I guess this Stanislavski quote explains how, at its best, method acting can strike me as so self-reflexive but also manages to look outward and seem in-the-moment: thoughtful but present and awake ( Read more... )

Hilary Mantel's rules for writers.

Stephen Graham Jones' This is Not a Checklist: How to Write a Story.

Jones doesn't mention the need for an accountant even once and Mantel begins and ends with it. Hmm...

It seems like not really saying anything to just post two random links--but such is the beginning of some conversations.

Helene Cixous, Algeria-born French intellectual, novelist, playwright, memoirist and prose poet delivering a personal account of her work, writing, the process of writing, the conditions of creativity, endurance, a marathon of ( Read more... )

It's easier to just post Kyle's version, mostly because his pictures tell more than anything I could possibly type...

Originally posted by kylecassidy at the Drowning Girl
I'm in Rhode Island doing the Drowning Girl photo shoot, which is from a book by greygirlbeast, and video done by briansiano who's doing a book trailer. It's a beautiful thing and I'm so loving being able to make ( Read more... )

Just wanted to tell both the people who still use LJ that I'll be away for the weekend and won't be trying to keep up with the amazing people who are on my f-list. So please know that I hope you are not eaten by grues. I will endeavor to do the same.

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When I post the mood as "chipper," the implied meaning is like "wood chipper," no?Bloody Kisses ( Read more... )

Originally posted by kylecassidy at Casting Call: Top Secret Project Revealed!
I'm very excited to announce that the new Top Secret Project, is a collaboration with Caitlin R. Freaking Kiernan (aka greygirlbeast) whom you may know as the author of The Red Tree, The Ammonite Violin, Silk, Murder of Angels, etc. etc. etc. -- she also wrote the comic book series The Dreaming ( Read more... )

"For the past thirteen years, I've either sculpted, painted, drawn or written something every single day, with few exceptions. One belief that has come from this, and from which I cannot be shaken, is that the mind is a universe, and that what it creates in any given moment will be different from what it creates in any other. The possibilities are ( Read more... )