"To sum it all up, if you want to write, if you want to create, you must
be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling.
You must write every single day of your life. You must write dreadful
dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in beautiful fights
inside your head, vulgar one moment, brilliant the next. You must lurk
in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like
perfume and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads. I wish for you a
wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. I
wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you. May you live with
hysteria, and out of it make fine stories--science fiction or otherwise.
Which means, may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And
out of that love, remake a world."
~ Ray Bradbury
As for me, I shall remember Ray Bradbury as the only Sci-Fi author I was ever made to read in grade school. That may seem insignificant but the assignment of Fahrenheit 451 is an iconic memory for me. As a burgeoning academic with immense respect for eduction, this act with his books legitimized the genre for me. In a strange way, because of this author, I felt it was OK to write science fiction and fantasy myself.
GAIL'S DAILY DOSE
Your Moment of Parasol . . .
Your Infusion of Cute . . .
Your Tisane of Smart . . .
Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
The Hero's Journey
PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second:
Second draft read through.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 5, 2013. Working promo schemes.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First:
Release date Fall 2013.
BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!
The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.
The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.
Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!
The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released
Book News:
Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury dies age 91.
Quote of the Day:
"Libraries raised me. ... I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years."
~ Ray Bradbury
~ Ray Bradbury
As for me, I shall remember Ray Bradbury as the only Sci-Fi author I was ever made to read in grade school. That may seem insignificant but the assignment of Fahrenheit 451 is an iconic memory for me. As a burgeoning academic with immense respect for eduction, this act with his books legitimized the genre for me. In a strange way, because of this author, I felt it was OK to write science fiction and fantasy myself.
GAIL'S DAILY DOSE
Your Moment of Parasol . . .
Your Infusion of Cute . . .
Your Tisane of Smart . . .
Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
The Hero's Journey
PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second:
Etiquette & Espionage ~ Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 5, 2013. Working promo schemes.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First:
BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!
The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.
The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.
Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!
The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released
Book News:
Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury dies age 91.
Quote of the Day:
"Libraries raised me. ... I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years."
~ Ray Bradbury
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