Aliya Whiteley's Blog, page 89
February 19, 2009
The stylistics
More on style, this time from Hal Duncan, author of Vellum.
There's a lot of sense in there, but I don't agree with everything he says. I guess in some ways, I see structure as an important factor in my fiction, sometimes more than plot, but I would rather read a good story told straightforwardly, than a bad story in the right style and written with a brilliant structure. Then again, I'd go with reading a bad story brilliantly written, than a good story badly written.Buy Light Reading on Amazon
There's a lot of sense in there, but I don't agree with everything he says. I guess in some ways, I see structure as an important factor in my fiction, sometimes more than plot, but I would rather read a good story told straightforwardly, than a bad story in the right style and written with a brilliant structure. Then again, I'd go with reading a bad story brilliantly written, than a good story badly written.Buy Light Reading on Amazon
February 18, 2009
Of Pens and Keys
Some magazines you may not have heard of.
In the UK: Pen Pusher
Aand in the US: KeyholeBuy Light Reading on Amazon
In the UK: Pen Pusher
Aand in the US: KeyholeBuy Light Reading on Amazon
February 17, 2009
Veggie Books: Thin Blue Smoke
This book made me want to visit Kansas City just to eat the barbecue. But the veggies sound great too:
Smoke Meat does serve beans, but not barbecue beans the way most people think of them, which is navy beans, baked in brown sugar and barbecue sauce, with bits of brisket tossed in. For that reason, LaVerne doesn't call his beans 'barbecue beans'. He calls them 'beans'. The recipe is straightforward: pinto beans cooked with chopped onions and jalapeno peppers, enormous amounts of garlic, way too
Smoke Meat does serve beans, but not barbecue beans the way most people think of them, which is navy beans, baked in brown sugar and barbecue sauce, with bits of brisket tossed in. For that reason, LaVerne doesn't call his beans 'barbecue beans'. He calls them 'beans'. The recipe is straightforward: pinto beans cooked with chopped onions and jalapeno peppers, enormous amounts of garlic, way too
