In the coming weeks I plan to release a second novel. It’s very different to Light’s Shadow. It is not part two of The Divining Mind ...
Posts by Phil Etherington
Not a real update
No update this week. I’ve been yoked back to Book 3 and finalising the editing on something else. Potential announcements next ...
Swearwolves Not Werewolves
How much profane language is too much for a book? This question is specifically directed at a book intended for older teenagers and burgeoning ...
“And so on…”
I’ve taken refuge in mundanity. Maybe this is what David Foster Wallace was trying to grasp as he struggled to grip the subtle wisps of ...
Work In Progress — The Internet is Down
One The Internet is down. That great hole in the sky? You know, the secret one? The one that all the hope and joy and gifs of cats pours from? ...
Some more thoughts on linguistics
This one’s for you Thien 🙂 “Is writing not a fine thing…? Are you not filled with joy to know that you will live forever, after ...
Short Story — Shinobazu Pond
Yuichi Hisakawa rode to the same spot every day. He enjoyed the feeling of wind and sun on his skin. But it wasn’t always ...
Working Title ––– Robert Chaff 15
Chapter Fifteen: Everyone in the hospital would have heard the scream. It was a sudden burst of energy – a sound that couldn’t be ...
Arthur C. Clarke
tl;dr: Arthur C. Clarke is amazing. A month or two ago I read ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. I’ve never seen the film and, until ...
How to Feel like a Teenager Again (hint: write essays)
tl;dr – I wrote a school-style essay, because I was inspired (read: bored or procrastinating). I’ve been only mildly productive of late. ...