For your holiday wish list...my adaptations of classic @neilhimself short stories published by @darkhorsecomics ! Two Eisners, the Locus, Bram Stoker, Ringo Award - & Reuben, Excelsior, Tripwire, Rondo nominees. https://amzn.to/47Jiiwg
Really struck by what @neilhimself says in this interview about writing with fountain pens: "...the process of writing is always a process of trying to trick my brain into thinking that what I'm doing is not important. And I remember the joy of moving from the typewriter to the computer (which shows how old I am) and the great thing was I wasn't making paper dirty. And suddenly writing became easier. And then, I remember the point where I went 'You know, I think it's time to try writing on paper again because that feels less important.'
"But also I was getting fascinated by the way that medium creates sentences. I noticed that when I write on a computer I don't necessarily know where I'm going. I can make false starts and change things. If I'm writing in fountain pen I don't want to see lots of crossings out so I may actually think my way through to the end of the sentence without sort of approximat(ing). I'll get a little bit more precise."
I've had similar feelings. In the typewriter days I used to draft by hand in a throwaway spiral notebook, make notes in the margins, then do my final draft with the machine. First, word processing freed me, but for a long time it's been a trap of always being able to go back and revise. There's never a final draft. I almost embraced my fountain pen a couple years ago. Maybe I'll give it another shot. https://www.ruv.is/sjonvarp/spila/kiljan/32201/a005i3
(quote starts at 26:24, full interview at 19:05)
It is a bit sad (or funny) to see that those interesting discussions often mention Bluesky and rarely Mastodon (despite the fact that the later as 10 times more users and is connected to an even bigger network: the Fediverse).
As I said previously: we should stop trying to make social networks succeed:
In case you forgot or have never heard it, @neilhimself has, hands down, the best #terrypratchett story I have ever heard. I was even priveliged to hear him tell it in person in 2022.
The absolutely gorgeous Eisner-winning @neilhimself COMPLETE AMERICAN GODS is now on sale NEARLY HALF OFF. (Please support your local bookstore if you can) https://amzn.to/3QEXgHI
Warm-hearted @neilhimself CHIVALRY adapted by me for @darkhorsecomics letters by Todd Klein & me, Eisner/Locus winner - perfect for an autumn read. https://amzn.to/40KTp0A
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Neil Gaiman ... Neil Gaiman ... I've heard that name before. would that be the Neil Gaiman of 'Good Omens' fame? If so ... someone fucked up the end of 'Good Omens II' and I'm still pissed about that.
@neilhimself To all you fans here on Mastodon here’s a wee link with enough Neil Gaiman, Charles Vess, Lyras Books and @rovinacaiart art to make you go oooooh whilst getting out your wallets!
The live link to buy your tickets will be available as soon as both raffles have been approved by @raffall_app
In celebration of the birthday of @neilhimself here is the first page of the first of four one-issue short stories he penned as part of the Tharg's Future-Shocks series. This one is from Prog 488 of 2000AD, published on the 20th of September, 1986: "You're Never Alone With A Phone!" Script by Neil Gaiman with artwork by the late John Hicklenton and lettering by Tom Frame. #NeilGaiman#2000AD