If that song is now stuck in your head, you may thank me later.

1. Last night I dreamed that HarperCollins published a novel I'd written. I didn't get a look at the title, but the story was Pillars of the Earth meets The Karate Kid. (No, come on, now; let's pause and really think about that.) They'd published it without ever letting me look at a ( Read more... )

Looking for some creative and unusual holiday gifts that won't break your wallet or the planet? Come one, come all, to the annual Green Gifts Fair on Saturday, November 15 (one week from tomorrow) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Midtown Global Market, Lake Street & 10th Avenue in Minneapolis.

• Shop 65+ local retailers and artists for green, ( Read more... )

Attention, ladies and gentlefolk.

In news having nothing to do with the election, I do hope you'll elect (my, how droll!) to check out the newest edition of Whistling Shade, now available online and at fine coffee purveyors and libraries across the Twin Cities. Among other fascinating things, the new issue includes the world premiere of "The ( Read more... )

Okie-dokie folkies. Here's the deal. I'm writing an article for Do It Green! Minnesota. What the editor has presented to me is a side-by-side-by-side comparison on the monetary and environmental costs of 3 heads of lettuce: 1 conventionally grown in CA and shipped to MN for sale in the local megamart; 1 organically grown and available locally, ( Read more... )

I have more contributor copies!

Ladies and gentlemen and everyone else, allow me to squeeze my own accordion for a moment.

I am pleased to announce the launch of the good ship Back Booth, a web site dedicated to ME and all things ME-related. Upcoming performances and publications. Previous performances and publications. Excerpts. Matters biographical. And a picture whose ( Read more... )

I have contributor copies. Hee!

Remember when I was pimping Alyson Books' call for submissions for the "Best Date Ever" anthologies? Yeah. That (if you want a giggle, follow the link in the original post now).

Allow me to share with you a little somethin'-somethin' that showed up in my mailbox yesterday: Dear Eli ( Read more... )

OK, look. I think by now you all know how I feel about amazon.com. And if you don't, you can probably guess. And if you can't...do you, um, read this journal, or are you just here for the pie?

But, dude. There is something so fucking cool about being able to go to amazon, do a search, and find a book to which I am a contributor. Even if it won't ( Read more... )

For all of you both writerly and queerly inclined, check out this call for submissions from Alyson Books:

The Best Date Ever