So last night I was lying on the couch snacking on prunes (Oh lord, I really am the oldest fart of my age!) reading "Smoke and Mirrors" by Neil Gaiman, which is one of his short story anthologies.
I think I'm actually obsessed with this guy now. His imagination is unparalleled. I came across a story called "The Sweeper of Dreams" and it did something to me. For the first time in a long...well, ever... I tried to memorize this story verbatim. I think my flatmate (see! Gaiman's got me speaking like an englishman) thought I was a little bit loony. But, so it is.
Only fiction can make me do something like that.
Speaking of imaginations—your book, Masters of the Veil, continues to blow me away. Good job Dan, but yeah you might want to reconsider those prunes. :)
ReplyDeleteTHANKS LISA! I'm going a little crazy right now trying to finish the sequel. Getting close though. SHP FAMILY!!! WOOOHOO
DeleteYeah, you better be careful with the prunes, my friend. ;-)
ReplyDeleteoh. my. goodness. you don't really like them do you!??!? (the prunes that is)
ReplyDeletethe thing for me about gaiman- excepting his undeniable sexiness- is the way he strings words together in the most beautiful combinations and cadences imaginable. the words themselves are like a song or a bedtime story. they roll off the tongue with a musical, captivating, magical quality that entrances me... makes me convinced that magic is not only real, it's palpable and surrounding me, and i can taste it if i just focus. he just makes his world and characters so freakin' real. so freakin' enchanting. the man... that man... just- wow. i'm glad you love him too! have you heard this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jsmruSXkyE&feature=related
Alas, prunes are my jam. Hmm. Maybe they make prune jam?
DeleteFirst off. DAMN GIRL you can write!!! And I agree with literally everything you said about Gaiman, me just no can do english as fine as that is.
You summed it up to perfection.
And on the writing note. Are you a novelist as well, or only an A++ graphic designer?
aw shucks.
Delete*blushes*
i'm still in the aspiring part of becoming an author. i haven't ever written anything good enough to be published, but i keep trying and hoping for someday. :)
I MUST get some time to read Neil Gaiman. And sleep. Sleep first. No, BEA first, then sleep.
ReplyDeleteHaha. I feel the saaaaaaame way :) BEA is king of my attention right now. I haven't been this excited for something since life stole my innocence and made me a jaded old man. Just Kidding :) I have the best editor in the world, so that's cool
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