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Houses built directly on the beach are subject to periodic damage from large storms. The most destructive element of a major tropical storm is the surge — the bowl of water that rises around the center of the storm. In fact, storm surge coming ashore as powerful waves were responsible for the worst damage in Hurricane Ivan in 2004, and this year the surge from Hurricane Katrina literally wiped out the Mississippi and Louisiana shorelines.
Under the National Flood Insurance Program, the feds long ago mandated special regulations for construction along the shore to prevent large flooding claims. If a home is entirely or partly within the wave "velocity zone" (V-zone), as shown on the Federal Insurance Rate Map, it must be built on sturdy piers so that the underside of the support structure is above the predicted surge level for the area. Everything built below this safety level must be either strong enough to resist the force of the waves or weak enough to safely "break away" and disintegrate under wave action. In order for a community to be eligible for federal flood insurance, its building code must incorporate these standards.
As it turns out, forensic analysis following the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes suggests that while some surge may simply be too great to build against, most homes built to federal standards did survive the surge.
Several years ago, I designed a home for a V-zone site. I want to pass on some observations concerning the special problems encountered with this type of construction.
While it is possible to drive pilings to support the elevated structure, a poured-in-place concrete structure proves more effective for both aesthetics and security. My engineer employed a clever scheme using 16-inch-square concrete flue blocks as piers, filled with concrete and rebar, topped with a grid of concrete beams (Figure 1).
Figure 1. A grid of reinforced concrete beams creates a "table" to hold the wood frame structure (left). The concrete block walls underneath are designed to break away from the support columns if battered by storm surf (right).
Conceptually, the structure resembles a table. The pier "legs" are tied together with grade beams to avoid movement caused by the scouring action of the waves, a critical issue. You'll need a good engineer to work out the reinforcement and forming for this type of structure. It is not particularly expensive if the engineer is familiar with the work.
Why not build such a table-like structure out of wood? Besides the issues of durability and resistance to the impact of floating debris, wood connections are the weak link. Wood joints designed to resist tensile and compressive forces tend to loosen up when left exposed to the weather, especially at the seashore. The wood can split, holes can enlarge, and water can get into bolt holes and soften the wood.
Atop the "table," you can erect ordinary framing. But it is important to tie the structure down to the concrete support grid. My engineer used wood plates anchored into both the top and bottom of the concrete beam. The plywood wall sheathing then runs past the side of the beam and is nailed to both plates.
It would be simple to merely set an ordinary house on top of this raised concrete foundation. You can very easily cantilever the concrete beams out beyond the house to support a deck. Elegant, no?
Unfortunately for such simplicity, an ordinary house sitting on a bunch of stilts looks as uncomfortable as it sounds. Standard house designs are proportioned to look good on the ground, not a full story up in the air. A cantilevered porch adds visual insult to injury.
Historical precedent. Rather than try to invent the wheel, I looked to history to help us produce a satisfying building form while working around the engineering requirements. There are very few historic precedents for buildings on stilts and even fewer for those of a modest, residential scale.
Probably the most useful are certain French Colonial homes, which have large porches surrounding the living spaces, with sheltering hip roofs extending out to the edge of the porch, supported by a two-story arcade (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Fortier Design. The wide eaves carried down to the ceiling level make this French Colonial look well proportioned.
There are two important visual lessons to be learned from such houses:
Bring the eaves down to the ceiling level of the main (now second) floor, so the house will not look tall and uncomfortable.
Make the structure extend to the outermost part of the house — no cantilevered porches.
The French Colonial examples were not exact prototypes for my design. For instance, the lower floors were closed in and occupied in the Colonial example, whereas there can be no usable space on the lower floor of a house in the velocity zone. Also, the deeply shaded porches and recessed walls are a response to the hot, humid climate in the Colonial example. In my northern region, the need for winter sun and a wider deck cause the eaves to be set back from the edge of the porch on two sides in my design. Nevertheless, the overall visual effect of the southern prototype was an excellent guide.
Another more monumental approach is to create an arcaded base, as in the example shown, a wing of a Virginia mansion, known as Bremo (Figure 3). The key design guideline here is to cut the arcade out of the building facade, so that the main floor is set back from the support structure — no cantilevers. In my interpretation, I added gussets at the top of the porch posts to suggest an arched opening. Note that a full arch would effectively increase the area of the porch posts and increase the resistance to wave action.
Figure 3. Bremo Design. The arcaded base of the Bremo house suggested a treatment for the substructure.
My interpretation. My design (Figure 4) extends a porch around two sides of the small house, with an arcade of wooden posts supporting the outer edge of the porch. The wide eaves of the gable roof come down as low as possible, imitating the horizontal lines of the porch. The effect is an extended base topped by a massive, floating roof. Thus, the height of the house, extending right up to the 35-foot height limit, is disguised: It looks like an ordinary two-story house sitting on the ground.
Figure 4. Tully Design. The low, wide eaves of the Tully design — reminiscent of the Fortier house — work with the extended porch to disguise the true height of the building.
After considering various kinds of panels, I ended up with the enclosure recommended by FEMA (1986 edition) and embraced by my engineer: This consists of a wall of unreinforced (but mortared) concrete block masonry units (CMUs). To make the problems associated with breakaway construction clear, consider the following wall panel scenarios:
Suppose that the wall panels do not break away from the structure when hit by a wave. The pier suddenly "looks" to the wave as if it were a full bay wide, perhaps 12 feet, instead of its real width of 16 inches: It must resist eight times the load from wave action.
If, however, the wall breaks away at the usually required 20 psf, the column experiences only a little more than the design wind load before the panel falls away (20 psf corresponds approximately to a 75-mph wind).
To achieve this result, the wall panel must not catch itself on or jam itself within the structure. To this end, a 2-inch gap is necessary between the panel and the columns at each side. You can cover the gap, as long as the covering will let go and get out of the way (Plan View, Figure 1).
How can a panel be designed to break away at a particular loading? The method I devised was to stiffen the top edge of the panel and attach it to the structure by a few carefully designed 1/2-inch stainless-steel breakaway pins. The CMU wall is topped with a continuous bond beam in which are embedded two pins, one at either end (Beam Detail, Figure 1). The diameter of each necked-down section was calculated so that the ultimate strength at that diameter equaled half the load needed to topple the wall. Even if the pins are made with stainless steel, the owner should have them examined periodically for rust, and replaced if corroded.
Once a panel falls away, it should break up into small pieces. CMUs are ideal: They simply fall down and stay more or less put. Wood panels are much harder to design, as a typical stud wall with plywood skin will stay intact if waves break it away, and this floating raft will wreak havoc among the structural supports.
To improve the aesthetic appeal of the base of the house, I chose to disguise the block by attaching wood battens to the CMU wall at 8 inches on-center. These battens also close the gaps at the ends of the infill panels. The shadows from the raked horizontal block joints combine with the strong shadows of the battens to create a nice grid pattern.
