I remember a character on the Sopranos once saying something along the lines of: “America is the only country people expect to be happy. Everywhere else they expect to be unhappy and are surprised when they aren’t.” It’s a fitting theme for Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel, The
I’ve needed fuel these last weeks for long hours of word-craft. Three (relatively) new records have kept me going, moving me to a mood somewhere between dismal and driven. Godspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.O. Nixing the sampled weirdness of their previous efforts (Lift your skinny fist)
Recently I finished the fourth book of Song of Ice and Fire – Feast for Crows. I’ve also been binging on old Sopranos seasons (up to season 4). As different as they are, these two staples of their respective genres are remarkably similar. In fact, I’d go so far
Tomorrow it begins again – the month of November, and with it NaNoWriMo. This will be my third year. In 2004 I had a bit of beginner’s luck, and knocked off 50k words of The War Inside (then another 30k in December). Last year I went somewhat over my head,