I’m sick. Sick and sad and uninspired. Stupid cold. So here’s me cheating on my blogging by posting the start of a story I started a while ago, and mean to finish once I get three or five other Works in Progress out of my head and into my hard…
Archive for February, 2008
My mom finally let me drag her down to the best little bra shop around–Creative Woman, a.k.a. The Wizard of Bras. You’ve probably heard that most women wear the wrong size bra. Would you like to know how wrong? Mom was wearing a 36D when what she should have been…
Rust, mold, mildew. Corrosion, erosion, collapse. Writers have imagined a thousand ways in which humanity will end, but no one has ever offered such a well-researched and startlingly specific idea of what happens after as Alan Weisman’s engrossing book, The World Without Us. The World Without Us presents houses, cities,…
So, you know I hate Valentine’s Day, and all the cards and schmaltzy fake romantic claptrap that goes with it. There is one exception. Every year, my dad gets me and my sister a Valentine’s Day gift. Every year. When I was a kid, it was a box of See’s…
Happy Valentine’s Day. This post is on Romance–not the stuff we write about or read about, but the way it is. My husband and I go out to eat fairly often. Much of the time we sit in silence. One dinner out we said about three sentences to each other…
<A href=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fshawor-20%2F8005%2F66a857a6-555d-482f-b2f2-6ecd7242e025&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> First off, a few warnings. Ann Aguirre has given me money. Not to review this book, but to make a promotional bookmark. Grimspace had been on my Must Read list for quite a while, and I was so eager to read it that I asked Ann to…
When I said Hammet & Chandler titles, I meant the actual titles, not the plots or characters. You don’t have to have read the books to get the answer. Good luck. And if no one sends the right answer by the end of the contest, I’ll do trivia or something….
I haven’t received a single entry to the Hard Boiled Contest. Is it too hard? Is it too odd? It’s a $25 Amazon gift certificate, folks! You can use it to buy books! I’m extending the deadline to February 28th, 2008. Here’s the deal: Like a Thief in the Night…
My ARC of Ann Aguirre’s Grimspace arrived in the mail today. If her vast Grimspace Publicity Juggernaut has somehow missed you, Grimspace is an exciting new sci-fi novel which Jane of Dear Author recently reviewed very favorably and of which Sharon Shinn said the following: An irresistable blend of action…
I don’t know about you, but round these parts, it’s Super Tuesday, which means Yours Truly gets to skip happily down to the local elementary school and vote. I’m going to savor the experience. I haven’t been this happy, or this hopeful to vote ever in my life. This once…