In order to enter such a house, the breakaway concept has to be compromised by the introduction of a permanent stairway. In this case, I left the risers open, surrounded the stair with a breakaway wall that must fall outward (it luckily points away from the water), and put the front door at the top of the stairs. Some code officials might allow a permanent full enclosure for the stair, but it seems to me such a structure is asking to be battered to pieces in a severe storm. A second stair is off the deck, where it can be heaved up out of harm's way like a gangplank whenever the house is not occupied (the stringers are spindled on a pipe at the top).
The client had a split reaction to the absence of a visible front door. It didn't bother the husband, but it did bother the wife. At one point, they were thinking of extending the stair to include a ground-floor entry hall.
Insulation is a consideration, too. The underside of the main floor must be heavily insulated, like a roof, by upsizing the joists (2x10s or 2x12s). Keep any horizontal plumbing at the top of the insulation: It is probably okay in most cases to cut the tub drain into the top of the (oversized) joists, but check with the engineer.
I ran all the house ductwork in the ceiling of the main level to avoid heating ducts in the floor, knowing that no matter how hard you try, the ducts will not be properly protected if placed in the insulated floor. — Gordon Tully is an architect in Norwalk, Conn., and teaches a summer executive education course at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Photos and illustrations by the author, except where noted.
Sources of Information
For more examples of historic precedents, consult the indispensable A Field Guide to American Houses, by Virginia and Lee McAlester, published by Alfred A. Knopf and available in paperback for about $20.
The bible on this subject is the Coastal Construction Manual published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Document FEMA-55 (available by calling the FEMA Publication Distribution Facility at 800-480-2520).


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Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Injury Free Coalition for Kids program
The Foundation's program, Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Dissemination of a Model Injury Prevention Program For Children and Adolescents, was designed to reduce and prevent injuries to children through a hospital-based, research-driven model, implemented in partnership with coalitions of community stakeholders.This grant provides support for the Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) Center within the Columbia University School of Public Health to continue to serve as the primary contact point for all inquiries about IFCK. The Center has developed a roster of staff and IFCK members who are available to provide technical assistance to new sites on program development, evaluation, coalition, communications, and media.
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Amount Awarded $830,725.00
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Time frame: 1/1/2004 - 12/31/2004
Grant Number: 46996
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Palm Springs looks for new educational board member
Board looks for member to fill seat vacated by Justin Blake
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Palm Springs Unified School District's Board of Education is looking for a new member to fill the seat vacated by Justin Blake, it announced Wednesday.
Blake said his resignation will come on February, 1.
The board is seeking qualified applicants for a provisional appointment on or before its meeting on February, 25. The new member will fill the seat through the end of Blake's term, which will end on December, 5, 2014.
The deadline to apply for the position is January, 23, and interviews will be scheduled at the Board of Education meeting on February, 11, according to officials.
If you're interested in applying, contact Superintendent Dr. Christine Anderson
at email@example.com to request an application. Applicants must be 18 years of age and registered voters living within the Palm Springs Unified School District boundaries.
Blake has served on the Board since 2005 and cited personal and business
obligations as his reasons for his resignation, according to the Board of Education.
It is and has been the policy of the District to provide equal employment and individual opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender, sexual preference, veteran or disability status.
It is the District's policy not to violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act or any other local, state or federal law, regulation or ordinance prohibiting discrimination in employment, according to officials.


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I've always viewed sunrises as the world waking up and saying, "Good morning!" to me and sunrises as the world saying, "Good night and sleep tight!"
I rejoice at reaching the end of my day – usually a day of chaos, and crave the down time that comes with late evening. And every night I bounce out of bed to see what beautiful sunrise I've been graced with on the next day.
I love to wake up in time to see the morning wake up with me. Although I find March and November the hardest months to do this. Waking at 5 am throughout the summer is the best. You'll often find me out walking in woods enjoying the fresh air and
As my kids are getting older, it's been waking them up in the morning to watch the sun come up. Funny how it's never a problem getting them to watch sunsets, though! 🙂
I also relate the imagery of the start and end of a day on my projects, and with Maddy's Floor now live (the contest for an ecopy is still open here) I liken that project to the sunset. It's finished. It can rest (or I can!)
And the next day, the next sunrise, I have a new project to start. Now in my case I have a lot of sunrises and sunset always rising and waning. I wanted to share some beautiful pictures taken from my neighbourhood.
These first two are sunrises from my neighbourhood. The last two are sunsets from outside the front of my house. Both were taken by my son.
This last one is my favorite – mostly because of the unique light. This one is after an evening rain.
Isn't the light stunning?
But not everyone loves early mornings and late nights like I do. So many of us are one or the other.
My kids have switched from later nights to early mornings!
Are you a sunrise or sunset person? Early risers or early sleepers? Or do you enjoy both? What do you to enjoy this time of day!
Just a note – I have four books on for FREE today if you are looking for something to read! Hide'n Go Seek, It's a Dog's Life, In Cassie's Corner, and Career Essentials: The Resume are all available for free download from Amazon.com.


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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Guest Blogger: Lisa Brackmann on the Writing Process and ROCK PAPER TIGER
Ian Rankin, he of the best-selling Inspector Rebus mystery series, once said, and I am wildly paraphrasing here, "If I knew what was going to happen, why write the book?"
That's pretty much how I work. I can't actually think of a story if I try to outline one. I don't know what's going to happen, and I want to find out. So I write it.
The downside of working this way is that I frequently write in a state of vague panic, because I have no idea if the story is going to work until I type "End," and sometimes not even then.
The process through which I came up with Rock Paper Tiger was typically messy.
I'd decided that I wanted to write a book set primarily in contemporary China. I'd lived in China years ago, been traveling there regularly for the past 10 years, and I speak some Chinese.
As a writer, I tend to be inspired by place. In another life, I would have been a journalist, I think. I like to observe in close detail, to anchor my work in an environment, real or imagined, that has concrete specificity. Today's China is a setting that I know pretty well, that I felt I could handle with some authority, and that not many Western writers had used, at least not effectively.
I am also often inspired by current events. There was something that one of the soldiers implicated in the Abu Ghraib scandal said that had stuck in my head. It went, roughly: "I'm a good Christian. I teach Sunday School. But there's a part of me that likes to see a grown man piss himself in fear."
Well, I needed to know what that was about.
I'm a news junkie and for many years was a researcher by profession. When I am writing, I do seek out specific details that I need for a story, but I also cast a wide net and obsessively soak up as much information as I can. In the case of RPT, I knew that I wanted to deal with Iraq and the War on Terror, but I didn't necessarily know what it was that I needed to know. By immersing myself in the subject, reading far too many articles about the war and how it was conducted on a macro level by the policy-makers, and also, on a micro level, about the daily life of troops serving in country, I had a better idea of what was important, what was relevant—what the story needed to be about.
