Monthly Archives: November 2011

Revisions!

Sitting down to revise City of the Saints.  I get comments from the Story Monkeys weekly and revise as I go from the beginning of writing, so I never feel like my “rough” draft is really, really dire, but I … Continue reading

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Chocolate Jesus

Rounding out a Tom Waits weekend, in honor of his recent release, which I have been listening to just about non-stop.  At twelve years old, this has just about become a classic.

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Bad As Me

This song is the most surprising, and true, love song I’ve heard all year.

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If You’re Willing to Stoop

They walked down South Tabernacle.  In the five days since Brigham Young’s return to his office, the street had been repaired and most of the windows, but the street’s many trees remained blasted and withered stumps, or bare baked earth, … Continue reading

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What Is Steampunk? (Steam-Trucks)

City of the Saints features a lot of action on and around steam-trucks, steam-powered, rubber-wheeled vehicles.  Check out this real one.

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Integrity

“Your road ahead is shadowed and perilous,” muttered the gypsy.  He held Sam’s right hand clutched in his own, which were armored in fingerless black kidskin gloves, and peered closely at the creases in Sam’s flesh.  Close enough, Sam thought, … Continue reading

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Aboard the Ammon

            “There’s no one aboard the other two, either,” Poe said.  “How on earth is Pratt controlling them?”             They looked together at the control panel, and Poe immediately knew the answer to his own question.  … Continue reading

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Bookshelf: The Kalevala

Following up on Friday’s comments dialog: the Kalevala is the national epic of Finland.  It looks at first glance like it might be a single unified poem, a la Homer, but is in fact a family of sung poems about … Continue reading

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David Byrne

“Girls on My Mind”.  If this isn’t from the Monster in the Mirror tour, it’s from the same album and time, anyway.  I went to this concert — it was terrific.

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Cyndi Lauper

You’ve heard this song.  You may not have heard it like this. Bonus: dulcimer!

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