My pal Meg Pokrass invited me to join Fictionaut, where I’ve begun to post stories. Another new venue, another potential way to reach an audience. What should I put there? Any stories/pieces you wish were more accessible? Spending breakfast with Beckett today; but much to do. Found this program by linking to this short that…
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Punch Magazine predicts Lady Gaga… in 1929!
Yes, now it can be told! My tireless research has turned up a fascinating artifact from the past. Okay, when I say “tireless research,” I actually mean “something I stumbled across because I have weird reading habits.” Over Xmas break, I wrote a story set in Jazz Age London. I thought I should do a…
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…
Holiday Shopping?
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BitchBuzz: Indy Horror
Hey kids, new BitchBuzz column — and it’s seasonal! Check out some indy horror including the wonderfully creepy House of Black Wings, created by friend o’ the blog David Schmidt and the folks at Sword & Cloak Productions: You know it’s October when Maureen Dowd quotes Hannibal Lecter and the National Review has a Bush…
BitchBuzz: Obsolete
My latest column for BitchBuzz takes on the latest wave of Beatlemania which has left me profoundly ambivalent. You know I love the Beatles, but I’m distressed a bit by the seemingly endless hype to repackage and resell them. I’m sure there’s a lot to love in this latest version, but I just can’t afford…
Honest Scrap Award
In the midst of the swirl of the first week of classes, I was very charmed to be told by Jane Kennedy Sutton that she had selected me as one of the recipients of the Honest Scrap Award. You are so kind, Jane! “The award rules are simple – pass the award to seven worthy…
Social Media Breakfast–Tech Valley
Yesterday morning, much too early, I headed downtown to the Capital Rep Theatre, host of that morning’s Social Media Breakfast for the Tech Valley region. The lovely picture is from the CapRep stage: they’re currently deep into Shear Madness. Great set, eh? The featured speaker was Justin R. Levy, a PR/social media maven, who live-tweeted…
BitchBuzz: Harried in 140 Characters
My latest column for BitchBuzz is up. Here’s a taste: With the mainstream blossoming of social media sites on the web, a lot of writers I know are tweeting, Facebooking, blogging, linking and commenting everywhere they possibly can in order to get the word out on their books. A book launch is no longer a…