I also had this notion that I wanted there to be a conspiracy of some sort, and given China, that maybe it should have something to do with online gaming, which is hugely popular there. I'd also wanted there to be airships, because I'm obsessed with them, but ultimately I had to throw the blimps out (Dammit).
The challenge then became how to take these disparate elements and craft them into a cohesive narrative.
I wrote Rock Paper Tiger when I was working full-time in a pretty demanding job, so basically I wrote from about 10 PM – well, that's when I'd start thinking about writing, but generally I didn't really dig into it till closer to 11 – until 1, 2 AM. Almost every night during the work-week, longer on weekends. I never got quite enough sleep, and I was always vaguely cranky till maybe mid-afternoon. And I drank a ton of coffee. Also wine.
I'll skip over the ridiculous number of hours it took for me to write some semblance of a book and fast-forward to when I queried Nathan, and he expressed an interest in working with me on the MS.
One of the problems with the original version of RPT was that it fell between too many genres. Six of them, I think. Nathan was willing to look at a rewrite of the book, if I took it in a certain direction.
I'd had another agent read the book, and this agent had suggested I take a direction that to me didn't make much sense. Nathan's ideas, on the other hand, were in line with my own. So I said, "sounds good!" and got to work.
This is key. You may find as you go through this process that you get "revise and resubmit" responses. Those can be incredible opportunities. But you need to distinguish between agents (and editors) whose vision resonates with your own and those who really want you to write a different book. And maybe you're willing to write that different book. But I wasn't. It would have taken me too far away from the vision that inspired me to write my book in the first place.
It can be tough to learn what advice to take and what to discard. Again, you have to find what resonates with you, and also, to accept that sometimes the feedback that you find the most painful is that which points to something you really need to work on.
The revisions on this book were primarily about narrowing its scope, paring away elements that threatened to push it into genres where we didn't want it to go. That meant cutting a lot of Ellie's backstory and life in the States between her time in Iraq and her present-day adventures in China. Even though I ended up not using this material, having written it was not at all a waste of time – it helped me understand and develop Ellie's character at a deeper level than if I hadn't done that work.
The other major structural changes came from a constant fiddling/reordering of the "present day" plot with the flashback plot – where did it make the most sense to place flashback scenes in the present day story? It was a real challenge, because I needed them to make sense story-wise, and more importantly, I had to maintain the flow and the tension of the book as a whole.
Tension. That's a big one.
I think this applies to any genre, but when you are writing a book with thriller elements, you absolutely have to craft every scene with tension, to take that narrative thread and pull it tight. This was and is a real challenge for me, and it's probably what took me the most time in the revisions.
As for the amount of time the revisions took, let's just say "a lot." After Nathan and I started working together, I revised for a solid seven months, and that was putting in a lot of hours (SEE: "Sleep-deprived, cranky, over-caffeinated" above. Oh, and add to that "minimal social life").
The upside of all this labor? When Soho Press bought the book, my dreaded "editorial letter" was all of a couple short paragraphs. I still would have a lot to do for them in advance of publication, but the tough creative work was mostly behind me. I'm not naïve enough to think that this will always be the case for future books, but I would much rather take the time on the front end, before the MS goes to the editor, and save myself whatever work I can when I'm actually under contract.
Every writer is different and I'm not one to impose my own methods on others (it wouldn't be nice, unless you too are a fan of sleep-deprivation, panic and caffeine). But here are a few thoughts about process that I think apply whether you're a plotter or a pantser.
Be patient. Everyone talks about the need for patience during the querying and submission process – I mean, there's not much choice there. Things take as long as they take, and they aren't in your control. But I'm talking about being patient with yourself when you are writing, and that is a choice. I've seen too many writers rush their revisions in the desire to finish the damn thing and get it out the door, and while I understand just how much they want to get it done and make it go away and get that book contract already, a hasty process rarely leads to quality results. Sometimes you need to slow down, step back, take a nice long walk and let the ideas marinate a while.
Take risks. Think deeply. Care about what you write. Have the ego and non-gendered balls to think that your work is important. Write what moves you, what entertains you and sometimes, what pains you. Dig into the places in yourself that hurt the most and see what you find. Sometimes that's where your book is hiding.
85 comments:
- Neil said...
Thanks for this, very insightful and considered. Good luck with the book.
- June 3, 2010 at 11:47 AM
inspiring at the time i need it most...thank you.
- June 3, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- owlandsparrow said...
Lisa, thank you for sharing your motivating (and SO TRUE) perspective. "Things take as long as they take, and they aren't in your control" - a great, and timely, reminder for me as I'm trying to tame my WIP into a third draft. (Also timely? The parts about being patient and not rushing.)
- June 3, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- Sangu said...
This is a lovely post, Lisa! Thank you for writing it, and thank you for having Lisa on here, Nathan!
- June 3, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Francis said...
Congratulations for believing in your dram until the very end! I hope success finds you!
- June 3, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Ted Cross said...
I'm writing my current book under similar circumstances, setting it in Moscow, where I lived for four years (oddly, I also lived in Beijing for three). The problem I have is a worry about too many foreign names perhaps being a problem for American readers. I'm choosing the names that I think work better for Americans, but still...there are so many of them.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- Josin L. McQuein said...
Thanks for sharing your experience, and I'm sorry you had to lose the airships. I guess you'll just have to write a steampunk story and put them there. :-)
- June 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- Steppe said...
A lot of good advice that I've read many times before. What made it come alive in totality for me was when you wrapped it around the word *tension* it's something I've become very aware of from exercises here and there analyzing and editing other peoples work. Also; to raise that flow and continuity magnet effect that pulls the reader relentlessly forward I find the willingness(patience) to revise walk away, clear my mind,then revise again essential to make page flow as crisp as humanly possible.
I''ll buy the book and read it with a very critical eye towards learning.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Simon C. Larter said...
Hahahahaa! I like Lisa Brackmann. I mean, who wouldn't like a fellow writer who confesses to staying up too late, drinking too much caffeine (and wine), and being cranky till midafternoon? Well, fine. Some people wouldn't like someone like that, but I do, and this is my comment, so my opinion is all that counts here.
I think, Lisa, that you just convinced me to buy your book, on strength of personality alone. If you're ever in Philly, let's hang out and have martinis. It'd be fun. :)
- June 3, 2010 at 12:19 PM
- D. G. Hudson said...
Enjoyed your post, Lisa. Thanks for sharing your insights, and a bit of your initial creative process.
Good luck with ROCK PAPER TIGER!
- June 3, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- April said...
Great post. Thank you so much. You sound a lot like how I write...when I'm writing which I've fallen back quite a bit. Thank you for the encouragement, intended or not. Good luck!
- June 3, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Davy DeGreeff said...
Non-Gendered Balls would be a great band name.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- Joyce said...
Thanks for the post and the inspiration! I'm looking forward to reading your book.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Wonderful post from a wonderfully kind writer.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Chuck H. said...
