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[words]
I stopped in recently at [words], a terrific independent bookstore in Maplewood, New Jersey (in the Newark area). Maplewood is lovely, in that narrow streets and lots of trees village way that old towns in the northeastern US can have. [words] … Continue reading
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Tagged [words], Aladdin, Bad Unicorn, Independent, Maplewood, Michelle Frey, New Jersey, Platte Clark, R.J. Palacio, Story Monkeys, Wonder
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E.J. Patten Blog Tours Us
I welcome fellow Story Monkey E.J. Patten, incipiently-world famous author of Return to Exile and (coming this Fall) The Legend Thief. E.J. launches off today on his marathon tour of bookblogdom, so in order to avoid tiring him out too … Continue reading
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
Snow Faeries Don’t Wear Pants
Storymonkey Platte Clark’s debut, Max Spencer and the Codex of Infinite Knowability, is still over a year from hitting your local Barnes & Noble. When it does hit, you should buy it, because it’s hilarious. In the meantime, the three-tiered … Continue reading
Return to Exile Book Launch!
Tonight, 7:00 pm, at The King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City (1511 South 1500 East). E.J. Patten will launch and sign copies of his debut middle reader novel, Return to Exile. Appearance, emcee services and further autographing by Dan … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Launch, Dan Wells, E.J. Patten, Return to Exile, Story Monkeys
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Sequels and Expectations
When you write the first book in a series, you can do anything you want. When you write the second, you can still do anything you want… but whatever you do that repeats or echoes the first book, becomes part … Continue reading
Posted in How to Write
Tagged Dan Simmons, E.J. Patten, Harry Potter, Hyperion, J.K. Rowling, Return to Exile, Sequels, Story Monkeys
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God’s Blog
Very funny. And reminiscent of some Story Monkeys calls. Holmes is the one that wants the wildebeest bossed around by the duck.
Jots and Tittles: A Funny Little Example
You have to be aware of the market you’re writing for, and think about it objectively. Here’s a funny little example, from last week, in my own writing. I am working on a middle reader novel and the Story Monkeys … Continue reading
Posted in How to Write
Tagged Commas, Harry Potter, Market, Percy Jackson, Science of Writing, Story Monkeys, Voice
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Exile Is Broken
So yesterday I finished reading the (as yet untitled) sequel to E.J. Patten’s excellent middle reader garbagepunk action epic horror, Return to Exile. Since I’ve been talking a bit about how novelists have to build a world that is in … Continue reading
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Tagged E.J. Patten, Patrick Carman, Return to Exile, Story Monkeys
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