You mean the ones the Bradbury Challenge writers write? Some of them are published, but I don't keep tabs on where. I know KC Riggs (a personal friend) is planning a collection of some of hers soon and it might already be published. Maybe I'll mention it in TNDJ and come up with a way to advertise their collections, etc. for them.
You already probably know Ray Bradbury's stories are all over the place. My favorite collection is The Illustrated Man, mostly because of the concept.
Yes, I did mean the stories the Challenge writers write. And will have to check out the Illustrated Man. I haven't read that many Bradbury stories. My favorite is the one where the girls are walking home late from the cinema and a killer is on the loose. My trip down Google rabbithole did not give me the name of it. However, I ended up finding some great true ghost stories and a reading list of suburban horror books that sounds interesting. 😆.
Loved Dave's bit about where inspiration comes from. I do the same thing. Lots of great ideas this week for me from reading up on cold cases, funny cat and dog pics and videos, and some great old pics and articles I read about female French resistance fighters and about Russian anti tank dogs. Which reminded me of one I read years ago about the CIA' s spy cat program. Some of this I have already used. The rest will undoubtedly show up in something somewhere. Or as Stephen King put it, "Sooner or later it all goes in (the writing)."
Also enjoyed the link from DWS. I hope to offer being a character to my readers someday. That sounds like fun. I already do that with my friends. I have gotten some great characters from that. One friend wanted to be "a gremlin" and another wanted to be "a grandma" which I thought was going to be difficult to come up with something interesting for but when the idea came it was loads of fun, too.
I like the idea of a themed short story challenge. I think I would enjoy that if I wrote short stories.
Very cool. Sounds like you're on the verge of writing a story FOR the character your friends suggest. That can be fun too, with shades of Harlan Ellison.
Thanks for featuring my "Integrity" post, Harvey. I've always loved that Chandler metaphor about pushing versus pulling words. The remark came in a 1945 interview with Irving Wallace.
Also, is there some place we can read the other Bradbury short stories? Just wondering if they are published where to find them.
You mean the ones the Bradbury Challenge writers write? Some of them are published, but I don't keep tabs on where. I know KC Riggs (a personal friend) is planning a collection of some of hers soon and it might already be published. Maybe I'll mention it in TNDJ and come up with a way to advertise their collections, etc. for them.
You already probably know Ray Bradbury's stories are all over the place. My favorite collection is The Illustrated Man, mostly because of the concept.
Yes, I did mean the stories the Challenge writers write. And will have to check out the Illustrated Man. I haven't read that many Bradbury stories. My favorite is the one where the girls are walking home late from the cinema and a killer is on the loose. My trip down Google rabbithole did not give me the name of it. However, I ended up finding some great true ghost stories and a reading list of suburban horror books that sounds interesting. 😆.
Loved Dave's bit about where inspiration comes from. I do the same thing. Lots of great ideas this week for me from reading up on cold cases, funny cat and dog pics and videos, and some great old pics and articles I read about female French resistance fighters and about Russian anti tank dogs. Which reminded me of one I read years ago about the CIA' s spy cat program. Some of this I have already used. The rest will undoubtedly show up in something somewhere. Or as Stephen King put it, "Sooner or later it all goes in (the writing)."
Also enjoyed the link from DWS. I hope to offer being a character to my readers someday. That sounds like fun. I already do that with my friends. I have gotten some great characters from that. One friend wanted to be "a gremlin" and another wanted to be "a grandma" which I thought was going to be difficult to come up with something interesting for but when the idea came it was loads of fun, too.
I like the idea of a themed short story challenge. I think I would enjoy that if I wrote short stories.
Very cool. Sounds like you're on the verge of writing a story FOR the character your friends suggest. That can be fun too, with shades of Harlan Ellison.
Thanks for featuring my "Integrity" post, Harvey. I've always loved that Chandler metaphor about pushing versus pulling words. The remark came in a 1945 interview with Irving Wallace.
Very cool. I wondered, but I hadn't looked it up. I love Chandler's works.