A heartfelt thanks from a fellow pantser. Now if I can just attract the attention of a sympatico agent. . . Oh well, time to gather up my non-gendered balls and get back to the old WIP. Thanks again and good luck with the book.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Bryan Russell (Ink) said...
Great post, Lisa. And boy I hear you on revisions. :)
Really looking forward to my copy arriving so I can crack it open.
My best, as always,
- June 3, 2010 at 1:01 PM
What a fabulous post. Thank you.
I can see why you and Nathan would make a great fit.
Best of luck in this launch!
- June 3, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- February Grace said...
Amazing post. I am so printing this out. I am so glad to know that I'm not the only one who feels that way about outlines.
I have to find out where the story is going, that's why I am compelled to write it.
"(it wouldn't be nice, unless you too are a fan of sleep-deprivation, panic and caffeine)."
Sadly not a fan exactly but it is the life I live.
Thank you so much for the encouragement, Ms. Brackmann. Wishing you every success now and in future- sounds like you've certainly earned it with all the work you've put in!
- June 3, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Nancy said...
Thanks, Lisa and Nathan! Great post! I need to hear, "Be patient" regularly, I think...
- June 3, 2010 at 1:32 PM
- Bhalachandra said...
I rushed through my first revisions of my first novel, and discovered (by a editor's help) how much more work I need to do on it. At present, I am taking it slow and making every page and almost every word count. I am taking Bardbury's advice on making each story I write as good as I can make it before going on to another one.
- June 3, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Ryan Z Nock said...
I'm buying this book.
- June 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Justin and Melinda said...
Congratulations and thank you! It's so refreshing to hear stories and encouragement like this. Writing is one of the most amazing things I've experienced, but it's not an easy process because it's not supposed to be. Thanks again! Great timing for me as well.
- June 3, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Other Lisa said...
It's still morning, isn't it?
Thanks for all of your kind words.
I'm drinking coffee now.
- June 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- pensees said...
Dig into the places in yourself that hurt the most and see what you find. Sometimes that's where your book is hiding. - great line!
Thanks for your insight!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:06 PM
- Scott said...
Brilliant post, Lisa. I see a lot of my method in yours--integrating sometimes disparate curiosities into a cohesive, fictional narrative being a big one--and it was great to read that back.
Congratulations on your success and long may it continue.
- June 3, 2010 at 2:06 PM
- T. Anne said...
Excellent post Lisa! I actually just finished revisions and turned them in to an agent. I hope I'm as fortunate as you were. Nathan is an awesome agent! You are very lucky to have him. Can't wait to read RPT.
- June 3, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Claudie said...
Well, your writing schedule and habits sure sound like mine. (Coffee addict? Check. Sleep-deprived? Check. Wine? Check. Check. Check the whole list, really). The only difference is that I do plot and outline... and it lasts until about halfway through the book, ha!
Thanks for the advice and for the insight. Patience is a hard quality to master.
- June 3, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- Other Lisa said...
I'm doing a little better on the sleep-deprivation thing -- the upside of not working a day job is that I'm finally getting enough sleep!
The caffeine remains however. I left out the part about my crazy coffee-making process with a burr grinder and a Chemex.
- June 3, 2010 at 2:15 PM
- Emily White said...
Great advice on being patient. I think that is key. I'm often tempted to rush through my revisions, but ultimately I find it's far more productive to take a step back once in a while and make sure they're done right.
Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us! :D
- June 3, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
I really hear you and get what you're saying on so many levels. I'm also a news junkie (I originally went to college to study journalism, and sometimes still wonder if I should have followed up on that), a pantser kind of writer who doesn't create very good outlines, I drink far too much coffee and spend huge numbers of hours on the computer when I'm writing, but absolutely love the process of writing despite the long hours and back-breaking labor of it. I also agree that it's wonderful to work with professionals who understand and enjoy your vision for your own book but are able to offer editorial suggestions that will make it better – that type of experience is awesome.
I love ROCK PAPER TIGER, and always appreciate how much I learn through your Twitter tweets about news stories. May you sell millions of copies of ROCK PAPER TIGER!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:22 PM
- Sean Patrick Reardon said...
Great post and I'm glad all your sacrifices have paid off.
Loved the nod to Rankin. Best of luck!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Lisa, thanks for the reality check! Glad your hard work paid off for you. Congrats!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Adam Heine said...
I just want to know where I can buy the version with the airships in it :-)
- June 3, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Dana Fredsti said...
Lisa, you know exactly how timely this post is for me, especially the part about things not always being in one's control.
I am in agreement that Non Gendered Balls would make an awesome band name...
- June 3, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- ryan field said...
I enjoyed this post. I have a different process for each book I write. Sometimes there's an outline, and sometimes I wing it. but I usually prefer to wing it.
Can't wait to read RPT. Hope you sell, knock wood, tons of copies.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- MJR said...
Thanks so much for your post...useful and inspiring...
I'm really looking forward to reading ROCK PAPER TIGER...
- June 3, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Other Lisa said...
I once wrote an entire half-season of a TV series -- for fun, mind you -- in which airships are heavily featured. Sort of cheerful post-collapse. Needs work, but one of these days...
That's another thing I would have put in this post if I'd thought about it. Not everything you write has to be with the intention of selling it. Writing for fun is a great way to learn and get your chops up, and also it's not so inhibiting as when you are writing to sell. You know, no one has to see it but you.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM
- Kristan said...
Thank you. Thank you SO MUCH for those last 2 paragraphs. (And for confirming that my 10p-1a lifestyle is not crazy. Or at least not alone in its craziness.) Those last 2 paragraphs in particular are what I needed to hear right now. I've got a publisher interested in my book, but they want revisions, and I want to give them my ideas yesterday, but the truth is, I need more time to fully develop them. And I worry that they'll lose interest in me while I am working and not in their face. But you're right: Quality results matter more than lightning-quick turnaround.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Victoria Dixon said...
Want my copy NOW. What was that you said about patience? LOL Wow, it's comforting to hear a successful writer talk about the same things I've done - China, research, pantsing and all. And yes, Ted, the names are a challenge, aren't they? ;D Lisa, thank you so much for sharing and I look forward to reading the book.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- Other Lisa said...
Er, patience doesn't apply when it comes to buying my book. By all means, go out there and hunt it down today! ;)
- June 3, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- Kat Sheridan said...
Lisa, I've sat on the sidelines and watched your creative process, sat up late at night reading emails from your cranky, stressed out self, and still am in awe of what a consumate artist you are. And you know, I wish you could have had the airships as well!
That said, Rock Paper Tiger is one of the most amazing, breathtaking books I've had the privilege of reading in years. It flat out blew me away. And Nathan is awesom for having recognized that and pointing out the places you could hone it to an even finer edge!
With all my heart, wishing you spectacular success with Rock Paper Tiger, and I can hardly wait to see what you have up your sleeve next!
And really, you should share more about the airships...
- June 3, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Susana Mai said...
