Monthly Archives: May 2011
Representing Genres at BookExpoAmerica 2011
So last week was pretty fun, what with BEA 2011 and the Book Bloggers Convention (BBC) both taking place in New York. This was my second year attending BEA, although my first as a blogger. While I did manage to … Continue reading
Bill Willingham and Down the Mysterly River
I’ve been a fan of Bill Willingham’s writing since the first issue of Fables, so I’ve been looking forward to his prose novel Down the Mysterly River for quite awhile. Here are some of the things he said today: biggest … Continue reading
Google eBooks Session
Forgive me for the editing of this post, but I’m typing it on my phone at Google’s eBook session. Listening to: Scott Dougall, director, product management, from Google Google positioning Google eBooks as “all about choice”. 15 million Google Books … Continue reading
Tuesday at BEA11
Sorry for the brevity of this post, but I’m drafting it on my phone at the moment. So I’m now after my first day here at BEA and I’ve got some thoughts and observations: If there’s a single word on … Continue reading
REVIEW: Chasing the Moon by A. Lee Martinez
Title: Chasing the Moon Author: A. Lee Martinez Pub Date: May 25, 2011 Chris’ Rating (5 possible): An Attempt at Categorization If You Like… / You Might Like… Agent to the Stars Gil’s All Fright Diner Monster Divine Misfortune Dead … Continue reading
Awesome Conceptual Tool: The Periodic Table of Storytelling
So thanks to The Professor (my fiancée), here’s an absolutely amazing infographic that may just become my favorite outlining / conceptual tool. It’s the Periodic Table of Storytelling, which was posted on DeviantArt by ComputerSherpa, a second-semester art student. Check … Continue reading
Narrative Voice as Mind-control: Thoughts on Manipulating Reader Perception
I’ve always considered voice one of the most important tools when writing alternate history, and over the past couple of weeks I’ve been thinking about how that tool really works (both within and outside the sub-genre). There are probably as … Continue reading
REVIEW: Stonewielder by Ian C. Esslemont
Title: Stonewielder: A Novel of the Malazan Empire Author: Ian C. Esslemont Pub Date: May 10th, 2011 Chris’ Rating (5 possible): An Attempt at Categorization If You Like… / You Might Like… Night of Knives Gardens of the Moon Chronicles … Continue reading
An Argument for Writing Characters You Don’t Like
I’ve written before about some of the differences between novels and short stories, but for the past several days one of those differences has been sitting in the forefront of my mind: character. With only several thousand words to work … Continue reading
