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Jan.09.2012
It’s that time again: my publisher needs a new author photo for the upcoming book. When I was starting out, back in 2000, before my first book, The Ice Master, entered production, my then-publisher Hyperion let me know that a very famous and important photographer specializing in author...
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Jun.22.2010
Light streamed down in silent holy chorus, piercing the canopy, slicing through in broad bands and small to illuminate redbud saplings and weed-choked azaleas in the garden. Sometimes, a photograph begs to be taken, and this was just such a case. When I saw the light, I dropped the hose I’d been...
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Apr.10.2010
Tomorrow, at The City Playhouse in San Luis Obispo, I will be (very, very, very happily) performing with my fellow Civic Ballet dancers at 6:00. Rehearsal yesterday was funny, because there was a huge rug taped to the floor that we are not allowed to move until the theater’s previous show removes...
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Feb.15.2010
First, there was Vaseline on the camera lens. Next up was rose-colored lighting, shooting through pantyhose, and soft focus. And then came Photoshop.
No one tells the truth of course, so for the “me-too-ism” of writers everywhere, I will set aside my vanity and offer the unadulterated,...
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May.12.2009
I was more than a little surprised to receive an e-mail from Huntington W. Sharp, one of my favorite people in the Red Room. He was working on a blog about the authors and writers whose profile photos feature four-legged companions. In about 50 words he wanted a description of the four-legged...
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Mar.23.2009
Well, there is certainly no end to editing! My computer and Duckworth's, to quote my editor, "don't play well together," so it was rather stressful sending drafts back and forth and dealing with computer-generated hurdles (such as not being able to underline something). Now the copy...
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Sep.03.2008
Vanity is a tricky thing. You think you have it under control, but then it comes out of nowhere to remind you of its firm grip.
I have been experiencing this first hand in the last few months as I prepare for the preparation of Towers of Gold. I am referring, of course, to that cursed being known...
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Jun.23.2008
I don't look like a young Truman Capote. Or an older one. Or an even older still one. The Big Bad Book Blog had an interesting post the other day about author photos, with Truman as one of their prime samples. Others include a misleading David Foster Wallace, Stephen King, Zadie Smith, and Malcolm...
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