October Runaround
I hate blog posts with excuses about why the blogger has been remiss in blogging. Get on with it, man; tell us what’s being keeping you from the keyboard. However, it seems I am about to post a list of excuses about why I have not been blogging. I’m feeling pretty meta over here at the moment. Do I hate this post? Unclear. Anyway…
Wonderful good news: I’m proud to announce that recently, I accepted an offer from the esteemed Mr. Jacques Post at Luitingh-Sijthoff for a Dutch Translation of SPELLWRIGHT. Even when I was just getting into writing, I had heard about the venerable Luitingh Fantasy list. It’s an honor to sign with them.
The game is also afoot in Germany with a very difficult decision to make from my end. More later.
Over the summer I worked with my mentor Dr. Abraham Verghese on an article that examines Tolstoy’s THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH for use in the instruction of medical students. While I can’t say the exact nature of its publication status, I hope to share good news soon. More recently, Dr. Verghese gave the Jonathan J. King Lectureship at Stanford. His lecture was titled “Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth,” and I blushed bright pink when he quoted a bit of the article I had written. And trust me, when a pale bald guy blushes, there’s a lot of red involved.
Other things that have kept me from the blog: I’ve been working with Renascence Man Jeremy Tolbert to create a professionally designed website. Eventually this blog and www.spellwright.com will be unified and moved to www.blakecharlton.com. I’m pretty sure we’ll be able to set up forwarding links so there won’t be a problem.
Also, I’ve been working on what’s shaping up to be a very interesting (for me at least) authorial interview over at one of my new favorite Fantasy blogs: A Dribble of Ink. I just turned in a round of questions and am interested to see what Aidan sends back. It’s making me define some of my beliefs about fiction and writing I didn’t realize I held.
Also in the endless newbie-author-self-promotion I fiddled with Facebook long enough to make a “fan page.” If you’re keen, you can wander over there. Or click the (very small) link at the bottom of this post.
Finally, I’ve recovered enough from the boards and caught up with enough publishing deadlines that I’ve begun to volunteer at our student-run free clinic. It’s wonderfully invigorating to see patients again and help them to the extent I can. It helps remind me why I’m doing all this running around.
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