Usually, for my birthday, my family will pack a picnic and go out out into the cool woods somewhere by my mom’s favorite lake, munching on cold chicken and salad…Continue readingThe last birthday
People in India spend an average of 10.7 hours per week reading. The citizens of Thailand and China do almost as well. Americans read about half that. In fact, Americans…Continue readingAmericans don’t read, not much anyhow.
Big Brother Fears Reignite A Classic, Publishers Weekly says. “George Orwell may need to prep a thank you note to Edward Snowden. The author’s classic novel, 1984, about a future…Continue reading1984 in 2013?
Based on the New York Times’ Breathless Physical Description This… THING… about what an author LOOKS LIKE… does it *matter* if an author has “impossibly high cheekbones”? Really? REALLY? (I…Continue readingWhat’s the author look like?
Publishers don’t always know best. One publisher sent this helpful little missive to Ursula K. Le Guin regarding her novel, The Left Hand of Darkness: “The book is so endlessly…Continue readingPublishers know best? Ha!
Writing advice is… well… cheap. You can find it everywhere. It’s mostly harmless, as far as it goes, but then – sometimes – I come across a list, ‘10 things…Continue readingWriting advice you should not heed
First there was Judith Tarr’s comment on writer’s block – the real thing, not just, oh, I don’t feel like doing this today – and I’ve been there, done that,…Continue readingIs it something in the water?
Have you read a good book lately? Then share it. Writing is a time-intensive and solitary thing. it takes a long time for a book to be conceived, written, polished,…Continue readingLike a book? Tell the world