Author Archives: Brenda Clough

Stalking the Wild Muse: Writer Rituals & Habits – Cities

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

A series exploring the props, habits, and drugs that fuel the writer’s productivity. Past, present and future! Look for BVC writers, plus other authors we know and love. by Madeleine Robins All sorts of people write movingly about nature.  And … Continue reading →


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Boneland, by Alan Garner: A Very Short Review

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

By Brenda Clough When he tried to plow through  Pilgrim’s Progress Huckleberry Finn famously remarked that it was tough.  Hah! He never read Boneland, the new novel by Alan Garner. Billed as a third book following the classic Weirdstone of … Continue reading →


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Stalking the Wild Muse: Writer Rituals & Habits

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

A series exploring the props, habits, and drugs that fuel the writer’s productivity. Past, present and future! Look for BVC writers, plus other authors we know and love. By Brenda Clough I’ve mentioned that generating ideas is quite different from … Continue reading →


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On Casting While You Write, the Realty Division

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

By Brenda Clough Laura Anne Gilman has posted about shopping for real people, especially actors, to cast your book.  But wait, there’s more.  You characters wear stuff, don’t they? Use armaments? Drive pickup trucks? Live in houses? There are limits … Continue reading →


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Stalking the Wild Muse: Writer Rituals & Habits

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

A series exploring the props, habits, and drugs that fuel the writer’s productivity. Past, present and future! Look for BVC writers, plus other authors we know and love. By Brenda Clough Fredereich von Schiller, the famous German dramatist, kept a … Continue reading →


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Stalking the Wild Muse: Writer Rituals & Habits

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

A series exploring the props, habits, and drugs that fuel the writer’s productivity. Past, present and future! Look for BVC writers, plus other authors we know and love. By Brenda Clough Some writers swear by nudity.  It helps them to … Continue reading →


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WWW Wednesday 5-1-2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll read next? • What … Continue reading →


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Stalking the Wild Muse: Writer Rituals & Habits

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

A series exploring the props, habits, and drugs that fuel the writer’s productivity. Past, present and future! Look for BVC writers, plus other authors we know and love. By Brenda Clough I am very sorry to report that my writing … Continue reading →


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Towards a Taxonomy of Time Travel

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

By Brenda Clough  I am writing a time travel novel.  A very complicated subject, with a considerable literary history!  In an effort to organize my unlucky characters’ thinking on it, I began to draft a Taxonomy, illustrated by examples that with … Continue reading →


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Dance Ten, Looks Three

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

By Brenda Clough This weekend I went to the National Gallery in Washington DC to see Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design 1848-1900.  A thrilling and gorgeous exhibition, with much of the material on loan from the Tate Museum in London. … Continue reading →


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