Out in paperback as of yesterday! Folks, We have a special treat today. I received permission to reprintm for our reading pleasure, an article written by my agent, Richard Curtis. Richard Curtis, in addition to being a super-agent extraordinaire, has for many years written articles on the publishing world that have appeared in various…
People are really, astonishingly inventive. Really. Astonishingly. We went to the Mall today. Bill kindly bought me lunch at Vapianos, a restaurant that’s so delightful, the couple we met in China praised it. (They’d been there, and they live in California.) Then, we took the Cherubim on the train that runs around the mall (a kiddie…
Dear Diary, For one’s birthday, one always hopes that one will receive a visit from the Birthday Bird of Katroo. (It’s a family tradition, reading Dr. Seuss’s Happy Birthday To You on our birthdays.) But…this morning saw instead, the Cat in the Hat. In an incident that seemed right out of The Cat In The Hat…
Juss talking about the orcs in the Warhammer card game: Juss: "Why do these guys talk funny?" Mommy, writing and not paying attention answers in a very flat voice: "They’re supposed to be big and dumb." Juss: "Like the Hulk." Mommy: "Exactly like the Hulk." Juss: "They are even green like the Hulk." Mommy: "Some of them are green…
Yesterday, Orville gave a magic show for his class. We snuck Juss out of school (it was the next to last day of school, so he merely missed a pizza party) and he acted as Orville’s assistant, doing a trick or two of his own. The show was a big success. Best one Orville has done…
Today we have a guest blog from writer and fellow Johnny, Ginger Kenney. Ginger blogs at: www.gskenney.com/ginger Neurolinguistic programming, or NLP, ties together concepts from neurology, linguistics, and the psychology of behavior. It presents a model of the ways people perceive, process, and respond to the world around them that can be useful for writers in developing…
And Happy Anniversary to the Carvers and the Lapines, both of whom share with us this happy day.
Here’s the review…edited by me to remove stuff that shouldn’t be revealed ahead of time: PUBLISHERS WEEKLY June 14, 2010 06/14/2010 Fiction Prospero in Hell L. Jagi Lamplighter, Tor, $25.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1930-2 In this epic sequel to 2009’s Prospero Lost, Lamplighter continues the Amberesque adventures of an ancient family caught up…
Last week, we discussed the Payload Moment—the moment that lifts or deepens a given scene or character. This week, I promised to discuss how to do this. But first…a confession. In Gone With The Wind, the little slave girl Prissey declares boldly that she has helped women give birth many times. But…
Just got a nice review from Publisher’s Weekly for Prospero In Hell. I’m not going to post it because they revealed more than someone who hasn’t read the book should know, but…hey. How cool!