tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:00:13 +0000What I'm Reading (2010)What I'm Reading (2009)HumblebeeWriting GoalsUrsula K. Le GuinShort Stories (2009)Short Stories (2010)Moon-ShadowNovels (2009)Writing Progress 2010Holly LisleThe LimnadesWriting Progress 2009Jack VanceOn WritingC. S. LewisKristine Kathryn RuschThe AlchemistFantasyMagazinesOn PublishingRobert J. SawyerWeird TalesWriting ExerciseDave KingEdgar Allan PoeGeoffrey BoccaGillian RobertsHorrorLawrence BlockMarketsMotivationOutliningRenni BrowneResearchScience FictionShakespeareTypewritersspecficworld.comAristotleBloggingBrandon SandersonCatherine C. de CampCharles DickensCoronaDamon KnightEditingElmore LeonardEric BerneG. Miki HaydenGeorge ScithersGrammarHope MirrleesIdea GenerationJack HeffronJack HigginsJeremy HarwoodJohn D. FitzgeraldL. Sprague de CampMaura D. ShawNew BlogPatrick LindsayRealms of FantasyRobert C. 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BickhamJanet EvanovichKeyboard SoftwareLanguageLev GrossmanLiterary Agents/AgenciesMaryland Writers' AssociationMedicalNeil GaimanNovel and Short Story Writer's MarketOld BlogOlivettiOlivetti-UnderwoodOnline Consumer MagazinesOutdatedPedanticPedantryProgress MeterRejectionReminiscenceRulesSF/Fantasy/Horror Consumer MagazinesSFWAShamelessly AnachronisticSmith-CoronaStop PIPAStop SOPATimeTime ManagementTransmogrificationTypographyUnderwoodUnderwood-OlivettiUnemploymentUpdateUrban FantasyVideoVocabularyW. Somerset MaughamWeird Book RoomWord Count(s)Writer's DigestZoetrope: All-StoryeBook Readerswritersmarket.comWelcome to my blog. Here, I shall expound from time to time my opinions on fiction, on books I am reading, on the progress of stories I am writing, on my successes and failures in my attempts to get published. I might even sound off on how shitty I think some of my writing is, even though I've lots of friends who say otherwise.http://townshende.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)Blogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-5663364377561444729Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:03:00 +00002012-01-18T12:05:10.011-05:00Stop PIPAStop SOPA503: SERVICE UNAVAILABLEG D Townshende is offline today, because the U.S. Senate is considering legislation called the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), and would put us in legal jeopardy if we linked to a site anywhere online that had any links to copyright infringement.This would unmake the Web, just as proposed in the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). I don't want that world. If you don't want it either, http://townshende.blogspot.com/2012/01/stop-pipa-stop-sopa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-3593274273597264497Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:44:00 +00002011-09-16T20:48:27.608-04:00BloggingFacebookTime to get back into the groove of blogging again. However, the manner in which I want to do this means creating a new email account, then creating a new blogger account, then creating a new blog,... and why? Well, gentle reader, because I want this blog, my writing blog, to be associated with a different Facebook account, if, that is, I am to share my posts via Facebook, too.http://townshende.blogspot.com/2011/09/blogging-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-6087638705120813862Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:28:00 +00002010-09-19T22:30:20.736-04:00AristotleWhat I'm Reading (2010)Aristotle. The Pocket Aristotle. New York: Pocket Books Classic. Translated under the Editorship of W. D. Ross. Translation copyright © 1942 by Oxford University Press.I finished this several days ago, but didn't bother to blog about it. Sorry. Good stuff. Very analytical, obviously. But that's what Aristotle was all about, wasn't he? If you've not read Aristotle's Poetics, I recommend that you http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/09/wir-34-poetics_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-245071775165720047Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:26:00 +00002010-09-07T01:23:28.461-04:00AristotleWhat I'm Reading (2010)Aristotle. The Pocket Aristotle. New York: Pocket Books Classic. Translated under the Editorship of W. D. Ross. Translation copyright © 1942 by Oxford University Press.I am not reading this entire book, which contains selected chapters from several of Aristotle's works. Namely, Physics, Psychology, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Poetics. Rather, I intend to read only Poetics. I'vehttp://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/09/wir-34-poetics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-3437959047781375720Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:13:00 +00002010-09-01T02:22:52.166-04:00Lev GrossmanWhat I'm Reading (2010)Grossman, Lev. The Magicians. New York: Plume. Copyright © 2009 by Lev Grossman.Lev Grossman on the web:www.levgrossman.comwww.themagiciansbook.comThe blurb:Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he's secretly fascinated with a series of children's fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/09/wir-33-magicians.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-3679839220976771058Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:01:00 +00002010-08-22T02:02:49.653-04:00Brandon SandersonWhat I'm Reading (2010)Sanderson, Brandon. Elantris. