From Danwei.org: “One year after the May 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in China, the Afterquake music project has created music with quake survivors to raise money and awareness for the ongoing reconstruction.” Afterquake: “Sala” Video from Sexy Beijing TV … [Read more...]

I offered to answer questions about the upcoming Dark Wolverine, and here’s what Andrew was curious about: 1) For the time being, Daken is taking over the main Wolverine title, correct?  This isn’t a mini-series or story arc. You’re correct.  Daken is … [Read more...]

Fantastic post from Holly Lisle on writing characters you can respect: “You have to write the people who resonate with YOU.  My heroines—like me—understand that bad shit can happen at any time, and they are determined from the first that if survival is possible, they … [Read more...]

Or rather, the X-Men solicits are out for August.  This is the first that I’ve seen of the cover, and it astounds me that the first three issues have had their exteriors drawn by Leinil Francis Yu. I still remember seeing his work for the first time in … [Read more...]

One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time.  Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now....Something more will arise for … [Read more...]

I’ve landed in Indy, and am awaiting my ride.  Contemplating food and a nice long shower.  According the flight attendant on the Shanghai-Chicago portion of my journey, I slept more than any other person in her section, which—given that only a few years ago … [Read more...]

I’ll be blogging more this evening—possibly about ancient mosques or dating in China (two highly divergent topics, to be sure)—but in the meantime, here’s a fantastic bit from Neil Gaiman about entitlement issues, readers, and authors, which I think should … [Read more...]

Actually, I’ve seen far stranger things on the road in China, but I just didn’t have a camera at the time.  All of these were taken on the outskirts of Beijing (click to enlarge...and yes, the giant hand doesn’t really count, but it’s still strange … [Read more...]

I’m doing research for a story I’m working on, and have found myself wallowing in a wealth of rich, complex, historical goodness.  Which is wonderful—and maddening, too.  Because how much do I use?  How much does a person draw on, before history … [Read more...]

When it comes to the things that matter, words are—for the most part—inadequate.  Yet, all of us are here because of those who have come before—in flesh and in spirit—and as this weekend belongs to mothers and their mothers, and so on, I’d like … [Read more...]