From the monthly archives: July 2010
You can’t stop ALL WRITE! Pin-up month! The examination of Pratchett’s inner fantasy life continues with this tour-de-force illustration by comic artist extraordinaire Daniel Warner! Sometime, a girl just has to kill some orcs. On top of a unicorn. [...]
Tonight I conquered Mt. Laundry, and as I was folding, my brain quietly worked out my writing melancholia and what I think may be behind it. Who knew that fretting over wrinkled t shirts was so helpful?
Of course, many people know this. Your brain likes to quietly work on problems, not be attacked constantly [...]
Editing and a dual interview!
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00:00:07 ISBW #149 00:01:18 State of the Mur: new theme song from John Anealio, new podcast at Angry Robot, magazine article & work-for-hire fiction, future plans to work on new [...]
My birthday was Saturday, and one of best presents I received was Natalie’s rendition of the ALL WRITE cast celebrating it. I just had to share!
First, I finished The God Engines last night. I had some questions about some things that Scalzi did with his narrative (namely never revealing whether the “rooks”–think “companions” in Firefly–are male or female – he used no pronouns and no revealing gender-specific body parts during a somewhat graphic sex scene), and it was quite [...]
Confession time. In today’s Internet age, we (I) are easily distracted, entranced by shiny devices that play games and movies and music, and an IM is a tiny shot of dopamine that our brains crave much more than any stupid learning given by BOOKS.
That said, a writer needs to read. It’s not just a [...]
Humans, as a rule, do not trust perfection. We do not trust the easy way out. We do not respect those born into money; we love the “poor to rich” stories. If we actually meet the “perfect” mate, we assume there’s something deeply wrong on a fundamental level. (I watched an episode of Kim Possible [...]
Yes. Another unannounced break. I was editing a book. This was recorded before I took the time to edit. Lots of feedback, and Matt joins us again for a long Good Cop Bad Cop.
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00:00:06 ISBW #148 00:01:14 State [...]
ALL WRITE Pin-Up month continues! Natalie Kelly, one of the super-talented people I’m working with on Fables of the Flying City–she did the awesome poster I gave away at the launch, and is coloring the graphic novel–gave us this fantastic portrait of Pratchett [...]
I’m trying to get my novel edited. Besides the paying work deadlines, it is my only priority. Hence no blogging or podcasting.
I have gone through the horrible angst of, “this is nothing but derivative tripe,” and have reached the point in creation that Connie Willis refers to as “The f***ing book.” It is only [...]
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