From Twitter 06-15-2010

• 08:21:20: RT @DamnationBooks: Damnation Books now has a blog. Check it out: http://damnationbooks.wordpress.com/
  
• 08:22:17: I can smell fresh baking bread and cakes from the bakery across the road. Torture!
  
• 10:16:51: I'm reading two books at the moment that can both be summed up as "good idea, terribly executed." I'm already nostalgic for Unholy Ghosts!
  
• 10:18:56: Novel 1 = all drivel, no action, icky. Novel 2 = all gore and shallow characterisation, and a central concept that makes me incredulous
  
• 10:20:18: Reading reviews of Book 2 to see if it's just me being snarky, and apparently it is. I just can't handle the "high concept" and "terror"
  
• 10:24:45: @etaknosnhoj I'm guessing not. Book 2 is all about the hook, but the story just makes me go "Really?" at every so-called twist
  
• 10:25:47: I'll admit Book 2 is very intense and compelling, but ultimately the "high concept" is silly and the bad guys are like cartoon characters
  
• 10:26:03: That sort of kills the terror factor for me. Anyway. I should be working, probably
  
• 10:29:12: @etaknosnhoj That's true. I have to give the author credit for creating a page-turned if nothing else. Book 1 puts me to sleep
  
• 11:02:06: The great thing about my desk being opposite the gents' toilets is the horrific smell of sewage wafting towards me when they flood
  
• 11:02:30: Wait... no, not great. Horrible. That's the word I'm looking for
  
• 11:30:12: OMG, my brother is a hero! http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Suspect-car-blown-up-at-station-after-arson-in-court.htm
  
• 11:31:20: He tackled a crazy arsonist! He's in the local paper and everything! He didn't tell me the details - just said he was a bit shaken up, lol
  
• 11:31:35: And now he's in the bloody paper! (They spelt his surname wrong, but still).
  
• 11:39:01: @imogenhowson Will do! I'm amazed he's just all "yeah, well, you know" about it. I'm telling everyone who will stop and listen, lol
  
• 12:40:06: @janjonesauthor Yep, that's him! Is your son okay?
  
• 14:04:27: @etaknosnhoj He's been very casual about it so far - told me the papers had skewed the story. I will be smug on his behalf, I think
  
• 14:46:44: @etaknosnhoj Not sure, apart from the fact they spelt his name wrong. He did admit to tackling the guy "wrestling style."
  
• 14:47:01: @caseyparry I had no idea any of this was going on! Should probably watch the news once in a while
  

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Writing Meme Day 14 - Mapping it out

14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?

Wow, this is going to be a quick, boring answer. I don't map out locations and I don't have any maps to show you. I used to draw very crude maps on Paint when I was writing fantasy, but I haven't done it for years now.

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