Archive for the 'Deep Thoughts' Category
The Mess: A Synopsis
Gennita Low has done the Plagiarism Hoo-ra as Greek Theater.
You’re gonna laugh . . .
Addendum:
Then go read Meljean .
Snide and Demean: Why I’m Trying To Quit
A long time ago, when I was doing my MFA work, a Famous Author came to campus. He wrote popular historical fiction and when somebody in my creative writing class asked what his work was like, I said something snide and demeaning. Snide and demeaning has always been the basic black of bad [...]
93 commentsThe Ten . . .
It’s New Year’s Eve. Time to do the Ten Best Books List or the Ten Best Movies List or . . . except I don’t think I had the chance to read ten books this year and I know I didn’t see ten movies. It was, as usual, an insane year, so I [...]
32 commentsChristmas Card Guilt
I didn’t get mine out again. They’re beautiful, too. I bought them last year after I lost the ones I didn’t sent out the year before. I’d like to tell you I don’t do it because it wastes trees or something, but the truth is, I love holiday cards. I’m just [...]
18 commentsThe Poetry of Bob
I’ve been pedal to the metal for so long this month, I haven’t even stopped to breathe, so when I realized I hadn’t entered Agnes in the Ritas, I went flipping through the e-mails Bob had sent me to find the one with his RWA membership number on it, moving at the speed of light [...]
40 commentsBuilding a Little Birdhouse in my Soul
I’m home and I’m happy. Part of that is because I’m off the road, and part of that is because I love my work, and part of that is because I have the best friends in the world, but sometimes happiness is also in the details. For example:
Rachel brought me tons of chocolate [...]
Questions for Jane
Okay, Jane Espenson will be here tomorrow, so now’s the time to post some questions so she knows what you want to talk about. (Can you tell this is my first guest blogger? Not organized here.)
What do you want to know?
Great Cousins Think Alike
I just got an e-mail from Cousin Russ, aka Russ Parsons whose latest book is How To Pick A Peach, out from Houghton Mifflin:
Publisher’s Weekly gave it a starred review:
Equal parts cookbook, agricultural history, chemistry lesson and produce buying guide, this densely packed book is a food-lover’s delight. California food writer Parsons (How to Read [...]
50 commentsThe Writer-Reader Relationship Beyond the Book
Boy, you go out to get a haircut and when you come back, your funny spur-of-the-moment blog turns into serious action. Lots of good stuff there, emphasis on “lots.” I went through all the comments from the beginning, trying to synthesize the various positions and by the time I finished five more people [...]
134 commentsYou Have Not Got A Clue
You know, for the most part, readers are wonderful people and we love them. But as with any group there are some that are less wonderful. And from them we get letters. I’ve had my share of “you’re going to hell, you blasphemous slut” letters, those that accused me of not [...]
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