A 3K word story might well be done in some caffeine-and-nicotine-fuelled 36 hour session, and at the end of it, there'll be a few passes of editing required, but I basically have a polished draft.
Words command us. Names define us. Definitions bind us. Words are where we keep our sacred secrets. - Hal Duncan
Words command us. Names define us. Definitions bind us. Words are where we keep our sacred secrets.
- Hal Duncan
I started thinking about the endless bullshit about quotas, and how certain types of character are fine "as long as it's important to the story," and… - Hal Duncan
I started thinking about the endless bullshit about quotas, and how certain types of character are fine "as long as it's important to the story," and…
I wanted to do justice to texts that are in verse in their original, so I tried to invest my version with a comparable poetic power; hence even more … - Hal Duncan
I wanted to do justice to texts that are in verse in their original, so I tried to invest my version with a comparable poetic power; hence even more …
Destiny can sometimes be history coming back to bite you in the arse. - Hal Duncan
Destiny can sometimes be history coming back to bite you in the arse.
Homophobia's just one form of abjection, and wherever you have a marker of deviance - skin colour, gender, gender identity, disability - you get the … - Hal Duncan
Homophobia's just one form of abjection, and wherever you have a marker of deviance - skin colour, gender, gender identity, disability - you get the …
Most of my influences from outside the commerical strange fiction genre came in with university, discovering James Joyce and Wallace Stevens, Blake a… - Hal Duncan
Most of my influences from outside the commerical strange fiction genre came in with university, discovering James Joyce and Wallace Stevens, Blake a…
Movies, novels, TV shows - these are the water fountains of today. We thirst for stories which speak to us by representing us, but we go to the water… - Hal Duncan
Movies, novels, TV shows - these are the water fountains of today. We thirst for stories which speak to us by representing us, but we go to the water…
A 3K word story might well be done in some caffeine-and-nicotine-fuelled 36 hour session, and at the end of it, there'll be a few passes of editing r… - Hal Duncan
A 3K word story might well be done in some caffeine-and-nicotine-fuelled 36 hour session, and at the end of it, there'll be a few passes of editing r…
Where names of people or places would mean little to a contemporary reader, I figured "translation errors" could create interesting new meanings. - Hal Duncan
Where names of people or places would mean little to a contemporary reader, I figured "translation errors" could create interesting new meanings.
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