Janny Wurts's Blog

• Why I write the way I do

  April 9, 2009

  • The other day Josh Hill, a British reader of fantasy, wrote me inquiring why I write the way I do. Since I have always been somewhat of a stylist and fought the cookie-cutter use of language becoming so prevalent today my response for Josh's blog became a personal explosion. It turned out his question struck a spark of passion. Here's the link: ...
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• Aspiring Authors and Internet Myth - helpful or hurtful?

  February 10, 2009

  • Is anyone disturbed by the accelerated hype now appearing as ads targeted to solicit unpublished, new authors, and featured in glitz, at the headline of many prominent book discussion forums?Should writers of fiction be bothered about this, given the rapid shifts and changes sweeping the publishing industry, and the hot trend for people to mine the internet for information?Yes, getting picked up ...
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• Raising the Goal Posts - the challenge of expanding our world vision farther still

  March 4, 2008

  • Are we using imaginative creation to its fullest extent, or are we pulling back, even shrinking from the actual challenges of facing an interactive relationship with our planetary environment?Everywhere, the urgency of seeking sustainability is becoming an issue of growing concern. As global communication increases our awareness of problems, almost to the exclusion of other vision, I encounter ...
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