By Slanted Light

Lobbing in a few prosy things here:

1) Well how about me?! For what it's worth, I've been agonising (that seems to be spelt wrong but I can't work out which bit) over finding a suitable picture for another Visions post for the story, Blythe Spirit by Mosby Singleton (I think);
2) November - I love that story but for some reason it really used to depress me. Not sure why, maybe it's something to do with them being confined to a room for a while and Doyle's general air of depression? It seems dark.
3) And on a completely different tack with many wonderful stories in mind and most recently (this morning) one by jat_sapphire (which I must comment on) how *does* a writer achieve the depiction of a scene which you can immediately see in your head - you're *there* with them - and is still in your head hours later? Is there some kind of technique taught in writing schools (I think I'm being flippant, slightly) or is it just talent which is hard to articulate or describe but just kind of flows. Is there a secret?