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Carroll Grabham

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Science Fiction, Crime, Humor and Comedy

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Carroll Grabham has run a newspaper kiosk (still to date the most interesting job he's had), been a software engineer, dabbled in Russian, French and Spanish and travelled all over this beautiful blue planet of ours.

He loves NEW SCIENTIST and FORTEAN TIMES, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell, for the mesmeric swing between predicting Dystopian Hell and embracing new shiny gadgets with interfaces that take your hand and say, "it's going to be okay, you know. Just let me guide you this way." Sweet algorithms and their way of making life easier.

GRABHAM:
'Artificial Intelligence is seductive, just ask Alexa. Writ large in future media, provided we survive another 200 years, and I can see it pervading and invading every aspect of our lives, drilling ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Carroll Grabham Remember there are worse things you can be doing. A bit of privation, physical exertion or simply a change of environment always dynarods the block ou…moreRemember there are worse things you can be doing. A bit of privation, physical exertion or simply a change of environment always dynarods the block out, I find.

Also, throw a spanner into it, if you are struggling with a draft. If it is a blank page staring back at you, bung together some variables. Get a bit mathematical. Index cards are good. Write a list of subjects that interest you but don't just google them. Google is for the half-arsed writer - a good starting place but get out there and see the places, people, smells. Feel the dirt of your locations.

If you've nowt to write about by then, then go work in a bank or something because you are just fannying around. (less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Carroll Grabham You'll hear a load of things about appearing professional and doing the marketing well etc. Well, I'm not going to dispute that - it is something I am…moreYou'll hear a load of things about appearing professional and doing the marketing well etc. Well, I'm not going to dispute that - it is something I am learning myself but compared to the real gold of writing it's just me arse.

It is all to do with exploring innerspace and I don't mean some semi-shit eighties film with Denny Quaid n Meg Ryan. I mean externalising the external. Literature is a whopping great metaphor, wrapped in a convincing lie. At best, it is an articulation of your soul amounting to infinitely more than the sum of its parts. Words? Pah, no. Words are just the bricks, the building materials. The Grand Design is that Palace in your head and writing makes that happen.

If that doesn't make it all a wee bit moist then I don't think its your bag.(less)

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	23rd Century (Technoir Tales #1) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	This is The End: A short PodPlay by Carroll Grabham (PodPlay shorts Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (Illustrated): with notices of earlier Irish famines

by Rev. John O'Rourke

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Lord John Russell

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The City & The City

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Apr 08, 2018 03:19PM

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“Come on then. Lazer beam me with your toxic futures. You will only talk and fornicate with AI. But hey, what an algorithm.”
― Carroll Grabham, 23rd Century

tags: dna, future-inmortality, gene-therapy, mystery, nano, nanomachines

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“Come on then. Lazer beam me with your toxic futures. You will only talk and fornicate with AI. But hey, what an algorithm.”
― Carroll Grabham, 23rd Century

tags: dna, future-inmortality, gene-therapy, mystery, nano, nanomachines

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