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May. 9th, 2011 10:20 amThis morning's reading is Wolfsangel, by MD Lachlan. I'm thinking of taking a trio of books and writing something about them. I have the trio of books and am partway through, but keep changing my mind about what I'll write. They are all speculative fiction and they all rest on history in one way or another. I was going to let the inner historian get up to great mischief and say impolite things about Dumas, initially. Now, I don't know what I'm doing, but an approach will appear - they always do.
What's diverted me and muddied my approach is this novel. It's very, very good. I keep reading it and forgetting I'm supposed to be analysing. Almost always, I can read and analyse and enjoy all at once, but Wolfsangel won't let me do that. Lachlan is more language sensitive than most. Or maybe he's simply language sensitive in a way I appreciate - viz: http://www.mdlachlan.com/?p=182 Either way, this is an exceptionally enjoyable book.
And now I'm contemplating an interview of writers who are united in their hatred of twisery twasery. It would be a fun interview. Except that I'm full up with interviews until I get back from Europe (I can set up more, but I won't have time to actually do the work). I'm almost finished one with Elizabeth Chadwick and Sharon Kay Penman and I'm still in the process of one with Justina Robson and Marianne de Pierres (which has some fine surprises).
Later today my new BiblioBuffet piece will be up. If I remember, I'll link to it here.
And yes, today is all about BiblioBuffet. This is because (due to a sad series of events in which reviews I promised are no longer needed) I only have eight BB articles to write, plus one 5000 word essay-thing, plus my conference paper, plus my Masterclass reading (plus the PhD work, which is there automatically) and I'm ready for the UK. I've given myself this week minus one hour to do the BB articles, with the exception of the Robson/de Pierres interview, which has its own schedule. Next week I am on camp. After that, I can tackle everything else.
It's still a lot of work, but I'm pretty sure I can do it all. Losing five book reviews (while the circumstances of that loss are a great shame) actually makes the rest of it a lot easier. Also the fact that I've read 40% of the books I'm writing about for BB. I intend to make it 60% by the end of today, and two articles written.
I need to change my middle name from "Sarah" to "Ambition." We might have to change my great-grandmother's first name (since I was named after her - she died just before I was born) just to keep everything consistent.
What's diverted me and muddied my approach is this novel. It's very, very good. I keep reading it and forgetting I'm supposed to be analysing. Almost always, I can read and analyse and enjoy all at once, but Wolfsangel won't let me do that. Lachlan is more language sensitive than most. Or maybe he's simply language sensitive in a way I appreciate - viz: http://www.mdlachlan.com/?p=182 Either way, this is an exceptionally enjoyable book.
And now I'm contemplating an interview of writers who are united in their hatred of twisery twasery. It would be a fun interview. Except that I'm full up with interviews until I get back from Europe (I can set up more, but I won't have time to actually do the work). I'm almost finished one with Elizabeth Chadwick and Sharon Kay Penman and I'm still in the process of one with Justina Robson and Marianne de Pierres (which has some fine surprises).
Later today my new BiblioBuffet piece will be up. If I remember, I'll link to it here.
And yes, today is all about BiblioBuffet. This is because (due to a sad series of events in which reviews I promised are no longer needed) I only have eight BB articles to write, plus one 5000 word essay-thing, plus my conference paper, plus my Masterclass reading (plus the PhD work, which is there automatically) and I'm ready for the UK. I've given myself this week minus one hour to do the BB articles, with the exception of the Robson/de Pierres interview, which has its own schedule. Next week I am on camp. After that, I can tackle everything else.
It's still a lot of work, but I'm pretty sure I can do it all. Losing five book reviews (while the circumstances of that loss are a great shame) actually makes the rest of it a lot easier. Also the fact that I've read 40% of the books I'm writing about for BB. I intend to make it 60% by the end of today, and two articles written.
I need to change my middle name from "Sarah" to "Ambition." We might have to change my great-grandmother's first name (since I was named after her - she died just before I was born) just to keep everything consistent.