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Three King’s Day

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Marion

Tomorrow is Three Kings Day, Epiphany, and also called Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s play was commissioned to be performed on Epiphany Eve). In Christian mythology, it celebrates the visit of three kings, “wise men” or wizards (Magi) to see the infant … Continue reading →

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The Small Right Thing

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Marion

Jude’s dad wasn’t the only one named. His two best friends on the force, Bill Malvasio and Phil Strock, faced the same charges: jacking drug dealers, basically. Jude remembered thinking at the time (and on and off in the years since)that thousands … Continue reading →

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Zero History

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Marion

Zero History, William Gibson Putman, 2010 I’m a little disappointed in the plot of Zero History, but I’m not disappointed in the book. Gibson’s latest reunites us with Hollis Henry, former lead singer of the Curfew, currently unemployed.  Hollis had … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week; John Crowley

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Marion

This is the quote I originally planned to use, from Endless Things: “. . . For readers, time in a novel goes only one way; the past told of in the turned pages is fixed, and the future, nonexistent till … Continue reading →

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Aegypt Alphabet

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Marion

Someone at work asked me what John Crowley’s Aegypt quartet was about, and I gave the answer I’ve always given, no matter where I was in the cycle.  I said, “I have no idea what these books are about.  I … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week; John Crowley, ENDLESS THINGS

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Marion

  There is more than one history of the world—John Crowley, Aegypt This wasn’t the quote I was going to use.  I was going to list the quote about how the writer with a novel is, like God, is outside … Continue reading →

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Brian Fies on Writing

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Marion

Well, since I can’t find anything worthwhile to say about writing, here’s a blatant steal from Brian Fies on story-telling.  Click here. Brian is talking about graphic novels, a specific technique, but notice what he has to say about timing, pacing … Continue reading →

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From the Sublime to the Funtime

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Marion

Sunday afternoon I participated in a Japanese tea ceremony, a contemplative, educational cultural event.  Later that same day I attended the Sonoma-Marin Region of Nanowrimo’s Thank God It’s Over party—a cultural event also, of a different culture.   Our thoughtful … Continue reading →

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Revision is Hell–Part I

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Marion

The other night I had a dream that I was in an old inn that was being renovated. I was on the first floor. The place was draped with tarps, tangled with scaffolding. In between the sawdust, scaffolds and drapes … Continue reading →

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Arabesk: A Tour Guide You Can Trust

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Marion

The Arabesk Series Pashazade Effendi Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood Spectra Fiction When I first see Ashraf al-Masur, it is through Felix Abrinsky’s eyes. Felix is in a place with architectural features I’m not familiar with, in a city whose name … Continue reading →

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