In another part of my life, I review books. I don’t get to choose the books I review and occasionally don’t like them very much. But since The Handbasket is my personal playground, I feel free to say whatever the heck I want—particularly about books I do like! Months ago, my friend the U. K. …Read More
Writers are busybodies. I expect that most of us come by our interest in everyone else’s business honestly. After all, we spend our days, nights and weekends making up the interior and exterior lives of our characters and, really, we must have material. We must have practice. So, here’s what I’ve been wondering about today …Read More
I’ve become totally dependent on the Internet! I turned on my computer first thing this morning, even before rolling the boy out of bed, even before letting the dog outside. It’s a terrible habit, I know, but one I can’t seem to break. In between setting out breakfast and rounding up backpacks, I checked email …Read More
Revisions on CALLING MR. LONELY HEARTS continue apace–I wrote an entire chapter yesterday, which may be a record for me. When it was finished, I realized it had filled a large hole in the manuscript. But it put me a bit behind on the rest of the revision, which is due tomorrow. (Oh, Mr. Editor….) …Read More
I received a myspace friend request today from, Yu- Han Chao, a young Taiwanese woman living in California. She’s promoting her collection of stories, PASSPORT BABY, and she came up with this video book trailer. Here’s the quote she offers from the book: “You know what yuan zu socializing is, right? Like in Japan, the …Read More
Today I mentioned to Pinckney that I’m currently working to make a couple of the central characters in CALLING MR. LONELY HEARTS a little more sympathetic when they’re first introduced. He said that he was doing the same thing for the screenplay he’s working on. We agreed that we need to show that our characters …Read More
I’m crazy about Jordan Dane. When we finally met in person at Bouchercon in Alaska, I felt as though I were getting together with an old friend. She has a big heart, and talent to match. On March 25th, she’s going to step out into the world with a brand-new book, her debut and the …Read More