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Tag Archives: Village Underground
Point of View
The point from which this view can be seen is unique — with that tremendous triangular shadow — and it’s only been open a week. I must have been very lucky to have caught a moment where the sun … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged Cheesegrater, London, marketing, setting, Shoreditch, The City, The Shard, Village Underground, Walkie Talkie
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The Accidental Street Art Photographer
This weekend is one of the biggest in the London art world with the huge Frieze exhibitions in Regent’s Park and many associated events. In 2010 Village Underground started to host the Moniker art fair, which is a showcase for … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged amanda marie, artists, creative writing, Facebook, Kim, moniker art fair, Shoreditch, stencilling, Street art, Village Underground
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When I Grow Rich…
…ring the bells of Shoreditch in Oranges and Lemons, Shoreditch being where mos of the start of my novel is set, although I very much doubt the bells of St. Leonard’s are going to help me get rich by writing … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged artists, Curtain Theatre, history, Hoxton, London, Moniker Art, Norton Folgate, Oranges and Lemons, pubs, setting, Shakespeare, Shoreditch, The City, Village Underground
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Shardenfreude
Google Analytics tells me that there must be a lot of disappointed people who happen to land on some of this blog’s pages. Aside from my ardent and dedicated regular followers people land on the blog by via search terms … Continue reading
Shoreditch By Overground
After the tutorial with Emily the weekend before last I decided to take a walk to see how things were around Village Underground as I’d not been there for a while. It was the first time that I’d had chance … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged 30 bus route, Broadgate, Hackney, Hackney Wick, London, London Overground, railways, setting, Shoreditch, The City, Village Underground
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Village Underground — London Underbelly
I follow Village Underground on Facebook and they posted this link on there which explains a bit about the background behind the place. http://www.londonunderbelly.com/2010/08/03/in-the-studio-with-village-underground/
Sneaker Pimps
More odd musical/novelistic connections: one song I belatedly discovered is by a little known band called The Sneaker Pimps. Even though I only heard it properly on a compilation last year it dates back to 1996. Given my recurring themes … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Process
Tagged character, Plot, pop music, readings, sneaker pimps, Village Underground
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The Grey Goose
We had a session with Emily about how themes and connections will start to emerge in our work. I realised that I had an interesting location with Village Underground and that there was something subconscious in why I liked it … Continue reading
Posted in character, Writing Process
Tagged brands, connections, drinking, Grey Goose vodka, Kim, London Town, Paul McCartney, theme, Village Underground, Wings
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Bean Doing Some Research
I’m writing this from ‘The Bean’ a cafe on Rivington Street, Shoreditch. I had to come into London for a meeting with a colleague in the rather different surroundings of the Holiday Inn, Mayfair. He was offering me some careers … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged careers, Mark Rothko, Miroslaw Balka, Research, Shoreditch, Simon Scharma, Tate Gallery, The Economist, theme, Village Underground
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Opening the Novel?
Unlike the majority of my fellow students on the City course I’ve not approached the writing of either of my novels-in-progress in any kind of sequence — either chronologically or in anticipation of the eventual order in the book. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Structure, The Angel
Tagged backstory, computer programming, fire, inciting action, James, Kim, non-linerar thinking, opening chapters, planning, Plot, plot points, real life, Structure, tutorials, Village Underground
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Village Underground
For ‘The Angel’ I wanted Kim to be a struggling (financially if not critically) artist based in inner London. I’d thought of Hackney as a location for her studio mainly because I’d met a real artist on a German course … Continue reading
Posted in The Angel
Tagged artists, Hackney, Heron Tower, James, Kim, setting, Shoreditch, The City, The Pinnacle, Village Underground
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