The train of thought

When I was young, we travelled on European trains.

They were old-world trains. They had compartments (think Hogwarts train). You wandered down a corridor, peering into the glassed-in compartments, seeking space; sometimes the grey utilitarian institutional pleated curtains were drawn, blocking your eye, and those compartments you passed quietly by; other times you’d catch the eye [...]

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“I loved it, but I’m afraid to read it again because it might not be as good.”

This is something I hear a lot when talking with friends who read. They read a book (or saw a movie, or watched a television show, or had a particular toy) when they were younger that had a magical, [...]

Aristotle’s Poetics

A couple of months ago,  I riffed on a Locus interviewee’s  comments about writing, and this month, well, I’m going back to the well but this time it’s john Crowley and, well, it’s john Crowley…

In the January 2010 issue of Locus, John Crowley talked about writing and how he teaches, and said the following:

“When I [...]