01/06/2004: "Dragonpage broadcasts"
Music: BeethovenMood: Sucked dry of blood
I can think of many horrible ways to torture somebody to death, but force them to sit through a day of back-to-back meetings is far worse than anything I've ever done to anyone in fiction. Even with that rusty coat hanger.
My ... God ... my ... brain ... aches.
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But now for something completely diffent:
My new DragonPage inteview can be heard now through Jan. 11. Go to the DragonPage website -- www.DragonPage.com. There's a lovely blurb about me and my new book (thanks, guys!). Click on the "Find out how to listen" link and find a station and time that suits you. Below is the propaganda from the DragonPage home page:
"Michael returns to the show to talk about his next book due in March of '04, American Gothic. We think vampire novels fit in the Fantasy literature realm, and Michael agrees. This book covers a wide scope of time: from the Civil War to the present. Hey, time flies when you're undead...
"Michael's last book, The Vampire's Violin was recently nominated for the Stoker Award, on par with the Hugo and Nebula... but for horror writers! And keep up with the world of vampires. Michael blogs to his readers online every Friday..."
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I'm reading Stephen King's book "On Writing." It's been out a few years, and my copy has been resting on a basement bookshelf for a while. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I skipped over most of the first part -- the bio stuff about the writer's formative years as a preschooler, yada yada yada. It's kind of like when you read a Hemingway bio and skip forward until he goes off to drive an ambulance in WWI. If you're a King fanatic, no doubt the early section will interest you. The writing part, where I am at present, is quite good.
I'm also reading "Dawn to Decadence," scouting for more evidence of the apocalypse.
Read any good books lately?
Stay warm,
Michael
