Posts Tagged ‘books’
Willful, if temporary, ignorance
I'd like an opt-out button for things other than email. A few years ago, when I did the Club Med thing, they gave you a bright yellow wristband to wear so you'd know (and they'd know) you were pwned by the Club for your stay. And really, I had no complaints about the whole stay…
Read MoreRoadkill
Oops. From my birthday entry last year: Just finished up another Neil Gaiman Sandman book and Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," which is the bleakest, most depressing, most — frankly — useless post-apocalyptic book I've ever read. It's pretentious up the wazoo, eschewing apostrophes in contractions and occasionally purposefully (I have to assume) misspelling things like…
Read MoreSobering thoughts, Part 2
How do you know? A question that can apply in so many areas, but in creative endeavors specifically it has many applications: 1) How do you know where to start?2) How do you know where to end?3) How do you know if you're any good?4) How do you know if you should bother trying to…
Read MoreSobering thoughts, Part 1
I was at a convention over the weekend, and was able to sit in on several panels related to publishing. Some of it was pretty basic — our "Query Letter" session leader spent half of the hour going over such basics as 1-inch margins, submission guidelines and researching the right publisher, all of which are…
Read MoreAustin messes with me
Movie madness! It's a remote post! Not that you'd know it. Texas is messing with me for a few days: I'm down in Austin for the film portion of the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival extravaganza which begins today, switches to an interactive and then music portion, then dies in a haze of beer and…
Read MoreCall of the wild
Here, kitty kitty If you're lucky, you can go through your whole life and not have a survival story to trot out with your friends at the bar, following a few drinks. For most of us, survival means you didn't get broadsided when someone drove through a red light, or you didn't step in the…
Read MoreBest birthday ever
Birthday flowers For someone my age, I really shouldn't be as yanked about my birthday as I am, but there you are. I've never had a problem telling people how old I am, having the somewhat Pollyannaish view that you're only that age for 365 days (sometimes 366) and you may as well enjoy it…
Read MoreBe our guest
Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business Danny Meyer So, I've put aside Stephen King for a few days, because I had to get through the book on yon left. Danny Meyer, for those who don't live in New York City, is a genius restaurateur (and yes, that is how you spell…
Read MoreThe waste lands
The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3) Stephen King Eh, so I get tomorrow off of work. So I can sit in a sterile room with a TV blaring bad daytime shows waiting for my number to be called so that I can discharge my civic duty. Yep, got called for the jury. And…
Read MoreI Mess With Texas, Part 15
The Mess With Texas Sign Ah, the messing with Texas. It's been since May since messing has been done! And really, there is always so much going on it is hard to know where to begin. For those new to the series, I'll link to them at the bottom of this email. (They're all over…
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