The next book
As I approach the end of my second book, I find myself looking ahead to my third with great excitement. A couple of days ago, I mentioned some of my…
My actual office
Having mentioned that I have an office that I retreat to on occasion, I thought I'd give you a peek at what it looked like. Surrounded on three sides by…
My office
A couple of years ago, Elysha bought me a book by Kurt Vonnegut’s widow, Jill Krementz, entitled The Writer's Desk. The book contains a collection of photographs of the work…
John Updike, 1932-2009
In case you didn't hear, we lost John Updike this week. I haven't read much of his work in years, and regrettably, I have yet to read any of his…
Clara Susan Dicks and a couple pages too
Stephen King has written about the importance of a supportive spouse to a writer, and I couldn’t agree more. While on our honeymoon two years ago, I spent hours by…
25 Things
My friend, Kate, sent me a note entitled 25 Things via Facebook. Included was a list of 25 random facts pertaining to her with a request for me to reciprocate.…
Kind words
My editor sent me the first blurb about Something Missing, written by M. Ann Jacoby, author of Life After Genius. She writes: “A quirky and endearing first novel that makes…
The end is in sight
Exciting news. I discovered how my latest book will end. I haven’t reached the last chapter yet, but in wrapping up a crucial chapter late last night, I caught a…
Pieces of me
Nicholson Baker has a new book, a non-fiction piece about World War II entitled Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization. I heard him speak about…
Punctuation matters
It's always so lovely to find someone who shares the same pet peeves as me. This is why I was thrilled to find the "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks, a…
