Month: August 2012

  • Writerly Wednesday

    Reminder: Comment on the August giveaway post to win THE HYPNOTIST by M.J. Rose and/or ON MAGGIE’S WATCH by Ann Wertz Garvin. … First, Jeff at Boys Don’t Read tells it like it is (although with more humor and stronger language than I would probably use): “Rejection: UCLA Didn’t Want Me.” Guess what, Legion of Curious…

  • August giveaway

    Haven’t done one of these in a while… (Almost a year!) Well, same rules as usual: Please leave a comment below and let me know which of these books you’re interested in. If you’re interested in more than one, that’s fine. You have until Labor Day to enter, and then I’ll draw names at random and…

  • A tiny beautiful dream

    I keep having dreams about driving. When I say “keep,” I mean that the dreams are recurring over several years, although not with great frequency. In high school and college, they were usually about not knowing how to drive, or driving too fast and losing control, or driving down the wrong side of the road.…

  • A few delightful things

  • Quick note: I’ve been published! My triptych of triptychs about the Galapagos (first seen right here on the blog) was accepted by Sugar Mule for their 41st issue. Yay! Please click to check out many great stories and poems about “women and place.” … So, it’s the Olympics. Unless you live in a cave (and maybe…