USA Today! Today!
An article appeared in USA Today by Carol Memmott on publishing in trade paperback instead of hardcover, and Something Missing was featured prominently in the piece. Very exciting! My initial…
Wyatt of Rockport, Massachusetts
I spent the past week vacationing in Rockport, a seaside town on the north shore of Massachusetts. It’s a delightfully quaint and historic little town, its streets lined with tiny…
Odd titles
As I attempt to settle on a title for my second novel, I am amused by the discovery that a prize is given out annually to the book with the…
Interruption
Conversation between a three-year-old and me: Three-year-old: Hi. What are you working on? Me: An questionnaire for my publisher. Three-year-old: Why? Me: So that my readers can know me better.…
A reader’s guide
Random House has posted a reader’s guide for Something Missing on their site, along with a summary of the book and a couple of blurbs from other authors. As the…
A dangerous career
Last week I accompanied my wife to a Passover Seder at the home of some of her old friends. I didn’t know many people in attendance, but the host knew…
Not religious. Not spiritual.
The advanced review copies of Something Missing have begun to pop up on eBay (thank goodness for Google Alerts). Even though the ARC seal on the book clearly states that…
Morrison victorious
For those who didn’t follow the Tournament of Books I referenced previously, Toni Morrison’s A Mercy beat out Tom Piazza’s City of Refuge for the win. While in college, I took…
More from Vonnegut
Apologies, dear readers, for the lengthy departure, but attempts to complete final revisions to Milo (now tentatively titled Unexpectedly, Milo), combined with the need to complete report cards for my…
Fighting with my agent (sort of)
I’ve spent the last week working on revising my second book using notes from my agent, Taryn, who, by the way, recently launched her own literary agency. It took me…
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