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More thoughts on Guardian Witness
A few of other points on Guardian Witness to add from earlier. Firstly on copyright and payment. From the FAQ, it appears Guardian Witness is quite keen on the syndication idea, but not so keen on saying outright that the witnesses would be paid, how much or exactly when. They might be paid "according to circumstances", Our Terms & Conditions also state that, by submitting content to us, you authorise the Guardian to allow third parties to use the content, and this may include re-distributing items of content on an individual or wholesale (i.e. as a content feed) basis. In... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at noodlepie
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A blast from a soupy past
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at noodlepie
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The Guardian's citizen journalism boozer
There's a pub in Edinburgh where all the Hearts fans go to drink and natter before the match. It's the Hearts pub. Every football team has one. You'll never find a Hibs fan in the Hearts pub and you'll never find a Hearts fan in a Hibs pub. One day, someone had the bright idea of builidng a new pub. One for all football fans of all teams. A place where they could all come together, drink and natter before the game, the owner was disappointed that no-one came. The Guardian has just launched a user-generated content platform, "(It) will... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at noodlepie
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keeping in touch
Posted Mar 28, 2013 at noodlepie
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paperwork
Posted Mar 27, 2013 at noodlepie
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the famous ones
Posted Mar 27, 2013 at noodlepie
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Digging up the Bun Cha
Posted Mar 26, 2013 at noodlepie
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not so much as lifted a finger
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at noodlepie
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Iksan market panorama
The northern market in Iksan in Korea I like a good panoramic photograph. This one is of a market I visited, or at least strolled through, almost every day when I lived in the city of Iksan, South Korea. A rather embarassingly long time ago. Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2013 at noodlepie
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going there to see for yourself
If funds permit, I prefer to go to a place, if the scenes I want to describe are lengthy and rather detailed. When it comes to locations, there is no substitute for going there to see for yourself. You spot things that can be found in no memoir, no guidebook, no Google entry—small details that, collectively, create "the ring of truth" (an overused but still accurate phrase). link Not much to disagree with and plenty to admire in this short piece from the Wall Street Journal on how the great Frederick Forsyth writes thrillers. If I want a scene on... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at noodlepie
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they knew the word kimchi
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at noodlepie
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From street to screen
Here's a lovely little film on Vietnam and food, mostly street food by the looks of things. It's a bit bang-bang-bang, with each moving image lasting barely a second or two at most, but it's beautifully shot. Defintely brings a blast of the street to your computer screen. This is what the film makers say, We were invited last month to explore the food in Vietnam. This is that two week trip condensed into three minutes. Enjoy. Shot on Canon 5d Mark ii. EF 24-70mm f/2.8L Thanks to Uyen Luu for linking. Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at noodlepie
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Writers who turn the Internet off
I deleted all Twitter apps from my phone and desktop a month ago. A month before that, I scythed through the people I follow on Twitter (no offence to the hundreds I cut; life moves on, I'm sure you're all still very interesting, but priorities and interests change. Sorry.) To state the obvious, Twitter is a timesuck. Not so much in the time you spend looking at tweets, but in the the random, fascinating rabbit holes those tweets send you down. If you need to concentrate on anything for more than a millisecond, Twitter will do a very good job... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at noodlepie
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how to write a thriller
From 1962, Ian Fleming on how to write a thriller, In my case one of the first essentials is to create a vacuum in my life which can only be filled by some form of creative work. I am fortunate in this respect. I built a small house on the north shore of Jamaica in 1946 and arranged my life so I could spend at least two months of the winter there. For the first six years I had plenty to do during these months exploring Jamaica, coping with staff, getting to know the locals, and minutely examining the underwater... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2013 at noodlepie
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how to write a book proposal in eight days
Spent the last eight days writing a proposal for a follow up to the Vietnam book. This is what was involved. Day 1 Write, write, write, edit, write Day 2 Edit, write, write, write, edit, write Day 3 Edit, rewrite, edit, write, edit. Day 4 Edit, rewrite, edit, write, edit. Day 5 Edit. Leave it for a few hours, then edit and completely rewrite. That bit you really liked and thought was dead witty - yeah, that bit - it's got to go. It doesn't work. OK, now you're ready to edit it again. Then rewrite it. Sleep on it.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at noodlepie
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brick walls
Posted Feb 25, 2013 at noodlepie
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getting hooked
Posted Feb 20, 2013 at noodlepie
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pigeon alley
Posted Feb 20, 2013 at noodlepie
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an old email and a great place to eat
An email from January 2007, sent to me by the daughter of the owner of one on my favourite restaurants in Hanoi. I want to introduce myself to you. I'm the daughter of the owner of Cha ca Thang Long - 31 Duong THanh street, Hanoi that was introduced in your report "The Get, Taste of Vietnam" on November 5, 2006 on The New York Times. I just want to say many thanks to you. My younger sister told me that on that day my mother didn't want you and the photographer to take the photos of our restaurant (I... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2013 at noodlepie
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Flu
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at noodlepie
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the filing cabinet
I store all the research I'm doing for the book in this Pinboard account. Pinboard is a superb social bookmarking tool that, simply put, acts like a filing cabinet I can carry with me anywhere. The research path is taking me down some predictable paths and some more unexpected. Whether it be this video from an off-piste fishing village in the south west of South Korea where I used to eat sashimi, or a Saigon street food seller, first "discovered" by Cathy Danh, and featured in this week's Tuoi Tre newspaper, a wikipedia page explaining Thuốc lào or a herring... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2013 at noodlepie
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some weeks are gonna be like that
If this week has proven anything it is that, the whole #writingbook thing with #kidsick is a total non-starter. — Graham Holliday (@noodlepie) February 6, 2013 I think I can scratch any word count ambitions I had for this week. However, it's quotes like this - from Ray Bradbury - that make any minor complaints I have about available time feel a tad pathetic, “A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper... I can work anywhere. I wrote in bedrooms and living rooms when I was growing up with... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2013 at noodlepie
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keeping count
Posted Jan 31, 2013 at noodlepie
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it's stuff like this
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at noodlepie
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Thanks. I have over 70 pages. Think I'll wait until they just turn it off.
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