April 2012
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China Miéville on Monsters →
Jeff Vandermeer and China Mieville discuss monsters! So much good stuff in here, you should really read the whole thing if you have any love of monsters. But two things I want to pull out that Mieville (one of my all time writing heroes) says:
I spend a lot of time arguing for literalism of fantastic, rather than its reduction to allegory. Metaphor is inevitable but it escapes our intent, so...
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Youth Lagoon - The Hunt (Deer Lodge Session)
disconaivete:
Seeing Youth Lagoon perform a stripped-down The Hunt for Deer Lodge in the midst of this beautiful scenery is the best way to start a day. Simply breathtaking. (via)
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Marked.app for Writers →
I realize I’m in the minority here, but if you write long documents in plain text using Markdown or Multimarkdown, and you have a Mac, Marked.App is pretty much the best thing ever and gets even cooler with each iteration:
Multi-file support
Scrivener integration
Document Statistics
Word repetition tracking
Manual Page Break syntax
HAWTNESS!
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WatchA video of Grimes doing a couple of tracks on KEXP: a “mad scientist” of music, as Cheryl Waters calls her.
You know…if you’re into that sort of thing. Which I am.
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A Brief History of Monsters →
An excellent essay by Theodora Goss on the Weird Fiction Review. There is so much brilliance here, I strongly urge you to read the entire piece. But I can’t help but pull this nice little bit:
In 1818, Mary Shelley created Victor Frankenstein, not a doctor as many of my students initially believe, but a biology student who takes his laboratory work a little too seriously. And...
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Announcing my new novel: MAN MADE BOY
At last I can tell you that my third novel, Man Made Boy will be published in the Fall of 2013 by Viking Penguin, with a sequel to follow in 2014!
Whew!
I’ve been waiting for an agonizingly long month to post this announcement. But, now that I can finally talk about Man Made Boy, I’m not sure exactly what to say. I know I’m not alone in this. Many authors struggle to boil...
