The changing landscape of publishing
For your reading enjoyment, here is an article from Time magazine on the impact of the digital age on the world of publishing. I found it rather interesting.
Not my cup of tea
I’ve been reading The Story of Edgar Sawtell, a novel by David Wroblewski. I almost never abandon a book once I’ve started reading it, but I fear that I may…
More on the Border’s Book Club selection
As a Border’s book club pick, Something Missing will get three face-outs in a bay at the front of the store and will be discounted by 20%. It also appears…
Border’s Book Club selection
Good news! Something Missing is going to be a Book Club selection at Borders! Naturally, I had no idea what this meant when I was first told by my editor…
Mom
An anonymous reader recently asked: You write a lot about your mother-in-law but not about your own mother. What does she think of your success? Sadly, my mother never got…
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…
