Will Harrison
Will Harrison
How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it's mostly about the reviewer!
For years, the place I really lived - the world I watched, the one I thought and wrote about - was 15th-century France.
life nonfiction offers
Because the kind of nonfiction I write has a plot, the events and transactions that make up a life, nonfiction offers me a break from plotting.
dwell few relationships writers
A lot of writers dwell on their relationships with their mothers, but only a few are worth reading.
bad drew eccentric family quite sort terms
I think in terms of the parents that I had, I sort of drew a bad hand, or bad karma; who knows? And I did have a family that was complicated, with some quite eccentric members. So there was a lot of grist there.
arc changed course history hundred joan likely war
The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and of history.
reading thought-provoking world
I grew up reading SF in the 70s and 80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds.
white black want
There is black. There is white. Gray is a cowardly excuse to mix our wants with our needs.
process sticking thinks
What we're doing is sticking with the process, which everyone thinks doesn't work. If we designate, we go right back to the process we say doesn't work.
leveling music playing turn
What we're doing here is leveling the playing field. Everyone's going to have to turn down the music.
close defensive games happens line played strong takes today
We've been in some close games when we've let down. When that happens you need to make plays. All it takes is one play. Today our defensive line played strong all day and their blitzing was very effective.
kicked
We really kicked their butts all the way 'til the end.
defensive gonna score
We're a defensive team. We're not gonna score a lot of points.
definitely last possibly quite ranks storms worst
This ranks up there with one of the worst storms in quite some time. It's possibly the worst in 100 years. It's definitely the worst in the last 15 years.