Diana Wynne Jones
Saturday, 31 July, 2004
According to my current list I have read 12 Diana Wynne Jones books—which is nearly half of the 25 books I have read this year. Credit goes to Karen and Deb for introducing me to her. Today I was reading an interview with her (please note it's a flash site and takes an annoyingly long time to load). I can't believe she met Arthur Ransome, Beatrix Potter, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien! (Even if she did think some of them were unpleasant.) I find it interesting that she started writing because the kinds of books she wanted to read didn't exist, and that she started writing more after she had kids. (Maybe when/if I have kids, I'll start writing more too!) Even curiouser is her habit of writing in the lounge room in the most comfortable chair. Does she do everything by hand? Neil Gaiman does his first drafts with pen and paper. I think I've started to do the same because the computer is full of distractions.
I also love this quote:
Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.
Blinks:
A way of funding writing in the future: pitch and idea and get people to support it.
Place where you can hire play equipment for parties, etc.
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
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