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When I was at Worldcon, on one of the panels, I asked two questions of the audience. The first was this: do you like cliff hangers at the end of a book of a trilogy, enticing you to buy the … Continue reading
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The book is At Home in the World. It is by Joyce Maynard, and the man who sucked her into his realm of total adoration was J.D.Salinger. (I hasten to say no physical abuse was ever involved here, not that … Continue reading
I have just read a fascinating memoir. The writer is a novelist and essayist in her own right, but in this book she concentrates on her own life and the way it was (mostly adversely) affected by the machinations of … Continue reading
.I have totally been neglecting my book list for this year. Too busy writing to do much reading! Anyway, just thought I’d make mention of one book I read recently (it took me 2 months to finish). The Man-Booker Prize … Continue reading
…that they will rarely hear until too late. I started on this train of thought after reading Sean Williams’ blog entry here, with all the writers commiserating, including myself. If you are intending to be a professional writer – or … Continue reading
.In one sense, I already used a pseudonym. The name I go by – Glenda – is not actually the name I was born with. I disposed of that partly because of the unusual spelling: Glenyce. Few people could get … Continue reading
.Frankly, a damned good year. January: Started the year writing the book now called Stormlord Rising (and finished the year proofing the publisher’s proofs for it) and with the news that Heart of the Mirage had been on the 2008 … Continue reading
.I found my writing race with Carol and Helen so helpful that I am joining the write-a-novel-in-a-month folk this year. November – in case you didn’t know – is National Novel Writing Month, where those who sign up strive to … Continue reading
.Carol Ryles and I are racing.First to write 30,000 words wins and buys the other a beverage of choice when we meet in real time (which will probably be at a convention somewhere).As Carol seems to be able to write … Continue reading
.Here is newspeak as a lesson to writers on how to manipulate readers (the bolding is mine): New York Times Sept 28th 2009 Iran was reported Monday to have test-fired long-range missiles capable of striking Israel and American bases in … Continue reading