Creativity A really useful Ulysses course A really great course that finally persuaded me to make Ulysses part of my toolkit.
Creativity Back to basics, again... I've realised that digital tools have started to destroy my creativity during lockdown.
Writing Concepts and Milanote A couple of new (to me) apps that have freshened up my working methods.
Music Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts V and VI Nine Inch Nails make their two new albums available for free.
Inspiration Hania Rani - F Major This video, shot in Iceland and directed by Neels Castillion, is pleasingly hypnotic.
Inspiration Some calm things to look at... A couple of things have caught my eye on the Colossal website this morning...
Creativity Truth and fiction in "The Whisperer In Darkness" A few things it seemed useful to mention that might be of interest to listeners...
Creativity The Evil Has Landed... We finally have something for you to listen to; the first three episodes of The Whisperer In Darkness are available via BBC Sounds and on your podcast app of choice. There will be further installments over the next couple of Mondays.
Creativity A longer trail - Episode 0 Ahead of the first batch of THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS going live tomorrow, BBC Sounds have released a longer trail, in the form of Episode Zero.
Creativity The Whisperer In Darkness The first trailer for the sequel podcast to THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD has just landed. Series available on December 2nd...
Creativity The Scorsese-Marvel thing Wherein I add absolutely nothing to the debate and ultimately fail to pick a side.
Creativity On walking This, from the peerless Brain Pickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/01/10/kenneth-grahame-the-fellow-that-goes-alone/
Creativity "Creative freedom" in UK broadcasting Although I've worked plenty for British broadcasters in the past, I haven't done anything for a UK company (with the exception of a podcast series we make for BBC Sounds) since around 2015.
Creativity Seven Days Walking - Box Set This has been the soundtrack to all my writing this year. Now Ludovico Einaudi's SEVEN DAYS WALKING project is complete (it was originally released over seven months). The download is
Creativity A New Font Created From the Silhouettes of Gerrymandered Electoral Districts Here's fun, via Colossal: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/08/gerry-font/
Inspiration Suzanne Moxhay Suzanne Moxhay is an artist working with photographs, which is to say that she has an incredibly intricate process, inspired by the matte painting technique movies used to use.
Writing NOS4A2 Interview with Joe Hill I really loved this book and I've excited for the TV show. Joe Hill has some interesting stuff to say here about the nature of horror and of adaptations. http:
