This is where I’ll be so far this year. I will update my schedules as soon as I get the final programming info. I usually have a reading and book signing as well as panels, and I love to talk to people who have read Gordath Wood or Red Gold Bridge or my short stories, so please come by if you are at the con and say hi. I’m looking forward to meeting everyone. And Read more…
Caitlin Flanagan made me shake my head with her latest Atlantic article, but it took Slate to cause me write a letter to the author and blog about it. Here’s the article: My son rebels over his birthday party. My husband, Paul, and I started the book swap when Eli was 3. He recently turned 10, and Simon will be 7 next month. Over the years, the kids have not exactly embraced the book swap. Read more…
Remember how I’ve always said, you should read the best so that you have something to aspire to? I just started The Kite Runner. Yes, I’m coming late to the party, I know that. But I think I also knew that it would blow me away and make me feel very small and a writer of little talent, and who wants to put themselves through all that? Well, The Kite Runner makes the feeling of Read more…