Killin’ the lil’ darlin’s

I killed 3000 words today*. They had to die. They were all wrong. I have replaced them with other, better words. But it still hurts. Inside. The daily word count is an artificial thing and it doesn’t work for everyone, but it gives me a yardstick to prove that I have accomplished something, that I am making […]

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Bam!

Rewrites on my new novel, Broken Monsters, accomplished! Story level up! Writer dead now. But happy dead. Here’s some disturbing and pretty taxidermy to celebrate (via @helenahurry – if anyone knows the original source, please let me know so I can credit it)

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The myth of the elite psychopath

  I’ve had some readers disappointed that we never really get into the depths of Harper’s head in The Shining Girls, that there’s a lack of depth of deep dark motivation, unlike, say someone diabolical like Hannibal Lecter. But there’s a reason I wrote him like that. Because that’s what real serial killers look like […]

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Urban Animals: Zoo City-inspired exhibition

NIROXprojects put together a Zoo City-inspired exhibition at Arts on Main in Johannesburg’s Maboneng Precinct with a bunch of amazing artists, curated by Ann Marie-Tully and Neil Nieuwoudt. There’s some terrific coverage on it in the Mail & Guardian by Ang Lloyd:  Here’s a snip: “I ask Tully why the exhibition features many human-animals, as […]

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