Category Archives: Mail Bag

Announcement: Someone interviewed me for a change.

No blogging for me until the new year (except for in the comments section, where you can always reach and distract me). But I do want to point you to an interview I did with the lovely and talented Jordan Rosenfeld. She asked about the courage and stamina required of writers, and I’d love to [...]

Announcement: Extra LitPark and Sony Reader Stuff

Hey, folks, a quick announcement. The first is that there will be an extra Question of the Month on Monday so I can run my 2-part interview with the best literary agent in New York. Be sure to stop by!
Second thing: on Tuesday, I’ll be part of the Sony Reader marathon, and you can [...]

Cool, Totally Random News

My kids just found out they’re opening for The Monkees this Friday. How cool is that?!

One More Reason I Adore Tommy Kane

Like I needed another reason….
Look what I got in the mail the other day! It totally made me cry.

I’m the world’s worst photographer, and I managed to make this beautiful drawing look fuzzy and washed out, but you get the idea. I’m actually thrilled the print made it in one piece because all the mail [...]

LitPark will re-open in September

Folks have been asking when LitPark will re-open, and the answer is: The last Monday of September. But hey, why not enjoy some re-runs!
LitPark Question of the Week – Best-selling authors and unpublished writers chime in on these topics:
Phobias * Near-Death Experience * Where? * Mistakes * Writer Communities * Hope * Now What? * [...]

By Request

Okay, after 20 or so requests to pull the summer comments thread into a post of its own, I’ve decided to listen. This was a pain in the ass, so I hope you really reeeeeeaaaalllly appreciate it.
Quick picture, first. I just got back from Montana and I’m deep into my book edits right now, [...]

If you’re in NYC this Thursday… (the mail bag post)

People have asked me before if I’m really up blogging at midnight, and the answer is, No. I just set my blogs to load automatically, and right now, as this is loading, I’m at a friend’s house for a bonfire. I brought some tricky bits from my novel with me because that’s where my head [...]

Cat’s Away

Howdy folks. Sue is away from computer type devices between the dates March 3 and March 11, so she asked me to close the shop up a little while she’s away, which means comments will be closed (there’ll be a little message that says you must be logged in to post a comment, and since [...]