Last night I did a reading at The Depot in Mill Valley, CA. Five minutes before the reading was scheduled to begin, there were only three people in the room, all of whom I knew. Then a gentleman wandered in, very tall and broad, dressed in a motorcycle jacket. Because readings always breed in me a certain brand of desperation, I walked up to him and said, “Are you here for the reading?” He looked confused for a moment, then told me he wasn’t, at which point I sort of jokingly begged him to stay. One wants to fill...
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Visit Me in California
Booklist gave Cooley Windsor‘s forthcoming story collection, Visit Me in California, a starred review: “These stories give new and devastating insight into what it means to yearn and what it means to falter; they commit the rare and essential accomplishment of exposing their characters as wounded, flawed, and wholly human.” And Publisher’s Weekly had this to say: “Windsor’s stories possess the startling, memorable quality of the brightest fiction.” Matthew Iribarne, whose Astronauts and Other Stories is a favorite of mine, calls Visit Me in California “a remarkable, deeply affecting piece of work.” I can’t wait to get my hands...
Wade Goes Seventeen Across
My friend Wade Williams (who has appeared in every one of my books to date, as a folk singer, banjo player, Hollywood producer…but who in reality is a Houstonian purveyor of torts) is guest blogging over at Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle, the ginormously popular blog with the self-explanatory name. I’m guest-blogging at Ecstatic Days through tomorrow…thus my relative silence here. I’ll be talking about NO ONE YOU KNOW tonight at Rakestraw Books in Danville, 7:00. Thanks to everyone who came to my readings this week, and a shout-out to Craig Newmark,Ken Garcia, and the rest for...
Third time’s a charm
Allow me a sexist moment (or is it a sexy moment?) to say Kurt Bodden looks hot in uniform. Here, he demonstrates a simple way to file for divorce.
Say you died suddenly, today…
Anneli Rufus did a great write-up of NO ONE YOU KNOW today in the East Bay Express.
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
Stop dreaming, start writing!
