A Brief Wondrous Read – Oscar Wao
Since I started hanging out with writers, I’ve discovered that I don’t read the Right Sort of Books. Even though I read all the time,...
Sheepdog
An old border collie watches his flock....
April Word Count Showers
I managed to keep up a deluge of freelance output in April despite a big deadline at my county gig. If you’re interested in what...
Independent Bookstore Day
Some people think I’m awful because I never remember birthdays, and holidays like Mother’s Day register more as minor annoyances than celebrations. But I’m not...
What a pretty fire
In the Hayao Miyazaki movie Howl’s Moving Castle, Lauren Bacall voices the English version of the Witch of the Waste. Even as an animated old...