Writing the good read
The picture above? It’s one of five such bookcases I have in the family room. There are another five up in my room. All are filled nearly edge to edge with books. I have about 30 books sitting on the floor waiting to be filed (fiction downstairs, non-fiction up, alphabetically by author). They will displace…
When Tina Fey’s book Bossypants came out last year, there was a lot of buzz, a lot of positive talk about how funny it was. I don’t usually buy celebrity books because I am inevitably disappointed. But I bought it. And I was disappointed. It wasn’t bad, and parts were quite funny. But when I…
My mom came up last weekend to spend some quality time with me and Darling Son. Our relationship is, well, interesting. Since my Wasband made the decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery, Mom has been uninterested in being and unwilling to be in the same room with her. That means that next week, when Darling…
There are two more days for the blogathon and I have managed to visit each of the 250-plus participant blogs at least once. This is the last time this year I’ll be putting together a list of some of the great writers I discovered through this annual endeavor. I’m sure there are a large number…