Neil on Lewis, Tolkien and Chesterton
Sunday, 20 March, 2005
C.S. Lewis was the first person to make me want to be a writer. He made me aware of the writer, that there was someone standing behind the words, that there was someone telling the story. I fell in love with the way he used parentheses—the auctorial asides that were both wise and chatty, and I rejoiced in using such brackets in my own essays and compositions through the rest of my childhood.
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A way of funding writing in the future: pitch and idea and get people to support it.
Place where you can hire play equipment for parties, etc.
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
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Elsie now thinks Neil is cool because he thinks C. S. Lewis is cool
Speaking of whom, I have 15-22 July off work. Haven’t decided whether coming down on 15th or night of 14th.
And I’m halfway through Gaiman’s 1602 - have you read it? Half… no, most of the fun is seeing characters such as the X-Men, Peter Parker, Daredevil, Captain America and the Fantastic Four living in Elizabethan England.
No, I haven’t read it but I would love to have a squiz when you’re down (*hint hint? ;P*). I’m worried I won’t get all the references though—not up on all my superheroes. The idea of X-Men in 19th Century England is amusing though.