I've been doing a lot of research into the symbolism in animals and nature. It started after I got this idea for a story which all started after reading American Gods. I didn't want it to BE American Gods though, which can happen if you're trying to write something fresh off of reading someone else's work. At first it was researching Native ( Read more... )

Well, it's official sports fans. American Gods is about to be made into a TV series! Playtone (Tom Hanks's production company) is producing it and Neil Gaiman and Robert Richardson are writing the pilot. Richardson is better known as a cinematographer and his body of work is impressive, to put it mildly. Though just because you're a good ( Read more... )

Just finished reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. This is days after finishing up Neverwhere. It's been so long since I read the books, and to be honest I may never have actually read either of them all the way through. Still, they are every bit as good as I remember being told they were. I found American Gods to be sprawling at times, especially ( Read more... )