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. Copyright © 2005 Brandon Sanderson.Brandon Sanderson on the web:www.brandonsanders.com Elantris, a city of gods that fell 10 years prior, is now dirty, grimy, covered in muck, and its inhabitants, who cannot die, feel the pain of every wound they have endured since the city's fall. Prince Raoden, son of the King of Kae, engaged http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/08/wir-31-elantris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-2897221405001200079Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:03:00 +00002010-08-03T22:35:17.024-04:00Kristine Kathryn RuschWhat I'm Reading (2010)Rusch, Kristine Kathryn. Dragon's Tooth. WMG Publishing. Copyright © 2008 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.Kristine Kathryn Rusch on the web:www.kristinekathrynrusch.comThis is an ebook I purchase through Sony's ebook store. It's billed as a short novel and was originally published in Baen's Universe. I bought it to read during my trip to Ocean City, Maryland. Well, that's where I am and that's where I http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/08/wir-32-dragons-tooth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-4500082100180747789Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:00 +00002010-08-03T22:02:36.064-04:00Brandon SandersonWhat I'm Reading (2010)Sanderson, Brandon. Elantris. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. Copyright © 2005 Brandon Sanderson.Brandon Sanderson on the web:www.brandonsanders.com I'm now reading Brandon Sanderson's Elantris. I've already read the first two chapters. Although this is a first novel, it's off to a good beginning. I've noticed recently that I'm reading fiction with "renewed vision," so to speak. I'm takinghttp://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-31-elantris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-6538723057720850041Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:28:00 +00002010-07-30T02:31:41.636-04:00Patrick LindsayWhat I'm Reading (2010)Lindsay, Patrick. Now is the Time: 170 Ways to Seize the Moment. New York: MJF Books. Copyright © 2009 Patrick Lindsay.I finished this little volume a couple of hours ago. I could easily have finished it sooner than I did, but I wanted to savour the short but thought provoking entries on each page. It's the sort of book that one can't just read in one sitting if one really wants to get the most http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-30-now-is-time_30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-7302389691511193833Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:07:00 +00002010-07-27T14:19:44.896-04:00Patrick LindsayWhat I'm Reading (2010)Lindsay, Patrick. Now is the Time: 170 Ways to Seize the Moment. New York: MJF Books. Copyright © 2009 Patrick Lindsay.I'm now reading Now is the Time: 170 Ways to Seize the Moment, by Patrick Lindsay. I should finish this quickly. The book is a compilation of quotes and brief devotionals on a variety of subjects, all geared towards taking today, now, this moment to change one's life. Here is a http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-30-now-is-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-2050460092248352131Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:52:00 +00002010-07-27T13:55:12.332-04:00Jack VanceWhat I'm Reading (2010)Vance, Jack. The Dirdir. New York: Ace Books, Inc. Copyright © 1970 Jack Vance.Jack Vance Archive:http://www.jackvance.com/I have finished the final installment in Jack Vance's Planet of Adventure novels, The Pnume.I found the ending for this a bit of an anti-climax, although it did satisfy somewhat by way of showing how Adam Reith affected/influenced the Pnume, just as he also affected/http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-29-pnume_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-5257882885573455173Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:27:00 +00002010-07-27T13:56:45.325-04:00Jack VanceWhat I'm Reading (2010)Vance, Jack. The Dirdir. New York: Ace Books, Inc. Copyright © 1970 Jack Vance.Jack Vance Archive:http://www.jackvance.com/I am now reading the final installment in Jack Vance's Planet of Adventure novels, The Pnume. The blurb follows:The Pnume were an ancient race of the planet Tschai, living underground in a vast network of caverns with their human slave-species, the Pnumekin.The Pnume were thehttp://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-29-pnume.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-5421134209575750700Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:25:00 +00002010-07-24T04:27:34.567-04:00Jack VanceWhat I'm Reading (2010)Vance, Jack. The Dirdir. New York: Ace Books, Inc. Copyright © 1969 Jack Vance.Jack Vance Archive:http://www.jackvance.com/I have just completed The Dirdir, and I loved the humourous twist at the end.http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-28-dirdir_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-2915274067432402273Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:46:00 +00002010-07-17T02:34:47.423-04:00Jack VanceWhat I'm Reading (2010)Vance, Jack. The Dirdir. New York: Ace Books, Inc. Copyright © 1969 Jack Vance.Jack Vance Archive:http://www.jackvance.com/I have just finished Servants of the Wankh, and I am now reading the third book in Vance's Planet of Adventure series, The Dirdir. I've a memory of reading this book, along with Tolkien's The Hobbit, when I lived in England. I believe my family was on vacation, that my http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-28-dirdir.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-5240418168030044711Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:43:00 +00002010-07-12T03:51:44.739-04:00Jack VanceWhat I'm Reading (2010)Vance, Jack. Servants of the Wankh. New York: Ace Books, Inc. Copyright © 1969 Jack Vance.Jack Vance Archive:http://www.jackvance.com/Having finished City of the Chasch, I am now reading the second book in Vance's Planet of Adventure series, Servants of the Wankh.Herewith is the blurb for this volume:Marooned on the strange planet Tschai, Adam Reith agreed to lead an expedition to return the http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-27-servants-of-wankh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-6813219180417288551Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:21:00 +00002010-07-12T03:42:05.130-04:00Jack VanceWhat I'm Reading (2010)Vance, Jack. City of the Chasch. New York: Ace Books, Inc. Copyright © 1968 Jack Vance.Jack Vance Archive:http://www.jackvance.com/I am now finished with City of