Last night at Rock & Roll Bookclub somewhere between the homemade chili with chorizo and three different peppers and the…
Date Archives February 2010
New britches
Back in December my friend Adam, who I do the OxPod with, made a crack about how when I get…
Things I’ve been doing instead of updating I Will Dare
Playing Plants vs. Zombies on Ziggy, my iPhone Working That’s it. It’s been dreadfully boring and mostly productive (except for…
Love in bloom
I remember breathlessly telling my twelve-year-old niece, Jaycie, that if Amy Bloom’s name were on the cover of a phone…
Choral reading & the scariest book ever
Mrs. Mullins had thin, curly white hair. She looked like she had dandelion fluff on her head. If we blew…
It’s the state of constant peril that appeals to me
My friend Al, the cutest girl on Earth™, is the only person who unsurprised by my absolute love of the…
Disillusioned & Angry: two great tastes that taste awful together
My cheeks are flushed with anger and indignation as I type. I just got into it on twitter with MPR’s…
Unfriended
The problem with building a book around a big reveal in the latter third of a novel is that inevitably…
Don’t know how to party
That sound you hear is the drool dripping from my lips as I stare slack-jawed at the TV. This afternoon…
You take the good, you take the bad*
It’s snowing like a motherfucker** outside. Sure, sure it’s no DC snowmageddon, but it’s still snowing like hell. It’s supposed…