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On Creativity, On the Creative Life, On the Writing Life, Walking All Day On Stone

Alas, Poor Ferdinand!

March 21, 2021 Betsy James 3 Comments

Under a juniper instead of a cork tree. Picked clean by coyotes and bleached by the desert sun.

bleached bonescow skulldesert boneshiking in New Mexicohiking in the desertjuniper

Novels by Betsy James:

Finalist, World Fantasy Award

Roadsouls…is a stellar performance, very touching in its intimate otherworldliness. Deeply concieved and fleshed out, exhibiting a primal simplicity of emotion and drama and language, yet not naïve nor unsophisticated. … The twists and turns of her plot are organically unpredictable…there are some killer dramatic moments… But she never lectures, instead embodying all her observations and lessons in beautiful, vivid moments experienced by unique characters.  Roadsouls conjures up a landscape as fantastic as any Tolkienesque sage, yet more naturally linked to the everyday passions and fears of its readers.  —Paul Di Filippo, Asimov’s, Jan/Feb 2017

Betsy James on Writing, Art, and Walking in the Desert

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