Missing Pages

A couple of weekends ago we had a yard sale. My Mom hauled her stuff to our house to join in the fun. In clearing out some of her stuff, she came across a book called The Short Story and Its Writer edited by Ann Charters and published by St. Martin’s Press and asked if

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The Windup Girl

[tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] — I had never read any of Paolo Bacigalupi’s short stories before I delved into The Windup Girl. I want to now. I’d seen The Windup Girl on all kinds of lists last fall, but never really looked at the cover. The title didn’t appeal to me overly much. This spring,

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Coffee Break No. 4 – Mieville

[tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] “We are all the mucky aggregates of all our influences.”  China Mieville discussing reading while writing. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvFJr-oy50w] Enjoy! Update 4/28/10: China Miéville’s The City and the City has won Miéville the UK’s most prestigious SF prize, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, making him the first author ever to win three times.

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Coffee Break No. 3: Literature in Song

There are thousands of songs out there, but here are a few of my faves. Feel free to chip in in the comments with your own. Hamlet – The Band – Ophelia [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RjqcTsxx-8] Animal Farm – Pink Floyd Animals The Grapes of Wrath – Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKpmbcSe5E] The Story

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Deep Cover

I’m hanging out with Laurence Fishburne these days, busting my hump to get my notes in shape for my third draft of Shadow of the Black City. I suppose if I must sacrifice something, it will be some blogging and tweeting long before it will be the writing, especially since I’d like to be getting

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Coffee Break No. 2

Been listening to Bonnie Prince Billy while writing lately, courtesy of my brother. Turn the lights down and the hi-fi up. Sip your java and just listen. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2PL2zO034] And just to show that Bonnie Prince Billy has an upbeat side: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxQuH910xc4] For what it’s worth, this guy (real name Will Oldham) played a young preacher

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