Nancy's Blog

What was Tim Burton thinking? More specifically, what did he want us to be thinking?  One aspect of a director's job is to shape an au...

If I were going to use BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL as a teaching aid on how to structure fiction, it would fall neatly into two parts: the fi...

Yesterday was the Second Annual Science Fiction Ladies Lunch at my apartment in Seattle.  Everyone had a lovely time (at least, I did, and t...

Last year I was on a panel with four people who write review columns.  It was a cordial panel but the contention was there, beneath the poli...

Who would have thought you could make a gripping movie about the rivalry of two Talmudic scholars?  It doesn't seem a promising subject,...

Last week Small Beer Press published my most recent collection of stories, FOUNTAIN OF AGE AND OTHER STORIES.  The collection includes a f...

Are there rules for writing?  No, not in the sense of strictures that you must follow or your piece will collapse like wet tissue (always, o...