I’ll be speaking Saturday, March 28, at Lynnewood Methodist Church in Pleasanton. This will be a fundraising event, sponsored by P.E.O. International. Towne Center Books will be on hand to sell copies of The Year of Fog and No One You Know, with part of the proceeds to benefit P.E.O. women’s scholarships. 1:00 – 3:00.
Category: News & Politics
PW Bestselling Paperbacks
This week, Publishers Weekly rounds up the bestselling paperbacks of 2008. Topping the list at a whopping 5,298,355 copies sold in 2008 is Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth, followed closely by William P. Young’s The Shack at 4,432,439, and Three Cups of Tea at 1,346,204. Barack Obama’s books round off the 1 million plus list.…Continue reading PW Bestselling Paperbacks
2009 Northern California Book Awards
I’m popping the champagne cork today. (Okay, not yet, I’m at home alone at 10:00 in the morning, so champagne would be entirely inappropriate, right? Oh, but there’s the trusty mimosa: champagne delivered with just enough OJ to make it a bona fide breakfast item.) NO ONE YOU KNOW has been nominated for the Northern…Continue reading 2009 Northern California Book Awards
Yes, Christine, you can begin writing at 60!
A few days ago, a reader named Christine emailed me the following question: Do you think a person can begin being a writer at age 60? You’re so young and have such a solid educational background in literature. I know I want to write, and have a folder of snippets, unrelated, but think I’m crazy…Continue reading Yes, Christine, you can begin writing at 60!
Oh, happy day
What a wonderful day this is! I listened to the radio broadcast of the inauguration at my son’s preschool this morning, surrounded by his friends and teachers. My son, who just turned four in December, sat on my lap, listening intently, clapping when he heard the applause of the audience on the radio. It felt…Continue reading Oh, happy day