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We’re going to take a step back this month, harking back to a question left at the feet of the “Eternal Questions 1” essay at the end of March. In that piece, I wrote: “It’s the WHY that centers them. And it’s a WHY that has to remain overtly silent – because if the reader is putting [...]
Well, in my head at least. I wrote a story called “Derby Geeks & The Thunder Chiefs” because I never understood the line from Cheap Trick’s “Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap). My hearing couldn’t have gone that bad by working with the Elvis band. This paragraph isn’t even a lead in to my [...] Yesterday, my friend and agent Bob Fleck posted a little essay on his LiveJournal which I liked a lot and asked him if I could repost it here today. Enjoy –Janet You’ve probably heard about the The PW piece about Joe Konrath’s Amazon deal, and Joe’s understated and subtle response (If not, look here). Notably, in [...] I had all sorts of plans for this summer. At the start of the year, I thought I’d have three novels out in the US within the space of two months, and that meant it was time to ramp up the promotion machine like never before. It’s not often I have that many books to [...] You don’t have to buy a ticket. You don’t have to pack your bags. You don’t have to drive a car or buy a plane ticket. You don’t have to reserve a room in a fancy hotel, arrange for meals, or deal with packed and smelly crowds of people. In fact, you don’t even have to brush your teeth, [...] Saturday morning, Chick-Fil-A. We’re done with our meal and I’m reading aloud from a paperback of The Best of Stanely G. Weinbaum. (This is not as unusual as it might seem; I often carry a book to fill the quiet moments of the day.) I’m not reading one of Weinbaum’s stories, however. I’m reading the [...] It’s been a year since I first began posting on the 10th of every month at Storytellers Unplugged. I’m usually not too good with remembering dates, but this one was easy, because my first post for SU fell on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2009. Being a mom, that’s a hard day to forget, especially with [...] |
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