Even now I should be pounding out pages for submission of book number three. Agent Susan is waiting, and I just have a very few paragraphs to go. But I’ve been neglectful of the Handbasket for weeks–and while I have a long list of things I want/need to write about, today’s subject jumped to the …Read More
Pinckney and I don’t get much of a chance to collaborate–well, except for the whole having kids together thing. We loved editing the first volume of Surreal South: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry back in 2007. For this second volume of the series, we had to choose from over two hundred submissions. Here’s …Read More
I was all set to write at length about my latest dorky obsession, The Duchess of Duke Street, which originally aired in the 1970s on Masterpiece Theater. Unlike P’s family, my family never watched Masterpiece Theater on PBS. I was always vaguely suspicious of Public Television because I thought it was just for the American …Read More
This is what I didn’t write today on my Facebook page: (Laura Benedict) has discovered Word Counter–she’ll never repeat the word “soft” three times in a chapter again! http://www.wordcounter.com/ (Laura Benedict) thinks Phil Spector should have been prosecuted years ago for his hellish hairstyle. At least his victim would still be alive. (Laura Benedict) will …Read More
I used to cook a lot more than I do now–particularly at holidays. But we’re far from our extended family here in Southern Illinois and so our holiday celebrations tend to be small. I loved to do Easter feasts with baked ham, scalloped potatoes, homemade sourdough hard rolls, veggies (none particular–usually broccoli or asparagus if …Read More
(Lady Gaga photo via) I expect I’ve written here before about how important music is to me when I’m writing. Each story has two soundtracks: the one that fits the plot and tone of the story, and the one I listen to as I write. Sometimes they’re the same, mostly they’re different. But, really, would …Read More
Spring is time to make things new, yes? I’ve put up a bluebird house in hopes that one of the bluebirds I saw at the feeder this past week will make a home in it. I have new hair, too! Of course, now I look nothing like my author’s pic, so I can go to …Read More