The Halfway Point: A Pep Talk I wrote this for NaNoWriMo back in 2014. Now NaNoWriMo is gone -- and the Hunger Games theme is a little dated -- but writing novels is still hard
New Substack: levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-halfwa...
#DEAL ALERT! One clickers unite because THE BRIGHT SWORD @levgrossman.com is on #sale on #Kindle for today only!
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#TheBrightSword #KingArthur #ad #amazoncom
I probably shouldn't be too specific about it -- I think I'm still covered by an NDA -- but I was consulted! And I got to hang out with GRRM, which was amazing
I never realized till a kind soul pointed it out that my name is in the credits of KNIGHT OF THE 7 KINGDOMS. Bragging rights, how I love them
This week’s episode is a SLOB “Wuthering Heights” watch-party! Out now, wherever you get your podcasts.
Or listen on
⭐ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...
⭐ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/34Pl...
🪦 We NEED to talk about the mass elimination of characters. Emerald Fennell’s #WutheringHeights merged some characters, vaporised others, not to mention, we’re missing the whole second half (though there's been talk of a sequel). Still, it’s decided, the loss of Lockwood is great. RIP Lockwood.
I love this one! (And blue and gold = King Arthur's colors!)
Regular reminder that I'm teaching a class on writing fantasy and SF in Aspen in June. Applications close Feb 26
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communications limited for the near future by the cappuccino that my son spilled into my keyboard
Thank you Sarah!
oh good! I don't get to teach very often -- a lot of stars have to align to make it work -- so this is a treat for me (hopefully also for the students)
imagine this right before book two #themagicians
Mr Casaubon… the guy for Sophie? This week we treat listeners to the story behind the story of the greatness that is #GeorgeEliot.
🎧 Tune into our latest episode, wherever you get your podcasts! Plus, our #Middlemarch #BookClub, starts this week! 🔗👆 apple.co/slob
#SecretLifeOfBooks #BookSky
not intentional! But I'm going to embrace it
If I'd remembered to post about it, THE GOD OF SLEEP was 25% off for pre-order at Barnes & Noble three days ago. It is now available for pre-order from many different retailers AT FULL PRICE!
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I'm 27 pages into SLOW GODS by Claire North and I can't remember the last time I read a book that I so badly wish I'd written
I'll be teaching SF and fantasy for a week in Aspen in June. Come join if you can
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A belated link to my New Year's substack. Self-sabotage, touch-avoidance, cats of Istanbul, success, failure and fizzy wine
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Sapkowski named 3 books that made an impact on him lately: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, The Rose Field by Philip Pullman and The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman.
@joeabercrombie.com @levgrossman.com @thewitcher.com @inisvitre.bsky.social
31: 40
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Would warmly welcome tips/recs for an ill-prepared traveler spending three days in Istanbul
oh bother, the link got munged somewhere along the way. thank you for the correction
A link to my (and Julia's) favorite poem in honor of the solstice. Though it hits different here in Sydney where it is in fact the longest day of the year.
A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day
By John Donne
'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's,
Lucy's, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks...
Fantastic article by @levgrossman.com about Leonard Woolf sharing a cottage with B.J. Dutton in Ceylon back in the day, and how they embodied the two great genres of Modernism and Fantasy... Loved it!
www.thebeliever.net/the-death-of...
p.s. all credit to @eliotqueliot.bsky.social for reminding me!
Today -- unless I'm getting it wrong -- is the 10th anniversary of the Magicians TV show!
The world seems unfathomably different now -- I feel unfathomably different from who I was back then -- but my love for the show and the people who made it is still going strong
The e-book of THE BRIGHT SWORD is currently $4.99 at Bookshop.org. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?!
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Magicians Fanworks Extravaganza celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the 1st episode of The Magicians! We love the show and the amazing books by @levgrossman.com 🍑 Dec. 8-16 on AO3/Tumblr, all types of fanworks welcome.
#themagicians
#levgrossman
#themagiciansfanfic
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I think they cover transportation too ...
(A piece of minor personal trivia: Time magazine sent me to shadow Steve Jobs for the week before the iPhone was announced, which meant I was one of the first people outside of Apple to see and use one. I failed to foresee its terrible future as a lethal attention parasite.)
Also it's virtually impossible to play Wordle. It has shaved at least an hour off my weekly average.
