved, and the heavy lifting is all mental... http://www.orble.com/thewritingspace/#comments http://www.orble.com/thewritingspace/ Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:57:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/lifes-richness-or-something/ The Scriptwriting Blog: Backstory by Australis. What do I know?, you ask. Where have I come from that I can write a column about scriptwriting? Will I make any sense... http://www.orble.com/lifes-richness-or-something/#comments http://www.orble.com/lifes-richness-or-something/ Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:47:00 GMT