a public commonplace book

I have always loved the idea of commonplace books, a writers sketch book, more or less. Digital versions in things like tickler files have tempted me down the path into many failed or abandoned organizational systems. I have tried to keep physical ones, digital ones, even have a magical one as part of a novel.… Continue reading a public commonplace book

Aliens Prequel, really?

"It’s fundamentally about going out to find out ‘Who the hell was that Space Jockey?’ The guy who was sitting in the chair in the alien vehicle — there was a giant fellow sitting in a seat on what looked to be either a piece of technology or an astronomer’s chair. Remember that?" – Ridley… Continue reading Aliens Prequel, really?