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June 6, 2007 · 131 words
Rustic Living
The Week So Far Sunday Night (by Walter) Assorted cheesesCrackersGarlic-eggplant relish and India relishSpaghetti in garlic and ginger sauceBeef tongue in sweet and sour sauce (in honor of Miss Leslie)Spring vegetable terrineBaklava Monday:“The Naturalist” by Maureen McHugh“A Water Matter” by Jay Lake Dinner: by Miss L
Read entry →June 3, 2007 · 291 words
Up the Mountain
My life has actually been packed with worthwhile incident lately, though as a result I’ve had no time to post about it. This won’t change in the next week, as I’m off to Taos for a week of manuscripts, margaritas, and high cuisine. Here’s a summary of the last week:We participated in Mayor Marty’s free […]
Read entry →June 3, 2007 · 100 words
Pages Awayyyy!
I’ve finished Implied Spaces and delivered it to the publisher. Hurrah for me! Though it scarcely makes any difference to my daily routine, as I promptly jumped into the next project.Which brings me to a sort of useful idea.It occurs to me that, since at least some folks out there will be offering congratulations (or [
Read entry →May 23, 2007 · 56 words
From the Author of "Salammbo"
“Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other peoples’ lives, never your own.” Gustave […]
Read entry →May 20, 2007 · 39 words
Return of the Son of the Bride of the Voice of the Whirlwind
Mr. Entrepreneurial Me would like to remind you all that Voice of the Whirlwind will be returning to the world of print in July, and that you can pre-order the cool Night Shade edition right here. Thank you.
Read entry →May 15, 2007 · 228 words
Got Money . . . ?
Got money? Are you not simply comfortable or well off, but, well, rich? Do you regularly make impulse purchases of six figures or more? If you needed to fly coast-to-coast in a hurry, could you rent a private jet without worrying about it? (Never mind if you actually would; the question is could you?) In […]
Read entry →May 9, 2007 · 775 words
re: Write
I’ve been doing two simultaneous rewrites, the final draft of the new novel Implied Spaces, and the proofs of the reissue of my 1987 novel, Voice of the Whirlwind. This was the first time I’d read VotW since correcting the original proofs more than twenty years ago. I’ve been very proud of the book, and […]
Read entry →May 9, 2007 · 296 words
RunningJumpingDivingRollingClimbing
I’ve been transfixed by videos featuring le parkour, the French sport of freestyle urban climbing, also known as “free running.” Most people got their introduction to le parkour in the opening scene of the film Casino Royale, but that was a slick action film, and most parkour videos have a decidedly homemade quality.Le
Read entry →May 3, 2007 · 874 words
Dippy
So the other night we went to see Arlo Guthrie play in Socorro, the Athens of the Southwest.We noticed that Arlo plays in Socorro about every other year, and that the shows always sell out. Hmm, we thought, maybe we’ve been missing something. But first we went to Club Macey for what they called the […]
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