Daily Archives: January 16, 2014
Oscar Predictions, 2014
Posted on January 16, 2014 62 Comments
Every year the Oscar nominations come out, and every year I offer up my first-blush thoughts and predictions on the nominees. It’s a nod to my days as a film critic, when I would be making the predictions as part of my job. These days I do it for fun! And am about as accurate […]
The Big Idea: Kathe Koja
Posted on January 16, 2014 4 Comments
Authors have all sorts of ways into their books and stories. For Kathe Koja, the way into her latest novel, The Mercury Waltz, the sequel to Under the Poppy, was through dance. Appropriately enough! KATHE KOJA: To dance well requires two things: skill, the ability to feel and match the tempo, swell, or skitter of […]
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