I read this novel in England this summer; I’ve been on a bit of an Amis kick, filling in missing volumes while I mull over the overall effect of this pursuit. Projects tends to develop this way; I get obsessed about something, immerse myself in it, then when the time is right, chuck it all…
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Returned
Here’s the endlessly crying Kipper and the new giant size Pelzmantel cover. Much cleaning to do…
Interviewed at UnBound / BitchBuzz
The wonderful Adele over at the fabulous book review (and more) blog, UnBound has interviewed me and wormed many secrets out of me 🙂 and that’s me laughing at the noodle restaurant the week before. It was such a pleasure getting to know in real life someone I had got to know over the ‘net….
Meme: The Ten Books That Most Influenced Me
Via Patti Abbot’s blog (and a bunch of others) AKA a swift post as I rush through last minute things: Alice in Wonderland: the book of my life, the set me up for a lifetime of absurdity and nonsense — and wonder; Mary Poppins: ditto — the books have little to do with the wretchedly…
Adele AKA Hagelrat: Why People Don’t Read
Adele is the fabulous hostess of Unbound, a lively book blog that covers a broad swath of authors (yes, I was recently a guest there myself!). She’s also pretty darn funny and an astute reviewer. As her post shows, she’s passionate about sharing the flame of reading. Our awesome hostess has invited me to come…
BitchBuzz: Mashing Jane
My latest column for BitchBuzz is actually a book review. I must say I had fun writing it. More fun than the book. Even better, BitchBuzz is now part of the Glam Media network, so there’s hope this leads to bigger and better things for the whole BB crew: There’s something to be said for…
London, Books and Catching Up
After all the stress of getting away from the snow, it was a relief to get to London and sigh with happiness. My favorite place in the world. So much to see and do: unfortunately, almost all of the pictures I took were for my friend Darlene’s second grade class, who gave me a Flat…
Good Reads and Bad Food
I finally joined up with Goodreads. In addition to Library Thing, it’s one more place to help spread the word about my books and connect to readers and other writers. Do let me know if you have an account on either site. Last Monday I had lunch with Robert at the West Taghkanic Diner. He…
Reboot: Pelzmantel
Just about the time I was saying to myself that I really couldn’t bear to hear the word “reboot” used yet again, uh, well — I find myself needing to use it. Yes, the big news I have to share is that my novel Pelzmantel: A Medieval Tale is going to get a kickass new…
Library Thing
All righty, kiddos — I am finally getting on Library Thing, mostly because I have a grad student willing to put in some of the books in my office for me. Hurrah — thanks, Anne! How many of you use Library Thing? It seems quite easy, but there’s also Good Reads which I have been…