I finished a new chapter today! Wheeeee! I finished the chapter, yes. I did do that. Technically.* But in order to spend the time finishing the chapter, I wasn’t able to: talk to anyone but the barista; return the phone call; work more on the promotion stuff; update the websites; upload the postcards** to get … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Days After the Day Your Book Comes Out
Wednesday, the day after the day my book came out, I wore gray pants and a gray shirt. One sock had pale stripes and the other sock had dark stripes, but they both had stripes, so I call it a match. At the café, I ordered my usual. Then I dropped change all over the … Continue reading »
The Day Your Book Comes Out
I checked the mirror yesterday and I didn’t look any different, as far as I could tell. The skies didn’t part and shine rainbows over me as I walked the sidewalks yesterday. No butterflies danced around my head. Strangers did not stop me on street corners to ask me to autograph their bare stomachs. I … Continue reading »
In Which I Answer 5 Questions
Timothy Braun at Culturebot asked me 5 revealing questions about art, work, and life. My answers involve mochas, red pencils, and my favorite photographer Francesca Woodman. Check them out here. Continue reading »
Handle This
Big Day coming up, the day I will go bookstalking for the first time. I’ve heard real authors talk about doing it, I’ve seen their pictures, may as well be goofy and have fun with it this time because your first book only comes out once, right? Technically, though, I did go through this once … Continue reading »
When I Thought I’d Give Up
Today, you will find me sitting here feeling grateful I stuck it out. Sitting here in that contemplative mood we writers get in when good things happen and/or when bad things happen and you can’t make sense between the two. Because you know it could have gone another way—easily. In about a week the first … Continue reading »
confessions / dayjob / distractions / writing
High Contrast
Thinking about black-and-white lately. Thinking in black-and-white. You know, there was a time when I almost didn’t become a writer… I was maybe going to try to be a photographer instead. Back then, I did not do digital photographs. Horrors. I loved it old-school, with the stink on your hands and the possibility at every … Continue reading »
Secrets Revealed, Books Given Away
Who would star in the movie of your life? If you could live inside a children’s book, which one would you choose? And, most significantly—and think hard on this one—if you could have one superpower and one superpower only, what in the world would it be?! I’ve answered these questions and more in an interview … Continue reading »
The New Look
You may have noticed that a few things about this blog have changed, the layout mostly. I’ve struggled and pondered over what to do here. I’ve questioned deleting the whole thing, or at least numerous posts. I even polled strangers, hoping you’d help me decide. The biggest response to that poll was to keep the … Continue reading »
Novel Under Construction
Sometime this summer a section of a city block near my apartment was demolished. I can’t recall when it happened. All I know is that, for weeks, maybe even months, I’ve been walking past this hole of dirt blocked off with Under Construction signs, not paying it any mind. Things change often around here. It’s … Continue reading »
