Monthly Archives: January 2010

As you are most likely aware, if you are a literary peep of any description and/or you read/watch the news, J.D. Salinger has died. An obit here, and funny/serious commentary from the Onion here. Somewhere in the blogosphere, someone said … Continue reading →

When I think about my writing career, I want it to be like this photo: heading forward, not jumping the track, maybe picking up goods along the way, with a great whistle to comfort me(seriously, I love train whistles). Steady … Continue reading →

OK, my friends, this is why I love teenage boys: boredom + video camera = fun that gets over 100,000 hits on YouTube. If you haven’t already seen it, see it. Major props to Afternoon D Light Studios! Read more … Continue reading →

See this photo? Don’t you love it? I do. It’s a bit hard to see, but the lovely tattooed knuckles say BOOK WORM. Full disclosure: this is my agent Amy Tipton (woo hoo for me for having such a killer … Continue reading →

You might know that today is Elvis’s 75th birthday (holy God, can you imagine a 75-year-old Elvis?). I’m guessing, however, you didn’t know this: Elvis used an alias a couple times–John Burrows. I can’t imagine it actually worked, but who … Continue reading →

It’s that time again. Reality time. Sigh. Break is always so fast. But I am happy to see YOU, blog readers! I did get to do a lot of research and writing while not bending my brain with teaching, so … Continue reading →