We are having snow in Northern New England, but right now I am on a tropical isle in another universe reading the great and marvelous Nation by Terry Pratchett.


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Terry Pratchett is not only one of my favorite writers, but he has a way with metaphor. This, from the early pages of Lords and Ladies, made me pause many minutes when I read it last night:

"When does it start?
There are very few starts. Oh, some things seem to be beginnings. The curtain goes up, the first pawn moves, the first shot is fired* (* ( Read more... )

I started re-reading Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time and almost immediately reached for a pencil and paper. Here's what caught my attention:

"...if you want the story, then remember that a story does not unwind. It weaves. Events that start in different places and different times all bear down on that one tiny  point in space-time, which is the ( Read more... )