george r r martin – Goldeen Ogawa

Marathon Writer

by GoldeenBlog Posts October 20, 2013Comments are Disabled

or, Training for NaNoWriMo… my way November is coming up, and already in writerly circles you can hear the whispers… “NaNoWriMo is coming…” “Are you going to do it?” “Did you do it last year?” “Did you finish it?” NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month (ironically, it is now an international sensation), is a …

Fantasy vs Reality

by GoldeenArtwork, Blog Posts January 9, 2012January 9, 2012Comments are Disabled

I want to begin this journal with two quotes, each from men far older and more accomplished than myself. The first is from George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire series. It is called On Fantasy: “The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as …