I'll be attending, signing books, and being on panels at the free Baltimore Book Festival Friday September 28-Saturday September 29th. (the festival is through Sunday but I leave Saturday night).

They expect 50,000 people. I hope to see some friendly faces while I'm down there.

The Childrens Bookstore will be selling copies of After edited by ( Read more... )

I'd like to thank those of you who made donations in exchange for galleys/books.

The total amount donated is: $325 unless I counted wrong. One person donated above and beyond the asked for $25 for TEETH.

I'll be getting everything signed tomorrow at the KGB reading and catch one straggler from Naked City on Friday. I'll send everything out some ( Read more... )

Rob Killheffer moved 8 cartons (some small most large) of books from my apt and we put them into storage. We removed 4 cartons of correspondence and brought them TO my apartment so that they can be shipped (hopefully soon) to The University of Liverpool.

Why do I make this announcement? Because it is the first time I have been able to do so for at least ten years. (some of you know the rest so you can stop reading now or skip to the last paragraph ( Read more... )

I have a little time before I have to begin reading for The Best Horror of the Year, volume four, so have been picking through books I missed or that I bought (yes, Virginia, even I occasionally buy books--usually art/photography books)and haven't had the presence of mind to look through and/or read.

I just picked up Rare:Portraits of America's ( Read more... )

Finished The Girl Who Played With Fire and am on The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest-enjoying it so far.

Watched Paul Newman, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis, and some other folk in Nobody's Fool, based on the novel by Richard Russo. It's about a depressed town in upstate NY. Newman is a 60 year old living alone for decades after he left his wife ( Read more... )

Happily, my new netbook is set up thanks to Jim Freund (I tried it and it works. Yay!) and my printer four in one has been set up by Matt Kressel. And it works. Another yay--thanks guys.

Hoping a friend will take the HP printer off my hands soon.

Finished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which I loved. I think I'm glad I saw the movie first ( Read more... )

This interview with someone from the FTC demonstrates the ignorance of the FTC when it comes to book publishing and book reviewing ( Read more... )