Happy Father’s Day to my dad! And to all you other dads out there, may you have a beautiful day! And, because I can’t help myself: my mom, too. Since I forgot Mother’s Day. D’oh! … [Read more...]
Links, and sundry.
What Ursula K. Le Guin thinks: “Fantasy is not antirational, but pararational; not realistic but surrealistic, a heightening of reality. In Freud’s terminology, it employs primary not secondary process thinking. It employs archetypes which, as Jung warned us, … [Read more...]
‘Romancing the Stone’ is on, and oh, how appropriate.
Not that I’m a sap, or anything—but this day, three years ago, I sold my first book. June 15th, 2004. It was the day before my 26th birthday. Time goes so fast. And I am so very lucky. I hope you all have a beautiful day! Do something … [Read more...]
My dog so owns his cone.
Well, that ear surgery Lucky underwent several weeks ago apparently went too well. He healed up before all the fluids could drain, so he had to go in today for a second procedure. Wasn’t pretty. We got there, he took one look, and started acting like I was … [Read more...]
They hatched!
“Probably, indeed, the larger part of the labor of an author composing his work is critical labor; the labor of sifting, combining, constructing, expunging, correcting, testing. This frightful toil is as much critical as creative. “ -T.S. Eliot (in essay titles _The … [Read more...]
Lovely.
The following is a photograph of my grandparents taken in 1946, in Bromer, Indiana. They’re sitting in the driveway of my great-grandfather’s farm, in a 1929 Ford Model A (with a rumble seat) that they bought for $150. The two of them are still adorable—and feisty. Jai … [Read more...]
Q&A, Interviews…
“I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the exercise of their fascinating gift and their insincerity.” -W. S. Maugham Ayla asks: How hard is it to get a good agent and start getting noticed by the … [Read more...]
Q&A, Books…
“You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.” - Al Capone C.C. asks: Will there be a single book on Koni? I adore his character and so many of the others. Any tidbits you can tell us? There will be a book on Koni, but I have to settle … [Read more...]
Q&A Continues…
One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. ~ May Sarton I’m receiving really wonderful questions about SOUL SONG. Feel free to send me more and I’ll answer them here! From Mitch: Is there a scene that just sang to you? Any … [Read more...]
Q&A, Swedish Prisons
“A dog is just a dog. Until he looks at you. Then he’s Mr. Dog.” ~ Anonymous *** From Laura: How long does it take you to finish a MS from plotting to the final editing? Most of us aspiring writers have day jobs. I think you do too, right? Where do you find … [Read more...]
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