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Charles

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About Me

Full-time writer, part-time musician.
My most recent novel is Widdershins from Tor Books. My most recent collection is Triskell Tales 2 from Subterranean Press.
Forthcoming books are two YA titles from Viking/Firebird: Little (Grrl) Lost and Dingo.

My Interests

Music, books, myth, folklore.

I'd like to meet:

My characters off the page, rather than just visiting them in my head.

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Music:

Stuff I'm digging now:
Amparanoia
Ani DiFranco
Arctic Monkeys
Brock Zeman
Calexico
Chris Knight
Christa Couture
Christy Moore
Concrete Blonde
Dar Williams
Dave Alvin
Robbie Robertson
Estelle
Feist
Fred Eaglesmith
Go Betty Go
Guy Clark
Ian Tamblyn
Joe Strummer (with and without the Clash)
Kaki King
Kate Rusby
Kathryn Tickell
KT Tunstall
Lily Allen
Los de Abajo
Los Lobos
Lúnasa
Lynn Miles
Mala Rodríguez
Marianne Baker
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Nellie Mckay
Norah Jones
Ottmar Liebert
Ozomatli
P!nk
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Sarai
Si*Sé
Slaid Cleaves
Solas
Steve Earle
Tammy Garcia
Thea Gilmore
Tom Russell
Tori Amos
Veronicas
Wyclef Jean

Old stuff I still love:
Alan Stivell
Ben Webster
Bill Evans
Bob Dylan
Bothy Band
Byrds
Claire Hamill
Clifford Brown
Cock Robin
Divinyls
Donovan
Incredible String Band
Leonard Cohen
Lester Young
Miles Davis
Planxty
Ramones
Robin Williamson
Tim Hardin
Tony Joe White
Townes Van Zandt

Movies:

Bubba Ho-Tep
Cannery Row
Cry-Baby
El Mariachi
Finding Graceland
Ghost World
Kamikaze Girls
Milagro Beanfield War, The
Pow Wow Highway
Yakuza, The

Television:

Day Break (sucks that they dropped it)
Drive
Jericho
Six Degrees
Veronica Mars

Books:

Alice Hoffman
Andrew Vachss
Brian Michael Bendis
Dean Koontz
Dennis Lehane
Greg Keyes
James P. Blaylock
Jane Lindskold
Joe R. Lansdale
Leslie Marmon Silko
Louis L’Amour
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Patricia A. McKillip
Robert Crais
Stephen King
Terri Windling
Terry Moore
Thomas King
Tim Powers

My Blog

Willie P. Bennett

Willie P. Bennett - R.I.P. http://www.williepbennett.com/   (Photo by D. Staples)...
Posted by Charles on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:25:00 PST

Newsletter 25

Greetings all,I hope this finds you well. MaryAnn and I are fortunate to have spent a good part of this summer at our little cottage (read: an old schoolbus on a lake) in Quebec, where rural life roll...
Posted by Charles on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:51:00 PST

Newsletter 24.1

May 8, 2007MaryAnn is pretty excited about my September publishing schedule, to the point where she snitched a couple of advance reading copies for eBay. To steal a few lines from a message she sent t...
Posted by Charles on Tue, 08 May 2007 12:43:00 PST

Newsletter #24

May 8, 2007 Hello folks.  Calling these few short paragraphs a "newsletter" is a bit of a stretch. Maybe "news flash" would be better. Still, here we are, and I hope this finds you well.  Af...
Posted by Charles on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:58:00 PST

Christmas

Are we already almost at the end of another year?  Is it really Christmas tomorrow?  I don't practice any organized religion, but I still like Christmas because people are usually in a bette...
Posted by Charles on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:09:00 PST

Birthday messages

Thanks for all the kind words, folks.  It's much appreciated.  And if I don't get the chance to update this before Christmas and New Year's (because I've been so very concientious about doin...
Posted by Charles on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:53:00 PST

Bluesfest

          I write everyday, no exceptions.  But there are times when I don't do as much writing as I could, such as this past weekend.  But I had...
Posted by Charles on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:19:00 PST

Newsletter 23.2

I really enjoyed meeting all of you who came out to the various signings on the recent short tour for Widdershins--thanks so much for your support.  Mythic Journeys was a fabulous ending to it al...
Posted by Charles on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:55:00 PST