Christopher Moore's Blog

First, before we begin today’s lesson, let’s review. The rise of the Middle-class in the late 18th Century gave way to wide-spread private commissions for artists that heretofore had only been employed by the very rich and the Church. With this, came numerous portraits that showed the hidden agenda of the subjects, as illustrated […]

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Having spent a fair amount of time in the last couple of weeks in art museums, I thought it only fair that I share a bit the vast culture which I have absorbed. Last week I was able to view the collection of paintings and sculpture at the Legion of Honor is San Francisco, and […]

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Race you to the bridge!

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I was just walking down the street in the Union Square area of town — doing my marketing, when this guy started singing opera at me. “Dude,” he sang, “There is some bad shit going down in Chinatown today. Aliens, I’m telling you, they are infiltrating the festival of the Harvest Moon.” “Aliens?” […]

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Hey kids. I’m in San Francisco researching the next book, the sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends. Here’s a few pics. Death Looms Large in San Francisco The Two Towers – North Beach, San Francisco Somewhere on Market Street The Chinese Pavilion -Golden Gate Park Japanese Maples – Golden Gate Park […]

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Hey kids! As you probably know, The Stupidest Angel is nominated for the best fantasy/horror novel of the year. Please, please, please stop by the following web site and vote. You’ll have to go through about four catagory screens to get to Angel, but I’d sure appreciate it. http://www.quillsliteracy.org/nominatingvoting.html And remember, as […]

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Your homework today kids is to cast the following parts for a movie of the Stupidest Angel. Post your answers in the Blog Comments Please. (All or any suggestions are welcome if you don’t want to do the whole cast.) Theo Crowe Molly Michon Gabe Fenton Valerie Riordan Dale Pearson […]

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Here we go. Everything you need to know for anything, in yet another installment of AXE the AUTHORGUY!!!! Hillary writes: Hey AG: A duel to the death. You can have two of the following items with you and nothing else. Which would you choose and why: a cardboard tube a […]

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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. -Truman Capote I still have no idea what that quote means, but I love it. I finished A Dirty Job tonight about about 7:30. For those of you playing the home game, it’s 115,000 […]

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You guys. I’m on the home stretch of the new book, so I know the Blog entries have been few and far between, but I’ll pick up soon. In the mean time, I’ve noticed that a fair amount of my e-mail has been eaten by my spam filter. While most of this is actually […]

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