That was a great post! No wonder you got published! I like how you didn't talk about your book all that much, but your writing and honesty made me want to read it all the same...
- June 3, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- Olivia Cunning said...
Hi, Lisa! Insightful post. Still chortling about the non-gendered balls comment. I'm glad I was privileged enough to witness your rewrite process from the wings. It did a lot to prod me in the right (write) direction. This stuff is hard work.
I just finished the revisions on my second published novel. Sorta. I discovered last night that I need to do some work in the tension department. I think if I'm nodding off while line-editing a scene, that's a clue that it's lacking in tension, don't you think? :-) Or maybe I had not consumed enough caffiene before attempting the fifty-third-give-or-take reread of the manuscript. I'm not sure, but I think it's the former. So it's back into the revision process to tighten this scene ending (did I mention I thought I was done?). Sometimes I don't think revisions would ever end if not for deadlines. I keep finding ways to better the manuscript even after it's "done" and that's good for the book, I suppose, but not so good for my sanity.
Best of luck with Rock Paper Tiger, Lisa. I'm definitely enjoying my much coveted, autographed, hardcover copy. Yes, I admit it, I'm bragging a bit about the autograph.
- June 3, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Lisa, just wanted to say that you said exactly what I needed to hear in that last paragraph. Thanks so much for posting how you work!
- June 3, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Kelly Wittmann said...
Wonderful post-- thank you!
- June 3, 2010 at 4:46 PM
- Terry Stonecrop said...
Inspiring post! Thoughtful and helpful advice. Thanks.
- June 3, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Remilda Graystone said...
Oh my gosh, this post was wonderful. Thanks for doing this Lisa and Nathan! It's really helpful to hear about others' writing process, especially when they've made it.
I can't wait to read Rock Paper Tiger, by the way. Sounds like my kind of book.
- June 3, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- VA said...
Your generosity and professionalism are evident in the tone of your writing process delineation. It is work. Write hard, write long, and write often. Sounds like something a wombat might say.
Best of luck with sales.
- June 3, 2010 at 5:15 PM
- Amanda Sablan said...
Very intelligent post. Patience is a writer's worst enemy, but it can be overcome.
- June 3, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- Amanda Sablan said...
Impatience, I mean. xD
- June 3, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- Mel Skinner said...
Thanks for this post. Congrats and much luck with the sales!
- June 3, 2010 at 5:32 PM
- Debra Driza said...
Awesome post, Lisa--and I so love the support for pantsers, er, us organic writing folks. :D It gives me hope for my WIP, which I really, really wanted to outline, but just couldn't for the life of me.
(P.S. Just started your book and 'tis awesome. Boo that I'm missing out on our meeting next weekend! :(
- June 3, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Valerie L Smith said...
It's encouraging to read about other people who ditch the outline. And I'm comforted to know that published authors don't sit at a desk and whip out a perfect manuscript on the first or even second attempt.
- June 3, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- Unrepentant Escapist said...
Thanks for the insightful comments. Good luck on this and future books!
- June 3, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- Stephen Prosapio said...
Good post Lisa!
Having read Rock Paper Tiger already I can say that your process worked!!! Fantastic book.
- June 3, 2010 at 6:18 PM
Best you go look at Scott Westerfield's new title. The book trailer is brilliant.
- June 3, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Kristi Helvig said...
Lisa, thanks for such an inspiring post! I'm also not an outliner and have no idea where I'm going until I get there, but that's part of the fun of writing for me. I can't wait to read your book - congrats!
- June 3, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Ben Campbell said...
My thesis is to enjoy the process, voyage, expedition, excursion, crossing, passage and much more. Thanks for spilling your compelling journey into this blog.
- June 3, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- Nicole L Rivera said...
Thank you for your post, it made me feel better about where I am with my writing. I pray you have tons of success with your book, and many more books to come.
- June 3, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- Jan O'Hara (aka hope101) said...
I've said this to you before, Lisa, but I take perverse comfort in the fact your process and revisions took so long because I can see how well they turned out for you.
Oh! And count me as another who snorted at the non-gendered balls. This is a lovely post and the balls the...er, icing on the cake.
- June 3, 2010 at 7:28 PM
- John Philipp said...
Lisa, what an illuminating peek into the writing process, at least from your point of view. I found it very useful.
I've read RPT and thoroughly enjoyed it, so all those things you talked about revising clearly went well.
Good luck on the book circuit.
- June 3, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Jenny said...
Yay, Lisa, and congratulations! I'm glad that you're hard work is paying off. Thanks so much for posting, as well. Your insights are inspirational.
- June 3, 2010 at 8:52 PM
- Mark said...
I use place extensively too, and I am a journalist, so I can identify with that, if not with China so much. Getting good professional advice that makes sense in accordance with your vision for the story is key. I've done that too as to tone and length. It's made both of my books much better by knowing what to avoid and what to explore in more depth. Also I learned that to call something a thriller one must give equal time, or something resembling it, to the villain. Spanning genres makes a tough sale.
Taking on hot social issues in fiction can be polarizing for some readers, and agents, but with the right agent and publishing house it can work as it has in Lisa's case.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:10 PM
- readwriteandedit said...
Lisa, what great encouragement for us. Thanks for the insights and the details of your writing process.
Just got my copy of Rock, Paper, Tiger today and I plan to dive in as soon as I post this. Good luck and have many, many sales.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- ddelano said...
Thanks for this wonderful post. We hear/read so much advice from well established writers - it is truly inspiring to have these words of wisdom from someone just launching into orbit! Thank you!
- June 3, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- James Rafferty said...
Lisa, wonderful post. I've heard you say some of this before, but loved hearing more on the specifics of how you ended up with the final version of RPT. You continue to be an inspiration to all of the writing wombats.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:47 PM
- Dale said...
Good post. Great book! I hope you find a way of getting airships into your next book.
- June 3, 2010 at 10:05 PM
A description of the writing process with which I can unequivocally identify, Lisa, though my sins extend also to beer in large quantities and the chain smoking of fat cigars. Whatever it takes. Well done for making it through the wringer.
You comment on changes that Nathan suggested and with which you complied in a re-write (or at the least heavy edit). I presume you believe 'RPT' benefited, I hope in the artistic as well as commercial sense.
When thinking about 'queries, editing, what's commercial enough to get through the mangle', I often ponder on Malcolm Lowry's experience trying to publish 'Under the Volcano'. After many years, he finally got a bite from Jonathan Cape, who, however 'suggested' major changes, such as reducing the number of chapters from 12 to six amongst other modest demands.
In response, Lowry wearily composed a 20,000 word rebuttal, explaining the architecture of his novel and why this would be destroyed if he even began to comply with anything that had been asked of him. Basically, he ended the correspondence by saying, very politely, of course, 'I sent you guys a novel. Do you want to publish it, or do you not.'
A mild account of this exchange in Lowry's own words appeared in a preface to first the French edition of the novel.
