Tag Archives: Arts of the Written Persuasion

God am I tired…

Posted on January 25, 2008 by kilian

I’m about to finish my fifth Venti Iced Latte in 24 hours…this week has been…surreal…tiring…anxiety filled…coffee, as it often does, has pulled my tired ass through the days… I think, on average, I’ve had 3-4 hours of sleep a night … Continue reading →

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Oh the trouble I’ve seen

Posted on January 21, 2008 by kilian

We here at Normality Restored are having problems. For some reason that is, currently, unknown to us, any AJAX type enhancements have decided that they don’t want to work for us. Perhaps AJAX doesn’t like Nomality? Perhaps we are idiots? … Continue reading →

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2008 Philip K. Dick Award Finalists

Posted on January 15, 2008 by kilian

# Grey, Jon Armstrong (Night Shade) # Undertow, Elizabeth Bear (Bantam Spectra) # From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain, Minister Faust (Del Rey) # Nova Swing, M. John Harrison (Bantam Spectra) # Gradisil, Adam Roberts (Pyr) # Ally, Karen Traviss … Continue reading →

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That is some serious literary respectability!

Posted on January 11, 2008 by kilian

With some more, ahem, notable MFA writing programs nearby, the one that I’m currently at tends to get less than stellar press. OK, granted no Pulitzer Prize winners have come from Chapman. And, yes I have once or twice questioned … Continue reading →

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In answer to gilgrim’s question…

Posted on January 8, 2008 by kilian

Saturday I was, as usual, at the bookmines toiling away in the dark recesses where only goblins and damaged remainders dwell… Sunday, brought me to four solid hours where I actually sat down and worked on one of my novels…I … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Television Executives Everywhere

Posted on January 2, 2008 by kilian

Dear Assorted TV Executives, I would like to humbly submit for your consideration that Normality Restored could easily be turned into an animated series very cheaply. First off, most animation for US shows is actually done overseas in what some … Continue reading →

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That’s fantasy done right people!

Posted on December 4, 2007 by kilian

Re-imaginings are nothing new, especially in the world of Sci-fi and Fantasy…a world in which I toil most happily. Case in point, the last book I attempted to read for pleasure was one such re-imagining… And if one were to … Continue reading →

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