by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 19, 2013 | Blog
I got back from my long day of driving to and from Farmington to discover that a new outrage fit had broken out on both sides of the political fence over this guy from a reality show called DUCK DYNASTY. I’ve never see the show. Just seen pictures of the bearded males of the clan. So apparently daddy gave an interview to GQ (kind of a new look for a men’s fashion magazine, but whatever), and daddy said some thing about gays that is in line with his fundamentalist beliefs and...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 16, 2013 | About Writing
If you hang out on my wall on Facebook it’s probably clear I’ve been struggling with this latest urban fantasy novel. Some of that was due to getting picked as one of the top S.F. and fantasy novels of 2013 — Kirkus – Best fiction 2013 science fiction & fantasy. Boy has this ever left me frozen. Here’s the mind games I’m playing with myself. Oh my god! This is awesome! But wait, the new book sucks! This will be the one that proves I have no...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 15, 2013 | Blog
The final climax of my next EDGE book takes place in Turkey because Ataturk seemed like a perfect candidate to have known about my Prometheus figure and be affected by him. I loved the fact that Hagia Sophia in Istanbul had begun as a church, became a mosque, and was turned into a museum by Ataturk. It was such a sane and sensible solution to the clash of religions and cultures, a celebration of art and people rather than competing gods. But now there is a move afoot to turn Hagia Sophia...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 14, 2013 | About Writing
That’s my excuse for why I’ve been a stranger for so long, and it’s just so easy to pop up a little post on Facebook. Anyway, we had the big DANGEROUS WOMEN launch party at the Jean Cocteau theater on Monday. 7 writers, 2 editors and a partridge in a pear tree. Okay, there wasn’t actually a partridge. It was a lively evening with interesting questions posed by George, brilliantly witty comments by Gardner Dozios, and insightful comments by the likes of Carrie...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 24, 2013 | Blog
As we have pondered the sober fiftieth anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination I’m struck and infuriated by Right Wing pundits trying to claim that Kennedy was a “conservative”. Yes, he went to the right of Nixon in being anti-Communist as a political move, but the man who could write this: “If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who care...
