A girl and a house. My friend Sharon laid that one on me at lunch a week or so ago. It’s perfect. It’s so true. We reminisced over Amaya’s Taco Village enchiladas verdes about Victoria Holt and all the wonderful gothic novels of yore. The cover design always had a Read more…
Tonight at the Cactus Cafe: Fascinating discussion on the grisly violence of the Mexico drug wars, as perpetrated by the Zetas, and how it may have been inspired by the gruesome violence perpetrated by Al Qaida operatives in Iraq. John Burnett and Lawrence Wright are two of my favorite reporters Read more…
I’m not teaching at any workshops this year, for one big reason — burnout. I kinda yelled at a beginner at last year’s ArmadilloCon Writers Workshop (ably run by Stina Leicht), so I decided to just withdraw for a while. Yelling doesn’t help. The problem is, being polite and enthusiastic Read more…