Thoughts after having slid down to the triple rock

[hirez]

Want to save LJ? Curate the damn conversations. Drivebys are for Tumblr.

Gibson last night started a bit ho-hum, but mutated into a stormer. He talked of 'assuming the position' such that the thing, the writing monster, would put in an appearance. William Gibson would come back later to perform editing on what the writing monster had left behind. Also that if you visit Chinatown, you see a magnificent dragon charging amongst the firecrackers. The chaps on the inside, who built the thing, see the lengths of wood, newspaper and glue holding the spectacle together.

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[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

At the London reading, he talked about how he can only write when faced with a blank page. Although, occasionally, at that point existing characters pop up again and offer to help out ...

[hirez.livejournal.com]

With luck, there'll be recordings of both on the cyberwebs soon.

[janinemarriott.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it, he's not my favourite so I decided to pass.