writing books, writing blogs
Being asked by Penguin to write about the Abigail books (sorry, that was Ms. Hamilton they asked...) made me wonder...
I've always felt it's terribly conceited to write about my writing, and have been ashamed to do so. It's just something that I do. But reading some of the other guest writer-blogs made me wonder if the people here would like me to take my books, one by one, and write about writing them: what was going on in my life when I wrote Time of the Dark, or Planet of Twilight? (which I've just re-read parts of, and remembered how funny it is). Or, now that I'm writing a Real Screenplay, tell about writing Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (which is a story I've told at a number of conventions, of course)? Are people interested in the place and time and events that surround a story? (That's a rhetorical question, of course - I don't think anybody's going to say on my blog, "Uh, no, Barb, we actually think that would be pretty dull.")
Maybe because with the exception of Dr. Zhivago and Shakespeare in Love, I've always found books and films about writers not terribly interesting. (Well, the Shining was Yes on the book, Not So Much on the movie). (Oh, yes, and the Friends episode about Chandler's mother.)
WoW tomorrow night? Do the danged Deadmines? I REALLY want to level up to the point where I get a horse!
I've always felt it's terribly conceited to write about my writing, and have been ashamed to do so. It's just something that I do. But reading some of the other guest writer-blogs made me wonder if the people here would like me to take my books, one by one, and write about writing them: what was going on in my life when I wrote Time of the Dark, or Planet of Twilight? (which I've just re-read parts of, and remembered how funny it is). Or, now that I'm writing a Real Screenplay, tell about writing Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (which is a story I've told at a number of conventions, of course)? Are people interested in the place and time and events that surround a story? (That's a rhetorical question, of course - I don't think anybody's going to say on my blog, "Uh, no, Barb, we actually think that would be pretty dull.")
Maybe because with the exception of Dr. Zhivago and Shakespeare in Love, I've always found books and films about writers not terribly interesting. (Well, the Shining was Yes on the book, Not So Much on the movie). (Oh, yes, and the Friends episode about Chandler's mother.)
WoW tomorrow night? Do the danged Deadmines? I REALLY want to level up to the point where I get a horse!
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