The clash between artistic integrity and commercial realism began to take off several decades ago, when publishers began (were forced?) to focus less on the literary merit of the material, in an absolute sense, and more and more on what the reading public would readily buy --- certainly not 'Under the Volcano', which in spite of its high ranking amongst the finest novels of the 20th century, is hard going for many readers and would not enable the publishing house to meet its quota for the quarter.
I'm glad you, Lisa, were able to find an Agent whose guidance was aligned with your own thinking about what you were trying to achieve. No compromise needed. I'd say you were lucky if it did not seem to me from your piece that you made your own luck.
- June 3, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- RaShelle said...
The hours between 11-2am are the creative hours. Your post was great. Can't wait to read your book. Xie Xie. =D LOL
- June 3, 2010 at 10:51 PM
- heather said...
oh my goodness i was SO excited to read this! not to be all like 'we are SO much alike', but the way you spoke of just writing to see how it ended - that's pretty much how i write. no outline, just write what comes to me. i loved this post and can't wait to getthe book! thanks for sharing :)
- June 3, 2010 at 10:58 PM
- Mira said...
Lisa - terrific post. I loved what you had to say about staying with your vision. And your last two paragraphs are very wise and totally on target about the creative process, imho. I personally really appreciate them - thank you.
That's so cool to hear about how you wrote your action book and maintained the suspense - the fact that you're a skilled writer came through partly in what you said - and partly in the fact that this is an interesting post, and kept me reading from start to finish. It takes some skill to make a post about the writing process both interesting and insightful and you pulled it off. :)
Best of luck - not just for this book, but for your career. May it be long, fruitful, fulfilling and successful.
- June 3, 2010 at 11:34 PM
- sherrie_super said...
Great post! I've read Rock Paper Tiger, and it's AWESOME -- so it's pretty interesting to see what went on behind the scenes to craft the book.
- June 4, 2010 at 12:04 AM
Great post Nathan. I love this one. I'm probably going to read it many times...
I'll have to buy this book too. I looked for it in Chapters today, but no luck... either it's not out in Canada yet, or it was sold out :P
- June 4, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- Leila said...
Thanks for your insightful comments.
I'm really looking forward to reading RPT!
- June 4, 2010 at 12:42 AM
- Kathryn Paterson said...
Thank you so much for this, Lisa (and Nathan), particularly for those last two paragraphs. I'm working on Draft #3 and getting to that point where I'm not sure if what I'm doing is actually making the work worse or better. I also have the problem of the work fitting into multiple genres, and am trying to think about that while redrafting. But those last two paragraphs really helped, because I've been getting down on myself for not being further along.
- June 4, 2010 at 2:07 AM
- Other Lisa said...
Hey, everyone, thanks for your lovely comments!
I did write the book I wanted to write, and the revisions were a part of that process -- I never felt like I was compromising my vision; it was a case of more fully realizing it.
Take care, all of you, and enjoy your writing journeys. And thanks for reading the book!
- June 4, 2010 at 2:46 AM
Great advice, thank you for sharing, Lisa. The writing trials and tribulations of an emerging author are usually unknown or ignored once their book finds success. Writing is a lonely business up to the point of 'confirmation' by way of publishing. It takes stamina, faith, a willingness to view one's work critically and a great love of the craft itself.
Can't wait to see ROCK PAPER TIGER in my book store!
- June 4, 2010 at 4:54 AM
- Erasmus said...
Waw, thank you so much Lisa. I recognize many working points; the multiple genres in one, the writing without a clear outline... and your panic while creating new worlds on paper. I appreciate your willingness to share valuable advice with others and I can't wait to read your Rock Paper Tiger book here in Aruba - I will wait patiently for it to arrive, as I write to achieve my writing goals. Sunny regards!
- June 4, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Ishta Mercurio said...
Thanks for this post! The part about being patient is a good reminder for me. I hate it when I just have to let the ideas marinate for a while - I know the marinating is good, but not typing every day really makes me feel guilty, as if no new words = no progress.
- June 4, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- Jaleh D said...
I especially liked that last paragraph about digging deep in yourself. It's hard to get so personal, but sometimes memories serve to make a story more meaningful.
- June 4, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Johan seminario said...
how do you do that
- June 4, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Johan seminario said...
how do you do that
- June 4, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Ink Spills said...
Lisa, you have sufficiently slapped my undedicated hand. I have pulled my WIP back out. Thank you.
- June 6, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- maven said...
Lisa, I always knew you would get this novel published. I never had the slightest doubt about it. Your writing is unique, as you are. Your guardian angel gave you Mr. Bransford, whose talent, insight, and generosity are rare in today's environment. You both deserve great success.
- June 6, 2010 at 9:32 PM
- MBW aka Olleymae said...
I love this! Thanks so much for sharing, Lisa!!! I can't wait to get the book :)
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Shares of online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Internet television network provider Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), online travel company TripAdvisor Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) and The Priceline Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) went up 3.6%, 5.1%, 5.8% and 2.4%, respectively.
Also, shares of momentum stocks such as electric car maker Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Internet radio service provider Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) advanced 1.3% and 6.0%, respectively.
Bio-tech stocks too boosted the broader markets on Monday. Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD), Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN), Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) increased 0.7%, 4.1%, 0.2%, 4.9% and 2.6%, respectively.
Benchmarks also ended higher due to gains in the Industrial sector. The Industrial Select Sector SPDR (ETF:XLI) rose 1.5%. Key stocks from the sector such as General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) and 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) increased 1.6%, 1.4%, 1.2%, 1.1% and 1.1%, respectively.
A new deal between Pinnacle Foods Inc. (NYSE: PF) and The Hillshire Brands Company (NYSE: HSH) was welcomed by the investors. Hillshire Brands agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods for about $4.3 billion in cash and stock. Including debt, the deal is valued at $6.6 billion. Pinnacle Foods shareholders will receive $18.00 in cash and 0.50 shares of Hillshire Brands for every Pinnacle share they own, amounting to total consideration of $36.48. Shares of Pinnacle Foods surged 13.2% while shares of the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and Sara Lee frozen bakery goods dropped 3.2%.
Coming to economic data, according to the Department of the Treasury, total budget receipts aggregated to $414.0 billion in April, a surplus of $107.0 billion. The surplus was less than the consensus estimate of a surplus of $114.6 billion.
Nine out of 10 sectors of the S&P 500 ended in the green. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (ETF:XHB) led the advance among the S&P 500 sectors. The sector rose 2.2%. Key housing stocks such as PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM), Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN), DR Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) and Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH) increased 2.8%, 2.2%, 2.8% and 0.5%, respectively.
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Today's caveat: I skated for the first time since before surgery, I worked on getting ready for an art festival tomorrow, and I went to a birthday party. I'm tired. Very tired. But I refuse to give up this early in the month, and I wanted to add another character to the mix. So. Here's today part. With more time and energy…but at least something is written!
