My house is full of bookshelves, all living in a state of rather violent disarray. Hundreds of books that don’t fit on our shelves have been relegated to Rubbermaid boxes in the garage. I’m thinking it’s time to purge. Do I really need Janet Burroway’s What If, which I purchased almost twenty years ago for a college writing class and later used to teach my first creative writing class? Do I really need three copies of The Moviegoer and two copies of A Cup of Coffee with My Interrogator? One way to send your books off to new homes...
Monthly Archives: February 2008
did you feel that?
Why am I up so early? The earthquake woke me up. This one 1 mile northwest of Pacifica.
Split Estate
This cover is so pretty. I loved Charlotte Bacon’s first book, the story collection A Private State, published by University of Massachusetts Press. Split Estate, out next month, “follows a pair of New York teens and their bereft father to a small Wyoming town in the aftermath of their mother’s suicide” (Vogue).
get your vote on
California Primaries Today! View the San Francisco Chronicle endorsements, and state and local initiatives, here. See where the candidates stand on the Iraq war Health Care Global Warming the Economy If you’re interested, here’s why I’m voting for Barack Obama.
Saturday Style
I just came across the gorgeous Whidbey Island home of my friends Marty and Peggy in the Seattle Times, via Apartment Therapy! Think Cannery Row meets green living meets modernism meets island style. Whidbey Island is home to the fabulous Hedgebrook Writers’ Colony, where I had the good fortune to spend a month working on my first novel several years ago. For years, Peggy and Marty owned and operated the wonderful Smilin’ Dog Cafe. And by way of Google Alerts, found this gem of a blog.
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
Stop dreaming, start writing!
