This article first appeared in FANG Vol. 1 in 2005.
There was once a time, just between the rise of the fast-food, fast-everything economy in the West in the seventies and the flourishing of the modern Internet in the ‘90s, when the distribution of one’s art through amateur media was possible, although it wasn’t easy. The availability of […]
Imagine the scene. Hip youngsters, well-read and literate all, lounging in a diner or cafe and discussing, over steamingly exquisite coffee, the pain of their writer’s block. How their prose is stunted, their characters mute, the well of their inspiration dry and dusty. Sophisticated music plays in the background, providing a mellow undertone to their […]
Any fan of Firefly or Serenity should have some appreciation for Abigail Washburn, who mixes country music with Chinese language and styling — amazing!
While I understand the delightful buzz of a good review or the surprised elation at hearing that someone you’ve just met is aware and appreciative of your work, I’ve never fully understood how sensitive some people can be regarding their work.
I have a love of pulp, be it fiction, art, cinema, music… Pulp is mediocre, but […]
So, I was recording Chapter 4 of the audiobook of kyellgold’s novel ‘Volle’ (why yes, I am a sensationally multi-talented Renaissance Wuff, how nice of you to say so) and I was shuffling some of the pages of the script I’d prepared. Kyell had sent me the text version of the novel and after […]
So, I went to a wedding confirmation ceremony where the bride’s relatives turned out to be the Von Trapps, only, you know, without the morally suspect Third Reich connotations. I’ve been negotiating various thoroughly exciting things with the good people of Sofawolf Press, which is one of the reasons why progress has been slow on […]
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