October 30, 2008 – 9:24 am
So I got a nice email from azteclady, who wrote a highly positive and meticulously detailed review of Almost a Gentleman and posted it at Karen Scott’s blog, Suzanne Brockmann’s scrolling message board, and MyMedia-Forum’s library section. Big thanks, azteclady — for your attention and your energy; for giving a book that was first published [...]
October 16, 2008 – 4:51 pm
We’re living in shaky times these days — as I’m reminded every day when I read the papers, and particularly when I remember that The Edge of Impropriety will hit the bookstore shelves on Election Day. A serious time. Big issues. Our future and that of all our children. But you probably don’t come to [...]
September 29, 2008 – 12:26 pm
The Edge of Impropriety is scheduled to be released on election day, Tuesday, November 4, 2008. And — try as I might to tell myself that the problems of one little writer don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world — I’ve got to admit that these days I’m nervous about the [...]
I admire authors who turn from one project to the next with ease and grace, but sad experience has taught me that I’m not one of them. In fact, the best evocation of how I feel when I finish a book might be found here, on YouTube. Jangly, neurotic, utterly confused about how I got [...]
While I should have been writing, I dove into the matrix and found these treasures instead. Herein, then, a weekly recoup of things rich, strange, and sometimes yummy, from online. ** * ** * ** * Beginning with composer Allen Shawn’s touching food and family reminiscence from last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. I’m including [...]
Let’s start this story, as a love story often begins, at a point of crisis. You’re faced with a life-threatening illness, you sign into the hospital a cancer screening test. Not only are you scared for yourself, but you want every possible protection and support for your partner and your children. Marital status? the person [...]