Post by Christmas Chief on Jun 11, 2011 17:51:21 GMT -5
journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/books/article_b6be056f-6776-5875-983b-45d453464179.html
The snippet about Handler re-posted here:
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Under the name Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has written the children's book series known as “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Snicket’s books have sold more than 60 million copies and have been adapted into a film starring Jim Carrey. Under his own name, Handler has written three novels, including his most recent, “Adverbs.”
He’s also written for film and music, newspapers and magazines. He’s a regular contributor for McSweeney’s The Believer magazine and just launched a new column there called “What the Swedes Read,” about his reading of Nobel prize-winning authors. His most recent Lemony Snicket book was a collaboration with illustrator Maira Kalman called “13 Words.” His next work will be a young-adult novel called “Why We Broke Up,” with a new Snicket series and an adult novel about pirates slated for 2012 release.
“I don’t get out much,” Handler said.
Journal Star: I've enjoyed your first two "What the Swedes Read" columns for The Believer. Has the continual reading of Nobel winners changed your writer wiring at all?
Daniel Handler: It has reminded me that the world of literature is wider, braver and more varied than most people think, and that a great deal of it is boring.
JS: Your workshop, "Writing as Cat Burglary," is about clearing the wall that stands between the writing we do and the writing we want to do and partaking in a little criminal activity to do so -- stealing from the authors we love and repurposing the loot to our own ends. Are all good writers cat burglars to a certain extent?
DH: If by "to a certain extent" you mean "quite thoroughly," then yes.
JS: You've worked across a broad swath of media. Is there any advice for writers that holds true across every format?
DH: Approach your first draft as if all of the preparations have been made for an enormous, perfect party; approach all subsequent drafts like there's not enough room on the lifeboat.
JS: Does writing as both Daniel Handler and Lemony Snicket ever get confusing? Do they have similar processes? Do they write in different rooms? While listening to different music?
DH: I dwell in an almost unending state of bewilderment, but I don't think this has all that much to do with my literary life. Mr. Snicket and I have very similar writing days, although there's nothing like the music of Dmitri Shostakovich to keep one's mindset gloomy and melodramatic.
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The snippet about Handler re-posted here:
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Under the name Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has written the children's book series known as “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Snicket’s books have sold more than 60 million copies and have been adapted into a film starring Jim Carrey. Under his own name, Handler has written three novels, including his most recent, “Adverbs.”
He’s also written for film and music, newspapers and magazines. He’s a regular contributor for McSweeney’s The Believer magazine and just launched a new column there called “What the Swedes Read,” about his reading of Nobel prize-winning authors. His most recent Lemony Snicket book was a collaboration with illustrator Maira Kalman called “13 Words.” His next work will be a young-adult novel called “Why We Broke Up,” with a new Snicket series and an adult novel about pirates slated for 2012 release.
“I don’t get out much,” Handler said.
Journal Star: I've enjoyed your first two "What the Swedes Read" columns for The Believer. Has the continual reading of Nobel winners changed your writer wiring at all?
Daniel Handler: It has reminded me that the world of literature is wider, braver and more varied than most people think, and that a great deal of it is boring.
JS: Your workshop, "Writing as Cat Burglary," is about clearing the wall that stands between the writing we do and the writing we want to do and partaking in a little criminal activity to do so -- stealing from the authors we love and repurposing the loot to our own ends. Are all good writers cat burglars to a certain extent?
DH: If by "to a certain extent" you mean "quite thoroughly," then yes.
JS: You've worked across a broad swath of media. Is there any advice for writers that holds true across every format?
DH: Approach your first draft as if all of the preparations have been made for an enormous, perfect party; approach all subsequent drafts like there's not enough room on the lifeboat.
JS: Does writing as both Daniel Handler and Lemony Snicket ever get confusing? Do they have similar processes? Do they write in different rooms? While listening to different music?
DH: I dwell in an almost unending state of bewilderment, but I don't think this has all that much to do with my literary life. Mr. Snicket and I have very similar writing days, although there's nothing like the music of Dmitri Shostakovich to keep one's mindset gloomy and melodramatic.
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