In the dedication of his book, It, and in his comments to the National Book Foundation crowd, Stephen King notes that "fiction is the truth inside the lie." In On Writing, he opines that "the job of fiction is to find the truth inside the story's web of lies." King is talking about using honesty in the language you select and the actions and ( Read more... )

Yesterday, an interview with renowned fantasy writer Bruce Coville, and today, a top ten list. I really don't think I can keep this level of quality up, folks ( Read more... )

This year, I haven't read nearly as many children's and YA books as usual, on account of the Jane Project.

( A list of Jane-related books here )

Colleen Mondor over at Chasing Ray had a great idea. On Mondays in May, she's posting about Wicked Cool Overlooked Books. Books that you've read that are fabulous and that you can't get out of your head, but that don't seem to be garnering the sort of attention they truly deserve.


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Yesterday, I finished reading a biography of Sylvia Plath. Only it's not called a biography, because it's in verse, and therefore the way they're stated is fictive, but the truth of the contents is clear. It's called "a verse portrait," much the same sort of beastie as my WIP, a biography of Jane Austen in verse. Which, having read this book, I ( Read more... )