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'Influences'

Hello.

So. I believe I'm supposed to be looking into influences. I read a lot of blogs so I would say that blog-land people have an influence on me and therefore on my writing.

Here follows a list of the blogs I like to frequent. Some are music blogs, some fashion, some just writing. Some are a combination. This list will probably (definitely) grow.

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http://www.dlisted.com/

http://bryanboy.typepad.com/

http://slutever.blogspot.com/

http://illegaltendermagazine.blogspot.com/

http://masshyperbole.blogspot.com/

http://pistolwhipped89.blogspot.com/

http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/

http://fuckingdance.blogspot.com/

http://www.musiqtrend.com/

http://www.noiseporn.com/

http://boingboing.net/

http://neongoldrecords.blogspot.com/

http://www.whokilledbambi.co.uk/

http://cassettecouture.com/

http://www.everythingisterrible.com/

http://www.fashiontoast.com/

http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/

http://stylebubble.typepad.com/

http://voffi08.wordpress.com/

http://emailsfromcrazypeople.com/

: 22 Feb 2010 01:59 |  Tags: Miscellaneous Writers |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Writers on Writing

Lionel Shriver: 'Writing is fundamentally dull, and there are no real secrets to it: You sit down, you type something out, most of the time, if you have any self-respect, you throw it away.'

Hilary Mantel: 'Where do stories come from?'

DBC Pierre: 'I suppose I put off writing because I sensed I would have to be honest, which I have not been traditionally good at. And I sensed it would be a long haul. My main reference point was the TV movie; I wanted to use the style of the subject to satirise the subject. I'm not well read, which may have worked to my advantage in a curious way, but it also meant I had to sit down buck naked in my mind and give it my best shot.'

Tom Leonard: interview.

Although technically not writers, the following artists' creative methods interest me: Ed Ruscha, Chris Burden,( Otto Muehl,  Hermann Nitsch, Gunther Brus)-proponents of Viennese Actionism, Kira O'Reilly ...tbc.

RE. the mutilation art of Muehl, Nitsch, Brus and Burden, I stumbled across this article by Germaine Greer: 'Artists' Self-Mutilation' which actually led me to the discovery of Burden and Brus. Additionally Schwarzkogler but he is sadly dead. However, he had this to say: "The artist does not work in order to live by his work, rather for him his work is life itself."

Writing spaces

t.b.c.

: 21 Jan 2010 11:24 |  Tags: Writers |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem