March 2012
“I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters (via basterrda)
Anonymous asked: NOT A QUESTION, but you said this on a tweet after seeing the hunger games. "Another plus: nearly every trailer in front of Hunger Games was for a movie I want to see. (We won't discuss "we're the same temp now") I think Young Adult authors have A LOT to owe to Twilight and Stephenie Meyer. I'm not a teen and YA was not even on my radar until Twilight showed up. ...
Neil Gaiman: As requested by too many people:... →
neil-gaiman:
birdartpoetry asked: Mister Gaiman, you’re kickass. I was just wondering, what do you think is the best way to seduce a writer? I figured your answer would be pretty spectacular.
In my experience, writers tend to be really good at the inside of their own heads and imaginary people,…
This is wise and true.
I Just Wrote a Scene so Exciting that I'm Now...
I can’t say much about it because it’s for Book 3, and I don’t want to spoil anyone. But it was pretty darn intense, if I do say so myself, and I knew what happened at the end of it. There is SCIENCE in it, and NEAR DEATH, and other SUCH THINGS.
Just in case you care to know, it’s the part where Elder has to count.
Remember that a year later, when the book comes out,...
J.K Rowling: Billionaire to millionaire →
unejeunedemoiselle:
“One of the world’s wealthiest women, J.K Rowling, has given so much money to charity she can no longer claim billionaire status.
The Harry Potter author has fallen down the Forbes rich list because of her charitable giving, the business magazine said.”
Dear Facebook, yourself and proper grammar. I ship...
leahclifford:
Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret?
Lemony Snicket: Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you are kidding.
