Asking a writer for a single word is like asking the clouds to produce a single drop of rain, or the lawn to grow a single blade of grass, Mark…Continue readingA single word?
“I am fascinated by language,” Elaine Wilson writes at Off The Shelf. “Whether diagramming sentences, reciting the appropriate participle in my Catholic school days, or delving into the case systems…Continue readingPorn for word nerds
Coloring books for adults are this year’s surprise smash hit category, and they’re gaining steam heading into the gift-buying season, Jim Milliot writes at Publishers Weekly. The craze that started…Continue readingAdult Coloring Books Craze
The other day, my husband casually mentioned the 1939 book that was written without the letter ‘E’, and we wondered if it could still be found. (12 ‘e’s in that…Continue readingAnd no ‘E’? Not one?
When I first met my husband, I told him I wasn’t a feminist (not as such). He said I was wrong, and later added that if it had been true,…Continue readingHell yes, sisters
‘Shifter‘, Book 3 of The Were Chronicles, will be out by the end of the month. With luck, it will be out before the 20th and I can show it…Continue readingIT’S COMING!
A hostel in Tokyo bills itself as “a readers haven”. But don’t expect a comfortable mattress, fluffy pillow and warm down duvet. All that guests are offered is a tiny…Continue readingBOOK AND A TINY BED
I am a proud Charter Member of a museum, a very young one to be sure, but a charter member nevertheless — The Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. Back when…Continue readingDays of Future Past
Famous Literary Watering Holes Writers are tortured souls, that’s why they usually need some time away from the real world and go to bars. Well, that’s their story, anyhow. Anyway,…Continue readingAuthors and bars
A story about the wives of seldom-home whalers and their dildos, aka “he’s-at-homes” “On Nantucket, 80-year-old Connie Congdon and I sat in her living room looking at the 120-year-old plaster…Continue readingA Dildo in Nantucket