Comments on: Dis(inter)connected http://infovore.org/archives/2004/01/09/disinterconnected/ a weblog by Tom Armitage Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MacDara http://infovore.org/archives/2004/01/09/disinterconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-104 MacDara Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=109#comment-104 You know what? I want to write a book too. And I also have no idea how. Or where to begin. Or how to construct a story without needing to research every detail to death. Did you see that short series of documentaries on BBC 2 last year on writers and how they write? Sure, we'd all love to be like Rob Newman and swan off to Mexico on the pretense of 'research', but we haven't got the money, nor the time. Nor the fanatical stand-up gig following that almost guarantees that the majority of his initial print run won't have to be pulped. But anyway... While I'm here, I'm working on a couple of Omnivore stories. (I'm still here! I haven't forgotten!) You'll get one of them by the end of this week. You know what? I want to write a book too. And I also have no idea how. Or where to begin. Or how to construct a story without needing to research every detail to death.

Did you see that short series of documentaries on BBC 2 last year on writers and how they write? Sure, we’d all love to be like Rob Newman and swan off to Mexico on the pretense of ‘research’, but we haven’t got the money, nor the time. Nor the fanatical stand-up gig following that almost guarantees that the majority of his initial print run won’t have to be pulped. But anyway…

While I’m here, I’m working on a couple of Omnivore stories. (I’m still here! I haven’t forgotten!) You’ll get one of them by the end of this week.

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