Monthly Archives: July 2006

that no one has given me any feedback. My birthday is August 22nd. Help me decide something. Were I to have a birthday party out, which cuisine should it be?  Chinese Mexican tapas no food, just cocktails

My birthday is August 22nd. Help me decide something. Were I to have a birthday party out, which cuisine should it be? Chinese Mexican tapas no food, just cocktails

Have a finished manuscript, but agents won’t give you the time of day and self-publishing is more than you can afford? Enter WAPYB Writing Contest … the top ten manuscripts get prizes. But hurry! The contest will close afer the … Continue reading →

Responding to questions from milehighguy : 1. what’s your favorite televised cartoon?“Looney Tunes.” Among made-for-TV cartoons: “Space Ghost Coast to Coast.” 2. what is the most important thing that has happened to you in the last 5 years?Publishing 100 Spinning … Continue reading →

Responding to questions from milehighguy : 1. what’s your favorite televised cartoon?“Looney Tunes.” Among made-for-TV cartoons: “Space Ghost Coast to Coast.” 2. what is the most important thing that has happened to you in the last 5 years?Publishing 100 Spinning … Continue reading →

Responding to questions from sonatanator : 1. What’s the most flustered/awkwardly speechless you’ve ever been?One Sunday at church when I was a kid I was suddenly chosen to say the offeratory prayer before the collection plates went around the sanctuary at the … Continue reading →

I’m gonna be a library grad school widow tonight 😦 Anyone free?

Responding to questions from nofunk : 1. Name one jazz album you adore. Or, if you must, name a few. But make sure to tell me why you find it indispensible.“A Fickle Sonance,” by Jackie McLean. This album is perfectly … Continue reading →

Responding to questions from sumsinnow : 1. Sometimes literature no matter how “colorful” it’s written seems very flat, so, tell us how you achieve a sense of texture when you write?The key is selective detail. A passage that’s busy with observation … Continue reading →

If California Were Iraq …