My friend Rose McCauley, who so kindly guest blogged for us last week, has posted my All About the Wonder: Why I Write Fantasy essay on her blog. It is by far the best essay I’ve ever written, so if you haven’t read it, you might want to check it out: http://www.rosemccauley.blogspot.com/
Today, my daughter went to school wearing my pink Amber For a real vacation t-shirt. I was sooo pleased. The shirt is one of many that I loved when I was younger but no longer fit in. I decided to give them to the children and was a bit taken aback to discover that my…
Having recently finished a novel, I have spent some time talking to people about ending things…novels, short stories, poems, etc. So, what makes a good ending? And why is it that “An uncomfortable silence ensued” is so exactly the opposite of almost everything we would want in one? For those who did not see…
Agent Michael Kabongo kindly interviewed my and posted the results on his blog. You can read it here. I remember first meeting Michael at a convention in Roaknoke, so long ago that The Elf King was just a tiny little guy. Now he’ is a wild 8 year old! It was the last convention we…
So, recently, as evening comes, The Cherubim has taken to coming up to me and saying in his breathy, backwards voice: “No beautiful day! No. No beautiful day!” Occasionally, this is followed by a comment about the moon. So far as I can tell this is either an acknowledgement of the coming of night or…
A nice review of Prospero Regained by Prince Jvstin: http://functionalnerds.com/2011/09/the-problem-of-free-will-prospero-regained-and-the-prospero’s-daughter-trilogy-by-l-jagi-lamplighter/
Hello Folks! Our weekly writing feature is back! We will, as promised last year, be looking at what makes Great Books, Great Characters, Great Themes, etc. In addition, we’ll be having some Guest Blogs. Today, we have a special treat! A guest blog from New Author, Rose Mccauley, whose book, has been receiving great praise. Below,…
An online friend just sent me a question about the paperback of Prospero In Hell…but LJ would not let me reply to the message, so I am putting my answer here: Re: the paperback of Prospero In Hell–I wish there was something I could do to help you. Unfortunately, Tor is not releasing Prospero In…
Prospero Regained has received some really nice reviews…and some really nice in person reactions from people eager to read it–including people who had been totally uninterested in the fact that I wrote books…until they started reading them. But yesterday, I found out that Barnes & Nobles is not carrying it in their stores. They have…
The kind folks at the wonderful website Magical Words, a site for writers maintained by authors David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, have posted an interview with me on the subject of the Prospero’s Daughter series and following in the footsteps of Shakespeare. http://www.magicalwords.net/specialgueststars/on-writing-interview-with-l.-jagi-lamplighter/#respond Thanks, guys!