The three teens stood close together under the trees around the Asylum. The moon glowed through the branches, but only a sharp eye would have seen the young people standing there. They wore black, as they always did, and hoods hid their faces.
Sneaking into the Asylum had been Hannah's idea. She'd longed to see what was inside for as long as she could remember. It was rumored that her grandmother lived in the Asylum, but whenever Hannah asked her parents, they hushed her and reminded her that all of her grandparents were dead.
The boys with her had quickly agreed to join in her adventure. Of course they wanted to go. That's what they said. Neither would ever admit otherwise to Hannah when under her gaze. But looking up at the high walls, both boys wondered if they liked Hannah that much.
She sensed their hesitation. "I'm going first," she said. "Don't follow me if you're scared."
The boys insisted they weren't scared. They said one of them should go first and make sure it was safe.
"My plan. My glory," she replied. In her gloved hands she held the hook and the rope she'd stolen from her father's workshop. She stepped out from under the tree, steadied herself, and tossed the hook up. The first few tries sent the large hook hurtling back at them. They boys jumped backwards. She kept trying.
Eventually, the hook caught. She pulled herself up. At the top of the wall were spikes and embedded in the concrete was broken glass. It took effort, but she'd been training for this. She managed to balance herself with one foot on each side of a spike. The heel of her boot cracked a bit of glass. She could see into the courtyard. Finally, for the first time she saw the front doors of the Asylum.
A light glowed above the grand doors, but otherwise the building was in darkness. The moonlight reflected on window panes. She was surprised that there were no bars on most of the windows. She'd assumed there'd be bars.
One of the boys called to her.
Hannah looked over the grounds, and it seemed safe. She was about to say something to the boys, when the sound of a rusty hinge caught her attention. She looked up at the roof. She gasped.
A boy in pajamas was climbing out a window. The roof was steep. Surely the child was going to fall.
Hannah bent down and picked up the rope. She began to coil it into her hands.
"Hannah?" said one of the boys. "What are you doing?"
With all the rope in her hand, she let it fall to the other side of the wall. The little boy, she notice, was still standing on the roof, his hands outstretch as if he were catching moonlight.
"Han!" said the other teenage boy down on the ground. "Hannie!"
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'Boy how things stay the same. The Sabres made a kid starting his 5th NHL game in goal look like he's a hall of famer losing in Edmonton Thursday night 4-1. Changes have been made, but this club plays just like it did for the past two seasons.'
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February 28, 2012
Last week's announcement from the FTC that it has reached a settlement with several window companies regarding their claims about the energy efficiency savings provided by their products does not come as a complete shock. Ever since the Washington State attorney general's crackdown on window dealers, industry lawyers have been warning other window and door companies to take a close look at their current advertising claims to make sure they're not inviting similar legal challenges.
With this settlement, I'm interested to know if you're concerned about your company's marketing claims, or even those you see elsewhere. I'll keep your feedback completely anonymous, of course, but please share with me if you're considering revising the claims you make when you go to market. Can you really prove that your products provide a certain percentage off of utility bills? Do you guarantee that new windows will lower heating and/or cooling costs or you'll refund the difference to the buyer? These statements could get you in trouble, if the recent settlement indicates where legal challenges are trending.
This is an important topic in our industry, and one we will continue to explore. Please send me an email or post a comment below to share your thoughts. How will this impact your business? What can we safely say to consumers about potential energy savings?
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Will the FTC settlements impact your company's marketing and advertising?
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Survey results suggest most window and door companies are comfortable with their messages on energy savings, although the FTC announcement will get many to take another look. A significant number of participants in this week's poll, nearly 30 percent, say they will have to tone down their marketing claims, and another 9 percent are likely to take a close look at their messages to be confident that they won't be a target for FTC-related challenges.
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It's inescapable: Townsville sounds dull. The major settlement on a coastline stretching 800 miles from Brisbane in the south to Cairns up north, its reputation is for the lifelessness its name suggets as well as its redneckery. I arrive during its annual agricultural show. "What some people don't understand," says a man called Richardson in the local paper, "is that shearing sheep is not a matter of life and death."
But the capital of north Queensland is also playing host to a less stereotypical event - an international playwriting festival to which more than 25 countries contribute. This year is Interplay's third in Townsville, now its permanent home. The incongruity of event and venue baffles even the participants. Steve Gilroy, a director for Britain's famously progressive Royal Court theatre - which has sent a delegation of six young dramatists and two tutors - talks in terms of "the starkest contrast I've ever encountered, between the Royal Court and this place".
My first visit to Australia's Sunshine State unfolds under a blanket of grey clouds piddling rain. The splendour of my beachside accommodation is further compromised by construction work all along the esplanade, which will turn Townsville, says Queensland premier Peter Beattie, into "the Paris of the south".
There are few indications of this imminent sophistication downtown, where a gaudy poster for that evening's "Rear of the Year" contest offers a sole splash of colour. I'm at a rugby league match later in the day, which yields no respite from the image of Townsville forming in my mind. When an event is billed as Cowboys v Manly, you know you're in a part of the world that sets a high premium on the masculine virtues.
An army base and centre for agricultural trading, Townsville co-opts its hick reputation from the state whose excesses it seems to sum up. The Texas of Australia, Queensland has been less exposed than Victoria and neighbouring New South Wales to cosmopolitan immigration. This is the state that produced One Nation party supremo Pauline Hanson. Pre-Hanson, Queensland was run for almost two decades by the peanut-farmer turned premier, Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, a reactionary who won for his state the nicknames "Johburg" - the implication of South Africa-style oppression is deliberate - and "the Deep North". Among many eccentricities, Bjelke-Petersen mooted independence for the state and tried to have Elizabeth II installed Queen of Queensland.
It would be easy, then, to write off Townsville and Interplay as an unhappy mismatch. But the town's redneck facade conceals an unlikely cultural dynamism. Lorna Hempstead moved here from Manchester almost 20 years ago: now she heads the town's new Museum of Tropical Queensland. When completed in March, it will be Australia's foremost showcase for marine archaeology, centring on the wreck of the British warship Pandora, which sank nearby in 1791. It will also show artefacts excavated from that craft's more famed quarry, The Bounty.
Hempstead lives offshore, on Magnetic Island - so called because it made Captain Cook's compass go wonky. Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates used to seek refuge from the press in this densely-wooded, beach-fringed idyll, and it now occupies a high profile in Townsville's redoubled pitch for tourists. More surprisingly, the town's culture does, too.
Of Townsville's reactionary reputation, Hempstead says only, "old clichés die hard". Her first job here was with Dance North, a uniquely progressive performance company which was, she explains, the "historical coincidence" responsible for the emergence of the arts in Townsville.
Later, Jean-Pierre Voos, who once ran Kiss, one of Europe's most exciting theatre companies, came here with a nude production of The Oresteia. He expected his butt-naked classic to be chased from town; instead, attracted by Townsville's warmth toward the project, the director relocated here. That was 15 years ago; today, he runs the town's most prolific theatre group, Tropic Line.
