Today, Raven fires off a quick stream of consciousness about being inspired by things that might draw scorn (or worse).
Posts by Raven van Dijk
The One-Eyed Queen Preview: “An Unnascent Praxis”
Next month, Raven will be releasing The Second Book of Varr – “The One-Eyed Queen” – over at Chronicles of Tyria. Today, we have excerpt from the first chapter.
The Cup That Runneth Over (In a bad way)
November means NaNo for writers. It means longer hours, harder work, and the reward at the end of the 50,000 word tunnel.
This week, Raven looks at the other side of the coin and why it’s okay to not do NaNo (and other such things).
‘Ello Beastie: “The Apocryphan”
In this week’s ‘Ello Beastie, Raven talks about a somewhat gross monster he invented for one of his stories: the fleshy, oily, Apocryphan.
‘Ello Beastie: “The Misericorde’s Serpent”
In the first “‘Ello Beastie”, Raven talks about the monster he designed for his Chronicles of Tyria story, “City of the Chimera”.
On My Mind: On The Move
Raven sometimes has to travel a lot, and today he talks a little about how he stays productive on the move and touches on the most terrible amount of time to wait for anything.
Composed of Nows: An Excerpt
With one of his favourite people surprising him with artwork of one of his characters and Camp NaNoWriMo right around the corner, this week Raven presents another excerpt from an upcoming piece in its raw, unedited state.
On My Mind: That Which Unnerves
There’re countless methods to provoke dread and unease in an audience, but today Raven talks about three key things that unnerve him and why – the things that feel inherently wrong, that get under his skin in all the right ways.
This is My Design: The Peril of the New Idea
New ideas are awesome, fresh inspiration is fantastic, and motivation can strike like a bolt out of the blue.
Unfortunately, that bolt can sometimes hit us right when we’re in the middle of something else. Today, Raven talks about the three methods he uses to deal with the potentially terrible timing of new ideas.
Apples and Oranges (Or Why Comparing Yourself to Other Writers Doesn’t Work)
Competition can be healthy. It can drive us to improve ourselves, to make our work as good as it can be, but all too often comparisons do more harm than good.
This week, Raven talks about a few things to keep in mind when you start looking at another writer’s work and comparing it to your own.
