The Ink Shot archive
From 7 May 2012 until 7 December 2021 The Ink Shot was the blog of Marcus Baumgart, an itinerant café writer, designer of buildings, animal-lover and day-by-day battling creative. This blog celebrates the practice of writing in cafés, writing fiction and non-fiction and being creative in general.
Marcus struggles to motivate without the happy white noise of lively conversation and hissing espresso machines.
My familiar number Two
Little Baby Rocket is not so little now. Cats are good writing companions if you can prevent them from sitting on the keyboard, chasing the mouse cursor or chewing the screen. The dog stays on the floor and is no trouble. He’s a handsome boy, isn’t he? Nice silver stripes and very healthy, sharp teeth.
Not entirely enamoured of this. Current fiction that is, not the coffee pictured here.
I am not enjoying fiction much at the moment. I keep starting books and not finishing them. Nothing is gripping me, or encouraging me to go the distance. I’m searching for something special, something original - a lot of science fiction and fantasy is so rote right now, it is rare to find something actually - novel. Pun intended.
I will keep listening, keep reading, and keep searching. And in my spare time I will write as well.