Voos is among the tide of settlers who believe "Queensland's too good to leave to the Queenslanders". Many are artists, radiating to the sunshine and to north Queensland's biggest university, who are keen to cultivate Townsville culture. After all, a town 1,000 miles from Sydney and Melbourne must provide for itself: touring isn't viable in a country this size. And so the city with a population of 140,000 now accommodates 15 professional arts companies, and hosts not only Interplay, but the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and the Queensland Biennial Music Festival. The latter was once known as the Brisbane Biennial: the change denotes a decentralising trend intended, according to some, to counter Pauline Hanson's complaint that the regions are neglected.
That's not been the only role of politics in Townsville's cultural flowering. Throughout Bjelke-Petersen's reign, it was run by a Labor council that resisted his philistine influence. The flipside of Queensland's reactionary reputation is its history as the first state in the world to be run by a socialist administration - Andrew Dawson's Labor government in 1899, which sadly lasted only six days. But Townsville has sought doggedly to maintain that progressive tradition.
The politicians' masterstroke was to make the arts here an issue of civic pride, a means to get the town - and its politicians - noticed. Even now, Voos argues that Townsville's commitment to the arts matches the dimensions of the mayor's ambition. It amounts to social engineering, a cultural renaissance taking place irrespective of popular feeling.
But, while banners "Celebrating the Arts" adorn the streets and even the Murdoch-owned local rag roots for arts funding, Townsville practitioners won't waste time scrutinising the gift horse's mouth. They have art to make, a town to convert and an unreconstructed image to erase: "You are now entering Queensland", as the joke used to run, "turn your watches back 50 years". Those anti- redneck jibes may ring ever more hollow, and Interplay's visiting playwrights feel ever more at home, as Townsville's doctored culture takes root.
The practicals
Brian Logan flew with Qantas Airways (0345 747767) and Tourism Queensland (020 7240 0525). Flights to Cairns, from £715, onward to Tiwnsville, around £100. He stayed at the Aquarius at the Beach Hotel (00 617 477 24255), where a studio room for two adults costs $115. Interplay (00 617 4781 4993) is a biennial festival. Royal Court Young Writers Programme Aoife Mannix on 020 7565 5034.


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Situated on a lake, this caravan park/campground is 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Lake Quinault Museum and 1.9 mi (3 km) from Quinault Rain Forest Nature Trail. Quinault Rain Forest Visitor Information Center is 3.7 mi (6 km) away.
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Let the Ozzie Guillen apology tour commence
Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen, in the wake of his recent controversial comments on former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, will return to Miami to apologize publicly for his remarks.
As you may have heard, Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen, who is famous in part for saying controversial things, recently said a controversial thing. Specifically, Guillen managed to say nice things about Cuban dictator emeritus Fidel Castro, who was and is, by any objective standard, a brutal despot. As CBSSports.com Insider Jon Heyman has observed, Guillen's comments are particularly ill advised considering the demographics of the city he now represents.
So now the inevitable: Guillen, following his team's game on Monday, will return to Miami on the off day and publicly apologize for saying things like "I love Fidel Castro." The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that Guillen's act of contrition will be Tuesday at Marlins Park. "If [people] are disappointed or upset with what I said, I don't blame them, but I'm with them," Guillen has already said. "I lived in Miami for 12 years. I know exactly what [Castro] means to the town."
Perhaps, then, Guillen's forthcoming public apology, so long as he manages to stay on script, will put this to rest. Until he says something else, of course. So give it two weeks.


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Sit back and settle in to your own Salem studio at Crossland Winston-Salem - University Parkway. This space is especially designed for longer stays with the comforts and conveniences that budget-conscious travelers value most. Studios feature fully-equipped kitchens, plenty of workspace, and amenities you won't find in a typical hotel room. Within a short drive, experience Old Salem, wineries, championship golf, minor league baseball from spring to fall, and the famous Krispy Kreme Doughnuts!
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Foodies, find your calling on Winston-Salem's Fourth Street's Restaurant Row! Or discover the adjoining Downtown Arts District with galleries, restaurants and shops. During the summertime, weekend festivals abound, adding to the energy.
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Drake White: First Look
It doesn't get much better than amazing new talent emerging in country music. One artist just breaking the ice into the country music world is Drake White. White, both original and unique, is making his journey to Nashville--gaining new listeners from his very first steps on the way there.
Drake White, with newly-released singles such as "The Simple Life" and "50 Years Too Late" lead us to believe that this artist is more than worth the listen. Both songs feature an incredible tune with genuine and memorable lyrics to match.
In his single, "The Simple Life" White proclaims, "I said I'm a fan of beer ice cold / Waving at my neighbor when I meet him on the road / Kissing on my woman in the moon light / Yeah, I'm a fan of the simple life." Although simplicity is found in his lyrics, they ring so true with what the American ideas of happiness truly are--something we can all relate to.
As Drake's passionate voice blares into my headphones I know his first few steps into Nashville are just the very beginning for this incredible emerging artist. And I wholeheartedly promise you this: his journey will be one worth following.


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Halloween Treats with the Zoku Quick Pop Maker
For over a year now we've been raving about the Zoku Quick Pop Maker which allows you to make homemade popsicles in minutes for instant gratification. In fact, we love the Zoku so much we gave it one of our prestigious Very Innovative Product (VIP) Awards last February. And the team at Zoku just keeps innovating. Its latest introduction is the Single Pop Maker ($24.95 exclusively at Williams-Sonoma) which allows you to make just one pop at a time...if you're looking to self-indulge!
Now ice pops are generally served in summer and with Halloween just a day away, there's probably lots of treats in your family's future. But you can easily make the most adorable frozen snacks with a Zoku and I just had to share them with you.
The Pumpkin Pie Popsicle: Freeze layers of crushed graham crackers, pumpkin pie filling, and vanilla pudding.
Frozen Ghost: After you've made a pop in any flavor, dip it in melted white chocolate and use honey to "glue on" chocolate chip eyes.
Candy Corn on a Stick: Sandwich a layer of vanilla pudding between layers of orange and yellow Jell-O.
Use a little creativity and I'm sure you'll be able to come up with your own clever pops like the ones pictured above. Be sure to snap pics of them and share them with us on our Facebook page!
For Halloween ideas from the sweet to the spooky see Good Housekeeping's Halloween Central. And if you want your Halloween treats to be good for the environment see Green Halloween Treats from thedailygreen.com. Whatever you do on All Hallows Night, have fun and stay safe with tips from our Technical Director, Stacy Genovese.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by round, Jun 30, 2010.
That they are. Talk about overvaluing your players.
Of this years free agent list, I think Lebron and Wade are the only one who deserves a Max deal. Bosh, Boozer and Amar'e doesn't. And, of Course, Joe Johnson doesn't deserve 119 Millions.
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