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TREMONTAINE!
It's been a wild ride - from Julian Yap asking me if I wanted to oversee the creation of a "collaborative serial narrative" based on my Riverside novels (Swordspoint, The Privilege of the Sword, and The Fall of the Kings) . . . to THIS:
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The letter you hope no one ever sends
I got a letter today from a relative, accusing me of something dishonorable that I would never do, and in fact could not have done ( Read more... ) -
The High Holidays: goofiness counts, too
I did end up going to Simchat Torah ("rejoicing in the Torah") services at Romemu yesterday - and enjoyed every minute of it! We danced and sang in the synagogue, holding each other, holding the torah scrolls, dressed in their silver and embroidery, like a child or a lover in our arms. All that joy and ritual over a TEXT - a collection of carefully ( Read more... ) -
GREY SWEATER ALERT!!!
Yes, my friends, the Grey Sweater is this year’s Fashion Must.
How do I know this?
Well, last night, after a delightful evening at the Cirque Alfonse, followed by dinner at L’A.O.C. in New York’s now fashionable Greenwich Village, Delia Sherman & I walked to the subway along the it-used-to-be-funky-and-weird but is now nauseatingly full of trendy and ( Read more... ) -
My LonCon3 Schedule
Imagining Fantasy Lands: The Status Quo Does Not Need Worldbuilding
Friday 16:30 - 18:00, Capital Suite 11 (ExCeL)
Mary Anne Mohanraj (M), Tobias Buckell, Kate Elliott, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Ellen Kushner
Fantasy world-building sometimes comes under fire for its pedantic attention to detail at the expense of pacing or prose style. Do descriptive ( Read more... ) -
2 LonCon hotel rooms available
ETA: ***BOTH ROOMS HAVE BEEN TAKEN (PENDING PAYMENT). IF ANYTHING FALLS THROUGH, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. MEANWHILE, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WROTE & SIGNAL-BOOSTED. I AM SO RELIEVED - AND DELIGHTED THAT MY FOLLY IS BENEFITING OTHER LONCON ATTENDEES! ***Due to my own stupidity, I am blessed (or cursed) with a spare set of rooms for LonCon3 which I do ( Read more... ) -
KING LEAR in Central Park
We saw Lithgow & co's KING LEAR last night at Shakespeare in the Park. Well worth seeing. Really really smart and interesting direction. Lear & Fool's relationship best I've ever seen: Fool genuinely bitter about Cordelia's loss at first, all his jokes barbed - then he takes over as Lear's glue & caretaker: "Keep me in temper" spoken to him and ( Read more... ) -
We're all Heirs of Sir Thomas Browne...but some of us take it more seriously than others
Wonderful Samuel R. Delany posted his list of "Children of Dr. Thomas Browne" - that's Sir Thomas Browne to you, author of RELIGIO MEDICI ("A Doctor's Religion"), URN BURIAL, and like that - and invited people to discuss it.*
But one line of Delany's jumped out at me - and with his permission, I share it with you here (in context):
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What I learned writing a Fencing Story for GAMES CREATURES PLAY
When I sat down to write "Prise de Fer" for the new Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner anthology Games Creatures Play, I knew that I was going to have to go begging wide and far for information on not just fencing, but how modern fencing differs from 18th century sword-fighting. This is, after all, what the plot hinges on - and no amount of ( Read more... ) -
Want to study writing with Terri Windling, Delia Sherman & me?
I'm delighted to announce that Delia & I will be returning to Hollins University to teach again in Summer 2015 for their MA/MFA Program in Children's Literature - and that Terri Windling joins us there as 2015 Writer-in-Residence!
Now, here's the catch: In order to study with me, you need to be at least a second year student. Which means you ( Read more... )