One of the best comebacks I’ve heard in a while
I love the perfect comeback. In fact, I wrote a whole novel about the desire of a woman to deliver a perfect one. I'm also famous amongst my friends and colleagues…
Great first sentences (and an analysis of the first sentences of my own novels)
I have no definitive favorite first line of a novel, though I am partial to the first line of Slaughterhouse Five: "All this happened, more or less." Also, Fahrenheit 451:…
Water Street Bookstore appearance
This summer I spoke at the Water Street Bookstore in Exeter, NH about my latest novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. A local television news crew recorded the event…
Book Club Adventures on Planes and Trains and Automobiles (sort of)
Since I published my first novel in 2009, I have attended well over 100 book club meetings both in person and over Skype with people from all over the world…
A real life person signs my books as his fictional self, which sounds weird and is admittedly a little weird.
I have a habit of including real people in my fictional stories.If you've read Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, you might know that Mrs. Gosk is a real person. She…
A very special chair and a recommendation to librarians everywhere
I visited the Townsend Library in Massachusetts this week. I spoke to some lovely people about my path to becoming a writer, ordered them to go home and write, answered…
The oddities of becoming a somewhat (but not famous) public figure
I am not a famous person, regardless of what a couple of my friends may insist. I am not even close to being famous.I am not even fame-ish.I've had the…
My visit to Northshire Bookstore: Cakes designed to look like books and a mysterious comment left unexplained
A couple weeks ago I visited Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont, as a part of my recent book tour for The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. Northshire is one…
My book launch party was filled with many surprise guests and references to Dungeons & Dragons
My most recent novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, published ten days ago on September 8. Originally my book launch party was slated for September 10, but that was…
The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs: An expletive-laced mention in Library Journal
Library Journal - the journal for librarians everywhere - mention my upcoming novel with some surprisingly explicit language. But in a good way. I'm thrilled, of course. After my wife and children…
