Please join me for an evening of conversation at the Drew School in San Francisco on Feb. 27 at 7:00 p.m. I will be reading and discussing Golden State and my new story collection, Hum. I’ll be in conversation with a student. This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.…Continue reading Join me at the Drew School
Category: Ephemera
Why It’s Sometimes Okay to Quit
As a child, I hated horseback riding. I took lessons, though, because my mother wanted me to, and because I was under the impression that girls were supposed to like horses. The day after my twelfth birthday, during my riding lesson, our horse reared back, and I fell off. I landed on my back on…Continue reading Why It’s Sometimes Okay to Quit
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year Old Boy with Autism
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen Year Old Boy with Autism, by Naoki Higashida is a slim, immediately readable journey into the mind of a thirteen-year-old autistic boy. The book is arranged as a series of answers to 39 questions–such as “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” and…Continue reading The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year Old Boy with Autism
Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashes at SFO
update: 40 injured, 10 critically. Of the ten critical injuries, eight are adults and two are children. via SFGate Awaiting news on the crash a few minutes ago of an Asiana Airlines Beoing 777 at San Francisco International Airport. The plane appears to have crashed while landing. Fire on board; passengers evacuated.
Book Writing – Should You Outline Your Novel?
People are always asking me if I outline my novels before I begin. Never. I work associatively and thematically. For example, The Year of Fog is a novel about a missing child. But to say it’s a novel about a missing child is somewhat misleading. The major plot line of the novel is the search…Continue reading Book Writing – Should You Outline Your Novel?