25 Years of Reading
For the last 25 years I’ve been keeping a record of the books I’ve read. I …
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Choosing What Not to Read
Two of the most common pieces of advice you’ll hear about writing are: * Write more …
Linkarama
Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/11/dr-peter-watts-canad.html Ten Ways Space …
How to Respond to Worried Parents
A couple of fun articles on the Guardian about how scary books and movies for children …
Who Would Have Thought Collecting Severed Heads Would Be So Difficult?
From Warriors of Medieval Japan by Stephen Turnbull Head collecting is a tradition found throughout samurai …
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Hidden Statues
From Lost Japan by Alex Kerr. Japan is fascinated by secrets. They are the defining …
Writing & Reading Update
I finished a proposal (outline and sample chapters) for a book about weird things from Japan. …
200th Rejection Letter
This week I got my 200th rejection letter. It was for a story I’d originally written …