Frazier Interviewed in Newsweek
Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moons, is interviewed in the September 18th issue of Newsweek. The online version of the piece is available here. It’s an interesting interview and Frazier talks about the massive sale of his newest novel, being a Southerner with a Ph.D, and his children’s take on marketing hype.…
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Here are a couple of mass-market fantasy books for the first person who emails me. First, Michael Moorcock’s The Dreamthief’s Daughter: A Tale of the Albino is an interesting twist on his series of books involving Elric of Melnibone. I’ve always enjoyed Moorcock’s work because of the way he treats fantasy in a realistic manner.…
continue readingPiles of Work
Recently, work has been a Sisyphean challenge for me. It seems like no matter what I do, more and more piles of work build up, threatening to smother me and sap every ounce of energy I might generate. Certainly, you’ve probably noticed a slight down-turn in activity here, which is something I hope to rectify…
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Hope you all had a great holiday weekend. But now it’s time to put our collective noses, and pens, back to the grindstone.
continue readingWoodrell To Appear at Square Books
I’m super jealous of my old colleagues at Square Books in Oxford, MS today. One of my favorite writers, Daniel Woodrell is signing his new novel, Winter’s Bone, there at 5pm. All of Woodrell’s work is fantastic and this new one is getting rave reviews. Publishers Weekly says “At its best, the novel captures the…
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