Joseph L. Persia's Blog, page 21
September 12, 2013
Anyone for writing break for a few minutes?
A fabulous conversation from a few years back at the Edinburgh...
Anyone for writing break for a few minutes?
A fabulous conversation from a few years back at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
It took me half the night to find a link that worked. It is a conversation between one of Britain's edgiest and most keen observers of modern life, Will Self, and Philip Gourevitch, editor of the Paris Review.
"The discussion between Philip Gourevitch and Will Self starts, initially, around the influential figure of George Orwell, and then more broadly about the problems facing non-fiction writers when it comes to issues of truth and clarity."
A fabulous conversation from a few years back at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
It took me half the night to find a link that worked. It is a conversation between one of Britain's edgiest and most keen observers of modern life, Will Self, and Philip Gourevitch, editor of the Paris Review.
"The discussion between Philip Gourevitch and Will Self starts, initially, around the influential figure of George Orwell, and then more broadly about the problems facing non-fiction writers when it comes to issues of truth and clarity."
mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2008/02/bsw_20080201_1000.mp3
September 11, 2013
"JD Salinger flunked out of school his sophomore year because he hadn't read the sophomore book assignment...
"JD Salinger flunked out of school his sophomore year because he hadn't read the sophomore book assignment -- because he hadn't written it yet."
The above quote is just one of the many jokes of Stephen Colbert about the life and times of JD Salinger. As always, the comedian and author is saying something about our own time.
The question to you my fellow scribes, does using humor, (Satire) lesson the message?
The above quote is just one of the many jokes of Stephen Colbert about the life and times of JD Salinger. As always, the comedian and author is saying something about our own time.
The question to you my fellow scribes, does using humor, (Satire) lesson the message?
September 10, 2013
What happens when radio astronomers discover your fictional plot point 10 million light years from where...
What happens when radio astronomers discover your fictional plot point 10 million light years from where you wrote?
If you are like me, you shake your head; you go out, look up at the starry sky, and cry. You file the book you wrote under a “Twilight Zone” effect, worthy of the show.
What would you do, if you wrote something purely fictional and a scientific discovery comes along and verifies what you entered as a fictional plot point may be more fact than fiction?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100413202858.htm
If you are like me, you shake your head; you go out, look up at the starry sky, and cry. You file the book you wrote under a “Twilight Zone” effect, worthy of the show.
What would you do, if you wrote something purely fictional and a scientific discovery comes along and verifies what you entered as a fictional plot point may be more fact than fiction?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100413202858.htm
What happens when Radio astronomers discover your fictional plot point 10 million light years from where...
What happens when Radio astronomers discover your fictional plot point 10 million light years from where you wrote?
If you are like me, you shake your head; you go out, look up at the starry sky, and cry. You file the book you wrote under a “Twilight Zone” effect, worthy of the show.
What would you do, if you wrote something purely fictional and a scientific discovery comes along and verifies what you entered as a fictional plot point may be more fact than fiction?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100413202858.htm
If you are like me, you shake your head; you go out, look up at the starry sky, and cry. You file the book you wrote under a “Twilight Zone” effect, worthy of the show.
What would you do, if you wrote something purely fictional and a scientific discovery comes along and verifies what you entered as a fictional plot point may be more fact than fiction?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100413202858.htm
September 9, 2013
The 100-year-old writings of L. Frank Baum and the universe he created seems to be in for another Hollywood...
The 100-year-old writings of L. Frank Baum and the universe he created seems to be in for another Hollywood stress test.
I should tell you upfront that I am great fan of the 1938 classic movie adaptation, which is not so weird, and I have committed to memory and can sing every song in it, which is a little weird. I say stress because it tests the original L. Frank Baum Universe’s endurance to cheap knock offs and exploitation.
So, we have coming out, NBC’s Emerald City, which puts Dorothy in modern-day New York City. There is CBS's Dorothy, plainly a medical drama with a twist. Apparently, there are not enough of those around. Syfy's has it post-apocalyptic take, flying sharks, flying monkeys, what’s the difference, here comes Warriors of Oz. The CW is getting in on the bandwagon, too, with a series based on Danielle Paige’s forthcoming novel Dorothy Must Die. There’ll be no innocent virgins in this TV universes. Dorothy Gale has become the fascist. I’m sure among other things, a -ah-a-ah ~
What's your take on all this revisionism, and how do you feels as writers, some series writes, as to why the creators aren't pulling from all the other books in the series.
