{"id":1823,"date":"2009-09-16T13:13:48","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T21:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2009-09-16T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T21:15:13","slug":"an-aside-david-anthony-durham-chats-with-suvudu-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/news\/an-aside-david-anthony-durham-chats-with-suvudu-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | David Anthony Durham chats with Suvudu readers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheAs they’re known to do, Suvudu<\/a> held an interactive chat yesterday, inviting their readers to chat with David Anthony Durham<\/a>, author of the recently released The Other Lands<\/strong> (with a surprise appearance by Jay Lake<\/a>!)<\/p>\n

A little taste:<\/p>\n

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Shawn: Many writers don’t have an opportunity to pick their cover art. They barely have a hand in it. How has your experience been with cover art and the art departments who are supplying them?<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

I’ve been pretty happy with my covers, but I’ve only been there to nod and say yes to them. Not much more input than that. Every now and then they’ll change a small thing if I want, but that’s about it. Mostly, I’ve been lucky and happy with my publishers’ choices.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

[Comment From Nalo Hopkinson]: Do you have your plot all worked out ahead of time?<\/p>\n

David Anthony Durham: Nalo, I have the beginning and the end worked out. The middle is often a mystery. The writing process for me is really about exploring that middle, and figuring out how to get to the ending I know is coming. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

So head on over and check out the whole chat<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As they’re known to do, Suvudu held an interactive chat yesterday, inviting their readers to chat with David Anthony Durham, author of the recently released The Other Lands (with a surprise appearance by Jay Lake!) A little taste: Shawn: Many writers don’t have an opportunity to pick their cover art. They barely have a hand… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n