the Chasch. Each of the four books in this series is named after one of four different alien races (not counting men) who inhabit the planet Tschai. Thus, City of the Chasch is named for the Chasch.The article on Jack Vance at Wikipedia http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-26-city-of-chasch_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-232132692907995764Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:49:00 +00002010-07-07T02:09:08.640-04:00Vance, Jack. City of the Chasch. New York: Ace Books, Inc. Copyright © 1968 Jack Vance.Jack Vance Archive:http://www.jackvance.com/I remember, many years ago, owning and reading a couple of the books in Jack Vance's Planet of Adventure series. This is the first book in that series, published in 1968, when it cost all of 50¢, as opposed to the $7.99 that mass-market paperbacks cost now.The blurb http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-26-city-of-chasch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-6148722659901594062Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:56:00 +00002010-07-07T02:09:25.564-04:00ShakespeareWhat I'm Reading (2010)Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar.I am now done with Julius Caesar.I've always found the actions of Marc Antony in this play to be the most intriguing. Shortly after the assassination of Julius Caesar, he makes to show himself kind to the murderers, but not necessarily in support of what they've done. In fact, he wants to know the justification for their act. Understandable, I think. Later, he http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/wir-25-julius-caesar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-1119174402070649463Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:42:00 +00002010-07-06T01:46:36.767-04:00BalticonBeta ReadersMaryland Writers' AssociationI've managed to find me another Beta Reader. This makes two. I'd like to find me at least one more.I think I mentioned in a previous post that I went to Balticon over the Memorial Day weekend earlier this year. While there I picked up some information on Maryland Writers' Association. I'd like to look at getting into a writing group, if I can manage the time.http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/07/beta-readers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-5735875520164901222Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:26:00 +00002010-06-27T04:34:55.583-04:00ShakespeareWhat I'm Reading (2010)Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar.I finished Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus just a few minutes ago. Definitely shows signs of being an early work, but I liked it nonetheless.Since all my reading this year, as well as all my television/movie watching, has been geared towards learning more about story structure, I've been gaining a greater appreciation for everything that I read or watch on http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/06/wir-25-julius-caesar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-7895968578330096026Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:34:00 +00002010-06-03T05:10:01.096-04:00ShakespeareWhat I'm Reading (2010)Shakespeare, William. Titus Andronicus.I finished Neil Gaiman's The Barbed Coil probably a week ago. Loved it. I think it's one of his best. I now want to set about the task of outlining it, as it's one of those six books I noted in my goals that I would outline this year.I'm now reading Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. It's not known to be one of his better plays, but I've always had something ofhttp://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/06/wir-24-titus-andronicus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-7597063688744316100Thu, 13 May 2010 08:26:00 +00002010-05-13T04:34:30.010-04:00Neil GaimanWhat I'm Reading (2010)Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. Copyright © 2008 Neil Gaiman.Neil Gaiman's web site:http://www.neilgaiman.com/Neil Gaiman's blog:http://journal.neilgaiman.com/I finished J. V. Jones's The Barbed Coil just a few moments ago. Not a bad book, despite my taking such a long time to read it. The length of time spent reading it, though, had little bearing on the http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/05/wir-23-graveyard-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-4224601614604956692Thu, 13 May 2010 02:51:00 +00002010-05-12T22:56:32.281-04:00Fantasy and Science FictionMoon-ShadowShort Stories (2010)I received an email today that Clarkesworld had rejected Moon-Shadow. They have a very fast response time. They say that they typically respond within two days, but can take as long as a week. I'll be mailing this to Fantasy and Science Fiction tomorrow.http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/05/moon-shadow_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-4043047647361357045Wed, 12 May 2010 14:42:00 +00002010-05-12T10:45:58.611-04:00Clarkesworld MagazineMoon-ShadowShort Stories (2010)I received mail on May 10th that Zoetrope: All-Story had rejected Moon-Shadow. It's now been sent to Clarkesworld, an online science fiction and fantasy magazine.http://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/05/moon-shadow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842405.post-3846694756157694172Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:06:00 +00002010-04-25T01:11:27.117-04:00Heliotrope MagazineShort Stories (2010)The AlchemistOrson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show has rejected "The Alchemist." They wrote:Thank you for offering your story to Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. We're sorry to tell you that we will not be using it; you are free to submit it elsewhere.Ah well. I have already sent this out to the next market on the list I drew up. It's now been submitted to Heliotrope Magazine. They sayhttp://townshende.blogspot.com/2010/04/alchemist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g d townshende)0