What's up with that?
http://www.blastr.com/2013-9-9/huh-theres-fourth-new-tv-series-based-oz-books-works
I should tell you upfront that I am great fan of the 1938 classic movie adaptation, which is not so weird, and I have committed to memory and can sing every song in it, which is a little weird. I say stress because it tests the original L. Frank Baum Universe’s endurance to cheap knock offs and exploitation.
So, we have coming out, NBC’s Emerald City, which puts Dorothy in modern-day New York City. There is CBS's Dorothy, plainly a medical drama with a twist. Apparently, there are not enough of those around. Syfy's has it post-apocalyptic take, flying sharks, flying monkeys, what’s the difference, here comes Warriors of Oz. The CW is getting in on the bandwagon, too, with a series based on Danielle Paige’s forthcoming novel Dorothy Must Die. There’ll be no innocent virgins in this TV universes. Dorothy Gale has become the fascist. I’m sure among other things, a -ah-a-ah ~
What's your take on all this revisionism, and how do you feels as writers, some series writes, as to why the creators aren't pulling from all the other books in the series.
What's up with that?
http://www.blastr.com/2013-9-9/huh-theres-fourth-new-tv-series-based-oz-books-works
September 8, 2013
September 6, 2013
Sadly, Ann Crispin has died of cancer today.
"She helped prove media tie-in novels could be great...
Sadly, Ann Crispin has died of cancer today.
"She helped prove media tie-in novels could be great books in their own right. And she fought for writers to get treated fairly, with the indispensable site Writer Beware."
We owe A.C. Crispin much gratitude because she was an author who helped chip at and break the ceiling for women writing science fiction.
http://io9.com/rip-ann-crispin-who-fought-for-the-writers-1265047053
September 5, 2013
A New Story of the People
Charles Esenstine is a well know author and speaker. He says here, if you...
A New Story of the People
Charles Esenstine is a well know author and speaker. He says here, if you change the way you think about an old story, you will be able to write a new one. And if you write a new story, you can change the world. He has some power dynamic ideas operating in this porposed model.
Charles Esenstine is a well know author and speaker. He says here, if you change the way you think about an old story, you will be able to write a new one. And if you write a new story, you can change the world. He has some power dynamic ideas operating in this porposed model.
Marketing will replace editorial as the driving force behind publishing houses
From the publishing consultant...
Marketing will replace editorial as the driving force behind publishing houses
From the publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin
Isn’t it already true that marketing has been driving the editorial control at least with the 5 remaining big publishing houses and hasn’t this been the pellet of poison, poisoning the waters of literary distribution all along, creating a new vessel of editorial control out of a new technology?
”Fifty years ago, editors just picked the books and the sales department had to sell them. Thirty years ago, editors picked the books, but checked in with the sales departments about what they thought about them first. Ten years from now, marketing departments (or the marketing “function”) will be telling editors that the audiences the house can touch need or want a book on this subject or filling that need…”
So as the court jester, played by Danny Kaye might ask, is the pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon and dost the vessel with the pestle hast the brew that is true?
Or~
Has marketing already replaced editorial as the driving force behind big publishing and if so, hasn't the new technology come in to return editorial control?
From the publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin
Isn’t it already true that marketing has been driving the editorial control at least with the 5 remaining big publishing houses and hasn’t this been the pellet of poison, poisoning the waters of literary distribution all along, creating a new vessel of editorial control out of a new technology?
”Fifty years ago, editors just picked the books and the sales department had to sell them. Thirty years ago, editors picked the books, but checked in with the sales departments about what they thought about them first. Ten years from now, marketing departments (or the marketing “function”) will be telling editors that the audiences the house can touch need or want a book on this subject or filling that need…”
So as the court jester, played by Danny Kaye might ask, is the pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon and dost the vessel with the pestle hast the brew that is true?
Or~
Has marketing already replaced editorial as the driving force behind big publishing and if so, hasn't the new technology come in to return editorial control?
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