Month: July 2013

Here is an idea. Since you don’t have a problem giving away your writing why not do it in a way that draws people back to your site. For instance release a short story in small sections (appropriately titled i.e. “Part 1 of 13”) so that people get caught up in the story and check out your site for the previous or later versions.

That’s part of the reason why My Babylon was serialized. I’m not sure if driving traffic to my website is the way to go, but it doesn’t hurt. 

I do offer a couple of works for free when people sign up for the mailing list at jameslwilber.com. They get the book of commentary for My Babylon and a copy of my short stories.

Chaos magicians? Pt 2

al-hasib643:

So chaos magicians and other interested parties, I want to talk about something uncomfortable to a lot of new age magicians; war magick.
What are the methods you use when declairing magical war upon a person or organization? What constitutes the agressive acts that lead to magical war? When do you know to end? Also, I would like answers from both sides, for and against taking up arms.

I am against using magick to harm human beings. I have no compunctions using magick against property or institutions.

i generally use excitatory gnosis when developing a magical attack. My favorite being a punching bag.

I participated in a group magical attack against Newscorp a few years ago. Interestingly enough, shortly thereafter News of the World got busted for phone hacking.

As far as strategy goes–look to Sun Tzu.

Writing Lesson 1

If you read On Writing you would already know this.

The order in which things happen in a story is automatically apparent. You don’t need to waste time telling me when you did things.

He began searching the room.

He searched the room.

She started to sway back and forth.

She swayed back and forth.

See the difference? Not only do you save words, but the second sentence is stronger. It doesn’t fuck around.

You are a writer. If you expect people to read what you write. DO NOT FUCK AROUND.