We are pattern-finders. I first encountered this fact in the form of ritual and dogma while studing comparative religion and social anthropology at university. It was a simple insight really, very self-evident when you think about it, but it transformed the way I looked at the world. The book that started it all for me [...]
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Summer arrived with a bang as it always does here; from icy winds to sweltering heat (sweltering = slightly above room temperature) in one day. Living off freelance work and occasional employments doesn’t leave much room for vacation, but I’ll try to take some time off in July. Until then, I have a strict schedule [...]
Finished new story draft. I was stuck until I found the right song, and with that one on repeat, everything just unfolded. Funny that, because I normally don’t like Peter Gabriel. But there it was. I listened to Mercy Street in the original version, the live version, and Fever Ray’s brilliant cover. Black Uhuru’s is [...]
2012 was a splendid year. Maybe more so than I’d expected, to put it mildly. Best of all, I got married to the fantastic guy who’s shared my life for seven years. That, of course, tops everything. That’s all the personal detail I’m going to go into, so on to the writerly stuff. The first [...]
Det har i flera recensioner och kommentarer kommit upp att förlagets reklamtext om Amatka innehåller spoilers. Ja, det kan man säga att de gör. Jag och min förläggare samarbetade om den och baksidestexten. Orsaken är att den reklamtext som saknade några som helst spoilers inte heller sade någonting om berättelsen; den blev helt enkelt astrist. [...]
Sitter med fjorton kilo Amatka i vardagsrummet. Det är en rätt abstrakt känsla. Den finns ute i vissa butiker redan nu – SF-bokhandeln i Stockholm och Göteborg har fått in den. Den kommer att sippra ut till övriga butiker snart nog. Och så finns den förstås att beställa på nätet, både i fysisk form och [...]
Didn’t know what to write about, so I asked people what they wanted to read about. Here’s a question from Darren: I have to admit, I’m very interested to know about your inspiration for stories and when we were chatting over the origins of ‘Ms Nyberg and I’ it was really fun to hear about [...]
Time to share some of the advance blurbs for Jagannath, out in November. Jeff Vandermeer, co-editor at my publisher Cheeky Frawg Books, posted them and some more info over at Ecstatic Days, but I’ll post them here as well, because they’re incredible and kind. I’m so grateful that these people, all of them wonderful authors [...]
Jag skulle försöka skriva om något intressant och banbrytande här, men jag sitter och skriver slutredigeringar så det går inte för sig. Är i den där fasen där allting förmodligen suger och ingenting hänger ihop. Det går över, det ska bara genomlevas, det går i en cykel av det här är lysande till vem fan [...]
Here’s an interview in Strange Horizons that writer and book reviewer Dustin Monk (esq) did with me. Then go have a look at Dustin’s blog, The Spiral, for book reviews, other writings, and general madness.