Reminder that Marie Rutkoski (as of today, a NYT best-selling author! Yay! Congrats Marie!) and I are doing an event at Harvard Book Store, Friday April 8 at 7pm. Join us if you can! And here’s a treat for you: a cover of my favorite song from the musical Hamilton, called “Wait For It.” In… Read more »
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Thursday Randutiae
Okay, I should never have said that thing about how the next thing I blog is going to be the girl superhero post. All it’s doing is preventing me from blogging anything at all. When in fact, I have some mighty complaints, like, for example, why in the name of all that is reasonable is… Read more »
Les Miserables, the (New) (Live Sung) Movie
The new movie of the musical Les Miserables, coming out this winter, is live sung — the actors are singing each take live, instead of miming to a recording. This video explains how and why, and I think it’s pretty interesting. (H/t, B!)
Bring Him Home
Les Miserables opened in Boston on Tuesday night, and I was there. Holy cow. I knew I’d like it a lot, because, well, it’s Les Mis; but I hadn’t done my homework beforehand, and was therefore completely unprepared for this stellar, stunning cast. This production didn’t start on Broadway; the tour is its only USA… Read more »
This Post Is Dedicated to Six Seconds in a Song
I am reaching but I falland the stars are black and coldas I stare into the voidof a world that cannot hold.I’ll escape now from that world,from the world of Jean Valjean.There is nowhere I can turn.There is no way to go on — I suppose I should warn y’all that this post contains spoilers… Read more »
Pieces of Memory. Plus, the World’s Longest Version of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
It’s moving season here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Today I watched neighbors lower furniture through the window of a third story apartment using a rope and pulley. This reminded me of seeing all the pulley hooks at the top of houses in Amsterdam when I was on tour last spring. Apparently, Amsterdam stairways are narrow! Of… Read more »
There’s Nothing We Can’t Face (Except for Bunnies)
Thursday randutiae! First, the cover of Fire, French adult edition (published by Orbit France). ——–> Second, a new addition to the Gallery of My Favorite Objects. Here’s a bunny I faced the other day: And here’s his antelope (?) and canine (?) friends. I faced them, too. These fingers puppets were made by Donna Marbet,… Read more »
What does an author do with an unexpected weekend at home?
Well — once she’s dealt with the surprise and disappointment — she hoards it, like a squirrel hoarding acorns for winter. In three weeks, you see, I fly to Italy and start my European tour, and I’m going to be gone for almost a month. I don’t have a lot of weekends at home in… Read more »
When the Aliens Look Down on Us, What Must They Think?
Before I get to the alien question (and the dominoes) — Cindy Pon, accomplished fantasy author and artist, just interviewed me for The Enchanted Inkpot. She does not pull punches with her questions; the interview is here. ******And now: The first piece of awesome, via my sister, codename: Apocalyptica the Flimflammer… I never thought I… Read more »
“Have we met?”
Here’s a moment from the first time Buffy’s mother, Joyce, officially meets Buffy’s vampire nemesis, Spike: Joyce [pleasantly]: Have we met?Spike: Um, you hit me with an axe one time.[Joyce looks confused]Spike: Remember? [helpfully brandishes imaginary axe] “Get the hell away from my daughter! Rawr!!!” So, now and then I like to ask my readers… Read more »
