Well-timed and welcomed!
It’s after midnight. It’s still incredibly hot and humid, even though I’m on the Connecticut shoreline, and the sun has been down for hours. I’ve just finished loading two tons…
Uncomfortable plot summaries
From postmodernbarney.com comes a list of Uncomfortable Plot Summaries—deconstructed and amusing summaries of film plots. Here are a few of my favorites from a lengthy list: BATMAN: Wealthy man assaults…
.2%?
The Department of Labor surveyed American consumers to determine how they spend their annual paychecks. According to their fabulous pie chart, the average American consumer spends .2% of their annual…
Subconscious naming of characters
Have I told the story of Martin’s name before? Martin is the protagonist in Something Missing, and my choice of his name has an interesting story behind it. As I…
Real-life burglars
I read this article on burglary and immediately thought of Martin. In terms of the thirteen secrets that these professional burglars share, Martin follows four of them. #3, 5, 9…
Instant communication
USA Today did a piece on authors using Twitter to communicate with their readers, something I have been doing for quite some time, and while the 140-character limit can be…
Come chat with me
I started a two week chat on Library Thing for anyone interested in participating.
A fine day
After a long day of fun and sun at Mystic Seaport on the Connecticut shoreline, including a stop in Bank Square Books, an independent book store where I was unable…
Interview at RJ Julia
In case you were busy on Thursday night and couldn’t attend, I filmed a short video interview with Karen, an RJ Julia, blogger, and Twitter (@karencorvello) extraordinaire before my appearance…
Capping off a perfect day
In addition to the review in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, a handful of other reviews of Something Missing were published yesterday in a variety of locations, including:…
