Quote: Plot is no more…
Ray Bradbury on plot: “Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.”
Six Degrees: From Arthur Dent to Elwin Ransom
Ah, feel that lovely, refreshing breeze wafting in through your Tuesday window? Not only is it bringing you the smell of Fall, it’s carrying with it another installment of the enchanting enigma tour which is Six Degrees of Kool Books. Last week Jenelle introduced us to the gut-busting, galaxy galavanting series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by way of …
Nightstand Books #6
This month for my nightstand post I’m continuing with the theme of books I’ve already read along with those I’d hope to read at some point in the near future. I think I’ve read seven or eight books so far this year so that gives you an idea of how slow I am as a reader. But these …
Six Degrees: From Rhun to Mr. Toad
The genre-jumping, world-hopping, mind-bending tour which is Six Degrees of Kool Books continues this week with yet another twist (if you’re new to this whole Six Degrees business, you can fill yourself in by reading this post). Last week, Jenelle Schmidt introduced us to Gurgi and the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. She made it …
Booktrack Results
Yesterday I announced that my booktrack for Into the Vast was available and I wanted to share briefly my initial Booktrack results (for more on what Booktrack is, see my original post). Honestly, I didn’t expect a whole lot of response because it was more or less an experiment. But I’ve been thrilled by the amount of …
Booktrack for Into the Vast
Today I have a really cool announcement I’d like to share with you. As of today, the booktrack for Into the Vast is now available! What’s a booktrack, you ask? No, it’s not a place where books race around a course at dizzying speeds to see who’s the winner. It’s something much much cooler (though a book race would …
Quote: The demand of art
I’ve been reading a wonderful book lately, An Experiment in Criticism, by C.S. Lewis. Here’s a great quote on art from the book. The first demand any work of art makes on us is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way. (There is no good asking first whether the work before you deserves such surrender, …
Top 5 Songs to Write to: #1
Ok, here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Bring out the karaoke lights and the dancing bear, it’s time for the number one song on my “Songs to Write to” list! I mentioned in one of the comments to an earlier post how much I love the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, but how the music …
