From Official Trailer | FOX Searchlight A few years ago, on the lam from a convention which was utterly failing to hold our interest, my husband and I and a…Continue reading“For you are everywhere.”
I was there. Oh yes, I was there. I was one of the original “virgins” who walked into a movie theatre in 1977 – in my case, between to life-size…Continue readingThe Last Jedi and Me
Photo by Michael Lomza at Ubsplash: Marianne’s Palace, Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, Poland There was a question posted in LiveJournal a few years back: You find yourself in front of seven identical…Continue readingWhich door would you pick?
My grandfather’s well-loved book that he read nearly every day You trip over many listicles and other interesting things on the web while browsing – like the strictures at Mental…Continue readingThe secret lives of books
Photo by Hisu Lee at Unsplash.com In fiction and in life A life is made of moments. It is stitched together from the things you remember most vividly — the…Continue readingThe Moment
PHOTO by Filip Mroz at Unsplash If you walk into any bookstore you will find things shelved and classified according to rigorous criteria. Cookbooks, hither, not to be confused with…Continue readingA back door into magic
Hard cover of U.S. HarperCollins edition An ebook version of “The Secrets of Jin-shei”, a historical fantasy that I wrote in a white heat in 2002, was released this year…Continue readingThe “Blessed Book”
A Slava day defines you, as a Serb Where I come from, under the wing of the Orthodox Christian church, there is a custom which hinges on a saint’s…Continue readingSlava: a spiritual family reunion
Ben White (@benwhitephotography) at Unsplash Unbidden, unrehearsed, we supplied the next lines Many years ago, on Opening Day of the then-new glass-and-steel Library in downtown Seattle, my husband and I…Continue readingThe power of words
A few years back, a blog called ‘Universal Historicals’ interviewed me and asked some of the most interesting questions I’ve ever been asked. Some excerpts: What’s the one thing that…Continue readingInside a writer’s mind