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Kirsten Imani Kasai's Blog
November 18, 2009
- It's an intriguing idea, but would you eat lab-grown meat? See how it's made. Imagine the delicious mix & match possibilities: chork, bork or peef, fimp, crobster, muckon (duck & mutton), escargobster... More amazing crossbreeds at Vinaminh's blog.
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November 15, 2009
- Recently received the editorial letter for "Tattoo." Six pages of insightful comments and suggestions for sharpening, shaping and clarifying my story. Since speaking with my editor last week, I've been thinking a lot about Tattoo and how to strengthen it.I used Vogler's "Writer's Journey" to create a 4 page plotting/character worksheet. Filling it out helped me identify the ...
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November 2, 2009
- Q: If I may ask (and you can decline from answering if it steals too much from the storyline), why did you decide to create the characters Sorykah and Soryk with no consciousness of each other’s actions? A: Each of us has a shadow side, and we embrace or recoil from it in varying degrees. Life is a journey to wholeness, understanding and integrating all the disparate aspects of self into a ...
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October 22, 2009
- Lit agent Nathan Bransford posited an interesting question on his blog: "When is writing unhealthy?If writing makes you miserable, it's time to take a break from it, whether a short sabbatical or permanently abandoning the pen. However, asking writers to evaluate their own mental health is like asking the emperor to show you his new duds. Here are two takes on compulsory writing:Listen to an ...
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October 19, 2009
- Jonah Berger, Assistant Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Alan T. Sorensen, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Scott J. Rasmussen, an alumnus of Stanford University conducted a study evaluating the effects of positive and negative reviews/publicity on overall book sales. The surprising ...
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October 18, 2009
- Join me Monday night for an online author chat. 10/19, 5 pm PST. With authors Sabrina Darby, Ann Lorry, Kat Martin and Cate Masters. Vist the Night Owl site to log-in and join the discussion.http://www.nightowlromance.com/nightowlromance/chat/chat.aspx
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October 16, 2009
- Studying mirages, light formations and optical illusions today and found a very cool "moving" illusion and the following information, from Andy Young's "An Introduction to Mirages." "Sometimes people think that the erect image of a classical mirage is “the object itself,” and that the inverted one is “just a mirage,” and somehow not real. But this notion is ...
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October 3, 2009
- Two days later...I've completed my first book trailer for Ice Song. Check it out!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldb3l2VS95IAmbient fan that I am, I love the original music created by swansinleather. Check out more ambient and electronica from swansinleather here: http://www.myspace.com/swansinleather.
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October 1, 2009
- 09-25-09: A 2009 Interview with Kirsten Imani Kasai: Ice Singer Every world has an "in." Whether we meet a hobbit living in a hole in the ground or witness the arrival of a winged loner to the city of New Crobuzon, every writer of fantasy of science fiction has to usher the reader into their world. Kirsten Imani Kasai takes the reader into the world of 'Ice Song' with the shock ...
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September 24, 2009
- If you live in the Bay Area, drop by Borderlands Books this Saturday! I'll be there signing copies of "Ice Song" and reading selections from the novel. And we'll have wine! Mmmm, wine...9/26 at 3 pmBorderlands Books866 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA415-824-8203http://borderlands-books.com
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September 18, 2009
- Depends how strong your stomach is, and how much distance you can muster between yourself and your work. Yes, read 'em and weepReviews can be useful. They allow you to gauge whether or not your message is being clearly transmitted, if there are consistent errors and writing snags in your style, and give you an overall impression of your book's likability. Does it have legs? Love it, hate it, ...
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September 12, 2009
- Sometimes when I'm writing, because everything appears to me as a film, I like to cast a real-life version of the story. Check out the updated Film page to see who would I'd cast in the main roles for a movie version of Ice Song. "Lean and hardship-pared" Sorykah would be best played by a woman with androgynous qualities so that she could also convincingly play an epicene man--a bit ...
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September 10, 2009
- "[Racism] is not about how you look, it's about how people assign meaning to how you look." -- Robin D.G. Kelley, HistorianIf you are in Southern California or nearby, visit the RACE project at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, 10/3 - 12/31.www.californiasciencecenter.org"Looking through the eyes of history, science and lived experience, the RACE Project explains ...
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August 26, 2009
- I try to blog, I really do, but it feels too much like a looming math test, or dreaded book report of Huck Finn (which I hated). Imagine a universe where ideas, dreams, images, thought-strings and logic-bubbles float freely through the air. They seem solid. You think that you can pinch the end of one between your fingertips or encourage it to settle of the back of your hand for closer inspection, ...
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August 18, 2009
- I'm going to open a bakery and serve Walk of Shame red velvet cake, Morning After blueberry coffeecake, Late Night Taxi lemon tarts and She Likes Her Cookies Like She Likes Her Men: Super Nutty milk & dark chocolate chip cookies with pecans, peanuts and walnuts. 2 cookies & milk only $3.00! There will be a house beer on tap called "Regret" along with Happy ...
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