Comments for John Dickinson

Comment on Time’s Chariot, by Ben Jeapes by John

John — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:18:36 +0000

Hi Sarah, Thank you for this. I don’t know Ben particularly well (I’ve accosted him once at a party) but I’ve sent your question in to him via our publisher’s website and we’ll see if the system sends us an answer.

I’m sure I’ll get over to the States sooner or later. And you bet NYC will be on the list!

Comment on Time’s Chariot, by Ben Jeapes by sarah pak

sarah pak — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:34:38 +0000

Hi Mr. Dickinson! Just wanted to say firstly that I’m a huge fan of your work and love your books! I recently found this website and am putting it in my RSS feed as I type this - I think it’s great that you blog so often!

I have a bit of a random question that doesn’t particularly concern this post, but rather another Ben Jeapes novel; I read one of his books (New World Order), and really enjoyed it, but I was wondering if he’s writing a sequel/is there a sequel?

And also, do you plan on going on book tours in the United States? I happen to live in New York, so if you’ll be doing a tour, you’ll swing by NYC?!

Comment on “How do you write a book?” by John

John — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:23:28 +0000

Hi Carma! I agree with all of that. Sometimes yes, it does flow. And it’s stuff that you couldn’t have planned, and very likely it’s not drivel but the very best you can produce. But does it happen every day? Not for me.

Editing and re-writing is often necessary. I reckon on a minimum of three re-writes for each book, and sometimes it’s reached eight. But I do find that once you are into re-writing, it’s less about creativity and spark and more about careful, careful craftsmanship. And if you do get a surge of inspiration you have to ready to contain it, because it may take you in a direction that unbalances the story you are trying to tell.

Comment on “How do you write a book?” by Carma Spence-Pothitt

Carma Spence-Pothitt — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:38:56 +0000

Hmmm. You keep saying each step is hard. And that can be true, but it isn’t necessarily true for all people at all times. For me, sometimes the writing just flows, at other times I need to work on something else to get unstuck. And sometimes, I just need to write, even if I think it’s drivel, because I know that sometimes the creativity and the spark comes with the editing and re-writing, not the original brain dump.

Comment on The Craft of Conversation by World Building | John Dickinson

World Building | John Dickinson — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:24:55 +0000

[...] characters talk to each other and the assumptions they are seen to share (I took a look at this in The Craft of Conversation.) Does it sound easy? It isn’t. But world-building is part of the fun, for both reader and [...]

Comment on Careers Fair (and a bottle of wine) by John

John — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:37:00 +0000

Thanks Anthony. It was great fun meeting you all.

Comment on Careers Fair (and a bottle of wine) by Anthony L.

Anthony L. — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:43:08 +0000

Dear John
You did very well at the careers fair. I had a very enjoyable 10 minutes talking to you.
All the best,
Anthony

Comment on invIcTus by John

John — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:20:46 +0000

And that means something like “The freedom of speech on blogs is always good.” And the site he links to isn’t too offensive. OK, this one can stay.

Comment on invIcTus by Денис

Денис — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:25:50 +0000

Свобода слова на блоге - это всегда хорошо! Главное, чтобы общественности было что автору сказать

Comment on Words are Cheap by bob

bob — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:19:14 +0000

RDAlhO hi nice site thx http://peace.com