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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Today I wrote a post somewhere else...

Jared Shurin of Pornokitsch, who along with his partner Anne Perry writes one of the best blogs on planet Earth, queried the Twitter about people's favorite novels from their childhoods. I responded with The Sword of Shannara and thought nothing else of it. Then Jared asked me to write about it. It took me a while. I had no idea what angle to take or how to put my thoughts into words.


This is what I can up with:
1/17/94 
Not a date the world recognizes. It's not 5/8/45 or 11/22/63 or 7/20/69 or 9/11/01. But, January 17, 1994, just outside Los Angeles, California, an earthquake struck. Fifty-seven people lost their lives and nearly nine thousand were injured. Twenty billion in property damage, it remains one of the most devastating natural disasters in history. 
It was a seminal moment in my life for wholly different reasons.

Read the rest of the post at Pornokitsch. 

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6 comments:

  1. JamesMay 16, 2012 at 11:43 AM

    What made you go with 9/11/2002 instead of 2001 or was that just a typo?

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    1. JustinMay 16, 2012 at 11:52 AM

      It's a typo. You know what's worse is that I originally typed it at 9/11/03 and corrected it to 02. I'm clearly bad with dates.

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  2. Jessica L Buike (AuthorJess and Operation Relax)May 16, 2012 at 12:48 PM

    Interesting guest post! I shared a link to this post today on my blog: http://authorjess.blogspot.com/2012/05/whats-up-wednesday-playing-blog-catch.html

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  3. Mieneke van der SalmMay 19, 2012 at 4:56 AM

    I loved this post Justin. I know you said you struggled with writing it, but I think it's really good! And while I haven't read any Shannara books, I do have a similar feeling for Eddings and Lackey.

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    1. JustinMay 19, 2012 at 5:18 AM

      WHAT! Me struggle with a post? NEVER! ;)

      Thanks Mieneke. I'm so glad it went over well.

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  4. HélèneMay 19, 2012 at 5:41 AM

    I share the feeling - not about Brooks but Lackey. And, yes, time is of the essence! Reading a book is like meeting a person : the moment of the meeting, the respective development, make it a success, a failure or an indifferent relation.

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