[tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] I thought I wanted to write fiction while in middle school. I continued to think that through high school. Then, in a fit of practicality, I decided to work towards a journalism degree in college. Three things weighed in my decision: 1. I couldn’t imagine anyone would want to read fiction …
[tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] I could listen to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings for about ever. Do yourself a favor and take a five minute break. Your ears will be glad they did. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcBfCsJW9Ts] *Sips coffee* MmmHmmm.
[tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] Some writers have sacrificed their families and marriages, discarding them along with their empty rattling Wendy’s cups in a ditch on the road to publication. Others have defaced their bodily temples with amphetamines , cocaine and hallucinogenic drugs by the handfuls. Still others have forsook the entire human race to pour …
Effin’ love this. Put your coffee in something with a lid and hang on. [tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQMVHhxTtLc] no one’s yet explained to me exactly what’s so great About slaving 50 years away on something that you hate
[tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] Spelling is a tool many fantasy writers use to lend originality to their writing. Sometimes it works and sometimes it distracts the reader from the story. I find myself getting caught up in this device, wondering if I should spell a word as it is commonly spelled or give it a …
Magic, Magick, Magyck – Striving for Originality in Fantasy Read More »
I’m sure this has been done to death, but I’m listing my five faves, thus dating myself. I’m old and I’m proud. [tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] In the Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson Just read the lyrics and tell me you don’t want to write the novel based on this song. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KovJ7WLh2Qc] …
I’d like to blame the heat for my malaise, but I know that’s not really it. After approaching the halfway mark, I stalled out. I hadn’t expected it since I have a pretty good idea where everything is going, but there it was. I was having a hard time pressing forward. Some of it could …
I’ve only recently begun exploring the world of Jorge Luis Borges. What I’ve encountered so far has been wonderful. I went in search of Borges interviews on YouTube and found the one posted below. I’ve excerpted a few passages from the video that touched me: The task of art is to transform what is continuously …
This is what I was watching today instead of getting a new post up: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k29wBfLmNP0]
[tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=ht.ly] Responding to a comment here on the blog this morning (Thanks to Sarah Wedgbrow over at Folding Fields for jogging my memory), I was reminded of John Connolly‘s novel The Black Angel, the novel I was reading when I decided to write in earnest. Connolly’s story was dark and contained supernatural …
Coffee Break No. 11 – John Connolly and The Seed of a Story Read More »