tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post8082245399839794940..comments2024-03-06T10:39:37.128+00:00Comments on Tania Writes: China Mieville and Preserving the MysteryTania Hershmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-87967349093862898972012-01-27T05:58:30.334+00:002012-01-27T05:58:30.334+00:00A well written article. I found it very informativ...A well written article. I found it very informative.<br /><a href="http://www.itexamstube.com" rel="nofollow">Brain Dumps</a>JohnOliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823936436769430134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-81256881939728792232012-01-24T10:09:16.943+00:002012-01-24T10:09:16.943+00:00Congrats.... and Did a great job keep it up..
Exam...Congrats.... and Did a great job keep it up..<br /><b><a href="http://www.examsheets.me/" rel="nofollow">Exam Sheets</a></b>World Famoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12394204930420192832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-80332243206781776312012-01-05T13:50:48.242+00:002012-01-05T13:50:48.242+00:00Great post, T. Thanks for the Robin Black link, wi...Great post, T. Thanks for the Robin Black link, will check it out asap. Happy new year!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-26103725827554982422012-01-02T09:57:59.680+00:002012-01-02T09:57:59.680+00:00I'm almost finished reading Kraken, the first ...I'm almost finished reading Kraken, the first of Mieville's books I've read. Like you Tania, I found it challenging in the way he twists language and just makes words up - you can't skim! I'm enjoying Kraken, though with around 100 pages to go I have to admit I'm ready for it to end. But I love the way he can create an alternative world and people it with so many characters, and they're all memorable. I plan to read more of his work this year.Maree Kimberleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170380402953962748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-59407776180030014152011-12-28T16:07:37.946+00:002011-12-28T16:07:37.946+00:00Steve, glad to be your procrastination of choice! ...Steve, glad to be your procrastination of choice! And thanks for the congrats... not sure I understand the Xs and Ys... :)<br /><br />Cat, thanks, she is isn't she? best wishes to you too!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-27830718966396218022011-12-28T14:58:41.406+00:002011-12-28T14:58:41.406+00:00Hi Tania,
Thanks for the link to Robin's blog ...Hi Tania,<br />Thanks for the link to Robin's blog entry. I loved her stories and she is a very generous writer. I agree that it is so hard to find the right reader for one's work, and to give the right type of response as a reader. No writer deserves to be cut down and injured, and yet we writers have to choose readers who might be insightful and incisive, a tricky dance of respect. I haven't had too many bad experiences, although the wait for a first reader response is one of the longest and most exquisite. Best wishes for 2012!chillcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360989103518880339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-28639030528288825372011-12-28T10:17:58.698+00:002011-12-28T10:17:58.698+00:00A timely reminder as I sit down to do some writing...A timely reminder as I sit down to do some writing this morn, Tania. <br /><br />(I find a bit of blog-reading procrastination always helps...NOT).<br /><br />Oh and congrats for the New Scientist story. Made me think about all the stuff I'm supposed to be doing in order to attain X, when in fact I'm really doing them for Y.Stevehttp://shortstorybookclub.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-41591183914836532932011-12-27T15:29:57.962+00:002011-12-27T15:29:57.962+00:00Benjamin, I really hope you enjoy it! I was lucky ...Benjamin, I really hope you enjoy it! I was lucky enough to be lent a copy, but there's always libraries? Very interesting point about the often-artificial genre distinctions being about us desperately needing to know something, have some clue, before we even start reading. How about anonymous books a la Jane Austen, perhaps??<br /><br />V - lovely to hear that, how wonderful for the writer to be compelled herself to write in order to solve the mystery, I love it when that happens. And yes about the first para and confidence- perhaps that confidence comes with having already published many books - I shall be reading everything else he's written, just to find out! Happy Mysterious 2012 to you too!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-20894772572326099892011-12-27T12:25:16.206+00:002011-12-27T12:25:16.206+00:00Ah T, this is such a perfect end to the year - and...Ah T, this is such a perfect end to the year - and yes yes yes - mystery-embracing is certainly on the cards here, getting further and further away from what I understand myself, as I write. It'll be helluva job when editing, but what the hell - its fun.<br />I love that first paragraph. It says 'I am confident in what I do. You can be confident of a worthwhile read...' <br /><br />happy 2012Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-43327474007064418132011-12-26T21:36:25.559+00:002011-12-26T21:36:25.559+00:00Your post has just sent me off to a popular book-s...Your post has just sent me off to a popular book-selling website; there goes the Christmas money.<br /><br />You are so very right about the need for more not knowing (or less knowing) in our writing, and reading, of fiction. Even the seperation of 'science fiction' and 'mainstream' comes from a need to know part of the story before it even begins. To fix things. We should be more open to mystery. <br /><br />Great post.Benjamin Judgehttp://benjaminjudge.comnoreply@blogger.com