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Writer's Block: Best book ever!
Mar. 8th, 2010 01:00 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I don't think there's many people on my list who haven't read it, but if you haven't yet then why haven't you? Not only can you find something new every time you read it, but that's what the entire book is made for. I never get sick of it, but I do need long breaks from it because it messes with me.
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dungeonwriter's 30 day book meme.
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them? In the Apocalypse Woman universe there's a character we meet literally the day she is born. Then there are the angelic and demonic characters who have existed since before the dawn of time, so I think I'm running the gamut as far as it can be run :) For the rest, there are characters who have been with me since childhood and new ones I'm coming up with every day so the gamut is covered there too.
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
I need solitude to write. I can do it with friends and family nearby but it's very, very hard to concentrate. I do my best writing very late at night/early in the morning. Some stories come out better typed on the computer, others seem to flow better when given a first draft on paper. I don't know why.
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters? All my important characters have theme songs. Some even have entire playlists. However, I can't listen to said music while writing or I'll get so wrapped up in thinking about the characters I won't be able to write about them!
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read? My favorite genre to write is what I call "hyphen fantasy", as in sci-fi-fantasy, horror-fantasy, romance-fantasy, etc. If there's not magic or something paranormal and weird going on then it's probably not the right story for me to tell. My reading tastes lean this way as well. I like things of many genres, but I don't like anything that's "typical" of it's genre. Cookie-cutter Tolkien novels aren't my bag, neither is your standard Harlequin bodice ripper. Now give me some lusty orcs ripping those bodices and maybe we'll talk.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I don't think there's many people on my list who haven't read it, but if you haven't yet then why haven't you? Not only can you find something new every time you read it, but that's what the entire book is made for. I never get sick of it, but I do need long breaks from it because it messes with me.
And in keeping with the book theme, a few more days' worth of questions from
dungeonwriter's 30 day book meme.5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them? In the Apocalypse Woman universe there's a character we meet literally the day she is born. Then there are the angelic and demonic characters who have existed since before the dawn of time, so I think I'm running the gamut as far as it can be run :) For the rest, there are characters who have been with me since childhood and new ones I'm coming up with every day so the gamut is covered there too.
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
I need solitude to write. I can do it with friends and family nearby but it's very, very hard to concentrate. I do my best writing very late at night/early in the morning. Some stories come out better typed on the computer, others seem to flow better when given a first draft on paper. I don't know why.
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters? All my important characters have theme songs. Some even have entire playlists. However, I can't listen to said music while writing or I'll get so wrapped up in thinking about the characters I won't be able to write about them!
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read? My favorite genre to write is what I call "hyphen fantasy", as in sci-fi-fantasy, horror-fantasy, romance-fantasy, etc. If there's not magic or something paranormal and weird going on then it's probably not the right story for me to tell. My reading tastes lean this way as well. I like things of many genres, but I don't like anything that's "typical" of it's genre. Cookie-cutter Tolkien novels aren't my bag, neither is your standard Harlequin bodice ripper. Now give me some lusty orcs ripping those bodices and maybe we'll talk.
