and a national holiday to boot. Took a walk with Kevin out at Crissy Field. We saw the booms that had been laid out in the Bay to prevent seepage of oil onto the beach, but no oil slicks were visible. Lots of camera crews just standing around. Beaches and piers closed off. Out at…Continue reading woo-hoo, it’s my birthday…
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Join me at the Literary Death Match!
November 6, Harlot, 8:00 p.m. (doors open at 7) Join me at Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match. The actors of comedy troupe Killing My Lobster–Jon Wolanske, Todd Brotze, Joel Dovev and Eric Schniewind–will be reading the funniest stories from past issues of Opium. I’ll be judging the event, along with Canteen Editor Sean Finney and…Continue reading Join me at the Literary Death Match!
It’s Official
I’ve finally settled on a title for my new novel. It’s called No One You Know, and it will be published by Delacorte in 2008. As I’m still hammering out portions of the book, I’ll just mention that it opens in Nicaragua and is set primarily in San Francisco, and my research has been quite…Continue reading It’s Official
Visual Thesaurus
A few weeks ago, the folks over at Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus asked me for a list of my favorite reads for their Dog Eared column. You can see a sample of my picks by going to www.visualthesaurus.com and looking at the right-hand column. What’s Visual Thesaurus? It’s really cool website where language opens up in…Continue reading Visual Thesaurus
Who Knew
SFGirl By Bay is full of surprises. In response to a meme today, she posted several odd & fascinating bits about herself (which reminds me, I owe Jordan a meme). Turns out SFgirlbybay lives in Herb Caen’s old apartment, shared her Brownie troupe days with Princess Leah, and starred in a Cold Power laundry detergent…Continue reading Who Knew