Back tomorrow with at least one, and possibly two, Sense & Sensibility posts. I was going to do one tonight, but I'm a bit addlepated at present.

Is it because I voted? No, although I did vote early this afternoon ( Read more... )

It's funny how, if you're open to thinking in slightly tangential ways, you can learn lots of writing- or author-related things in non-authorial settings. Like that time four years ago when I posted ten lessons I'd learned from watching Top Chef. This time, my lesson was derived from recent outings at rock concerts ( Read more... )

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If you think that challenges to books by people you actually know are unlikely, I'd encourage you to take a second look.

Here are challenges of which I am aware from 2008 and 2009 to books written by people whom I know in real life:


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The quote in today's icon is, as many of you will doubtless recognize, from the movie, Princess Bride. Bonus points to you if you know which character said it, and to whom.

On writing

First up, something skimmed from the lovely and talented Cassandra, who attended the Asilomar conference a week or so ago. She reports having heard Jim Averbeck say ( Read more... )

This afternoon, hubby and I left home for a jaunt to Bethlehem, PA, in order to see the lovely Laurie Halse Anderson and her daughter, bookseller extraordinaire, at the Moravian Book Shop, after which we were headed to the local brew pub for dinner. Imagine our surprise when we arrived a full hour late for the event after giving ourselves an extra ( Read more... )

In keeping with my hare-brained economic theory, here are some interesting ideas for books for readers of all ages. Yeah, there are some "children's" books I read that I think work well for grown-ups, too.

For baseball fans


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The quote in today's icon is from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Chapter XII. (It's part of dialogue, attributed to the King.

My first quote today is taken directly from the New York Times Book Review page dealing with Chapter Books:

5   PAPER TOWNS, by John Green. (Dutton, $17.99.) After a night of mischief, the girl Quentin loves ( Read more... )

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As many of you know, I conduct interviews here from time to time. And a few weeks back in a comment somewhere along the line, Jenn Hubbard (writerjenn) suggested that I do a post sometime on how I do my interviews. Now, I'd love to get all mysterious on you and assure you that it's magic, but the truth is far more tedious and, well, less mystical than that ( Read more... )