Goin’ to the Tucson Festival of Books!
If you’re in Arizona, I hope you’re packing up your book bags as well and making your way down to Tucson for the weekend. It promises to be a fan-fuckin-tastic weekend of reading. I’ve been writing...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Joseph Campbell!
Joseph Campbell–mythologist and writer–would be celebrating his birthday today if he were still alive. His thoughts on mythology though continue to influence all of us, whether we’re watching a movie,...
View ArticleFriday Wrap-Up: Top Five from the Tucson Festival of Books!
Hoo-boy, ready to jump right into the Tucson Festival of Books recap love-fest?? Here’s my top five. 1. Meeting authors and stuff, but also watching my great bloggy friends meet authors (and stuff)...
View ArticleFood Riot Rewind: Oh She Glows Cookbook Review
[I thought about turning this into two posts, one for Food Riot and one here, but couldn't think of too much else to say beyond what I wrote here. I'm still loving the cookbook, having made the Orange...
View ArticleFriday Wrap-Up: Best of March
In terms of reading, March can be wrapped up in one short sentence: Go out and read The Martian by Andy Weir right now. Glad we could do that. *drops mic and leaves* *shuffles back onstage...
View ArticleFriday Wrap-Up: Get Your Write On
Ahoy there! It seems there’s more than the normal frenetic writing energy going around right now. I chalk it up to the whole birds and bees and rebirth and spring-time sextravaganzas that always gets...
View ArticleNeed a Beer With Gaiman’s Sandman?
Approaching Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series is always kind of intimidating. On one hand, it’s this break-through work of one of our best writers. It’s moody and dark and sets the tone for so much of...
View ArticleFriday Wrap-Up: Where Do You Find New Authors?
I wrote a little while ago about the value of spontaneous book browsing and found out that many of you already have a very specific to-read list in hand when you go to the bookstore or library. But,...
View ArticleThe Martian, Chronicled
You guys. You GUYS. This one was just way too easy, but it was also perfect. Ace. Stellar. All the superlatives. Of course Andy Weir’s stand-out novel The Martian should be paired with The Martian...
View ArticleFriday Wrap-Up: PPWC Success!
A few weeks ago (April 24-27), I was lucky to attend the Pikes Peak Writers Conference (PPWC). When I began looking for writing conferences around the holidays last year, PPWC kept sticking out for me....
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