Jincy Willett http://www.jincywillett.com/journal I Would Not Burn the Library of Alexandria For You Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Interview with ABC Radio http://www.jincywillett.com/journal/2008/08/13/interview-with-abc-radio/ http://www.jincywillett.com/journal/2008/08/13/interview-with-abc-radio/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:39:37 +0000 Jincy http://www.jincywillett.com/journal/?p=79  

That’s the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and the interview took place on August 13, 2008.  Listen:

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2329112.htm

 

(and note that this radio network actually broadcasts a daily Book Show, to which you may listen for free, on podcast)

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http://www.fivechapters.com/medea_in_the_garden/part_one_93.php

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A Sizzling Summer Beach Read: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25280915/

[F]irst-rate satire…not even the mean-spirited sniper can find anything evil to say about the endearing Amy, whose quirky Web site (called “Go Away”) is a gold mine of literary nuggets:  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/review/Crime-t.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin

A Killer Murder Mystery: http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1214037020320080.xml&coll=2

Not Your Usual Murder Mystery: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23889208-5003424,00.html

A Fall-off-your-chair-funny, Yet Gently Sad Murder Mystery: http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/murder_and_other_bad_behavior/7015/

A Delicious Satire Savag[ing] Every Literary Pretension Imaginable: http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/552534.html

An Engaging and Very Funny Novel about a Diverse Group of People Learning to Write: Canberra Times, 5/7/2008

A Clever Page-Turner: Australian Women’s Weekly, July, 2008

A Darkly Comic Murder Mystery: Sydney Daily Telegraph, 6/28/2008

A Readable and Entertaining Mystery but it’s also more than that. It explores, albeit lightly, the underbelly of the writing world:  http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-writing-class/2008/07/18/1216163140461.html

A Dark Comedy of the Absurd [and] Damn Fine Guide to Writing Fiction: (Publishers Weekly) http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Writing-Class/Jincy-Willett/e/9780312330668/?itm=2#TABS

A Murder Mystery Written by Someone Who Maybe Doesn’t Like, and Definitely Doesn’t Understand, Murder Mysteries: (Snarkus Kirkus Reviews)  http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Writing-Class/Jincy-Willett/e/9780312330668/?itm=2#TABS

 Mystery! Mayhem!: http://www.dailycandy.com/chicago/article/36539/All+the+Worlds+a+Page

A Marvelous Toy of a Book, Full of Wry Surprises and Sly Twists: Booklist Magazine (ALA), May 2008

A BookSense Pick: http://www.booksense.com/bspicks/June08.jsp

A Darkly Comic Mystery: http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/media/San-Diego-Magazine/June-2008/Calendar/

[with]  Zany Humor…Blended with Intelligence and Empathy for People Worth Knowing, at Least in a Book: http://www.projo.com/books/content/BOOK-WRITING-CLASS__06-22-08_CHA5VBE_v9.1109902.html

[following] the Same Advice that Innumerable Writing Teachers Give: Write What You Know: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20080622-9999-1a22willett.html

A Kooky and Spooky Whodunit: http://www.straight.com/article-151100/the-writing-class\

What’s Hot in the Media: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2008/07/08778

A Terrifically Engrossing Page-turner, a Comic Thriller that is Likely to be One of the Great Reads of the Summer of 2008: http://www.buffalonews.com:80/entertainment/booksliterature/story/386144.html

The Most Profound Contribution to Western Letters since the Gutenburg Bible: http://www.jincywillett.com/journal/

 

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 – At The Book Works, Flower Hill Promenade, 2670 Via de la Valle, Suite A230, Del Mar, (858) 755-3735:

Shawn Tomson will sign and discuss “Surfer’s Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life” at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Jincy Willett will discuss and sign “The Writing Class”at 7 p.m. June 23.

– At The Yellow Brick Road, 7200 Parkway Drive, Suite 118, La Mesa, (619) 463-4900:

The June B. Jones Stupid Smelly Bus Tour will visit at 9 a.m. June 9.

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Book Launch 2.0 on YouTube

 

 

 

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 9th Viewing of Return of the Jedi a Disappointment

Haydn Threatens to Glut the Symphony Market

Kierkegaard’s Latest Philosophical Musing Depresses No One

Mark Russell to Apologize to Nation for Not Writing a Song about Super Tuesday

Writer’s Strike Cripples Nigerian Banking Industry

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Tops NAAMBLA’s Best Books of 2007 List

Ghost of Norman Mailer Forgives Nobel Literature Prize Committee

Dennis Kucinich Finds New Lost Cause

Local Ron Paul Supporter Considers Possibility that Oswald Acted Alone

Blogger’s Latest Case for Impeachment His Most Devastating Yet

Nation Shows Signs of No Longer Giving a Shit about Fucked Up Blonde Girls

Chewbaca’s Wikipedia Entry Rife with Errors

Flava Flav Suspects Some of the Ladies Are Not Really Here for the
Flav; Money, Publicity Possible Real Motives

Some Designers Not Consoled by Heidi Klum’s Icy Farewell Kiss

Britney Spears Hopes the Lampshade on Her Head Will Amuse Onlookers

Whole World to Suffer Again for Richard Hilton Not Paying Enough
Attention to Daughter Paris

Hillary Clinton Tells Husband Making Fun of Obama’s Name Is Not Helping

In His Most Impassioned Dissent, Antonin Scalia Finally Drops the F-Bomb

McCain Campaign Song Frightens Children

Obama Campaign to Instil Vague Sense of Well-Being with New Slogan,
“The Hopefulness of Hope”

McCain Says Brahms-Wagner War May Last Another 100 Years

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A RUSSIAN woman in St Petersburg killed her drunk husband with a folding sofa, it was reported yesterday. (AP, 7/10/08)
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a while (2 wds as obj of prep)

a.k.a.

anymore (1 wd as adv)

awhile (as adv)

axe-wielding

backseat

backstory

basset hound

bioterrorist

bling

blond, fem., n. & adj.

blond, masc. or neut., n. & adj.

brand-new

buttload

buzz cut, n.

buzz-cut, adj.

cell phone

cheat sheet

computer-savvy

coulrophobic

crappitude

curricula vitarum

d.o.b., d.o.d.

diacritics

diphthongs

doofus

eftsoons

e-mail

encomium

exactamento

FedEx

Frisbee

gigue

glance-through, n.

Googling

half hour

half-filled

high school (adj.)

huzzahs

Hylocereus undatus

Internet

JPEG

kibbitzers

leukemia

likable

looky-loo

lying doggo

mal de mer

mixups

mnemonic

namby-pamby

night-blooming cereus

nonce

nonfiction

nonreaders

nor’easter

online

over-praising

p.o.v.

pied piper

pinup

plastique

plenteous

Post-it

pre-registration

printouts

screwups

sea-rolls

setups

shape-shifter

shih tzu

shoot-out

simpleminded

sixties

souffle

spaceship

sure-footed

t.o.d.

tae kwon do

tantivying

tech-savvy

tomblike

trisyllabic

voice mail

wannabes

Web site

whiteboard

wineglasses

Xanax

Xeroxing

x-rayed

youse

zip-tab

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The mustard-pot of penance.

The cobbled shoe of humility.

The furred cat of the Solicitors and Attorneys.

The Teeth-chatter or Gum-didder of Lubberly Lusks.

The Ape’s Paternoster.

The Fat Belly of the Presidents.

The Merciless Cormorant, by Hoxinidno the Jew.

 
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