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May.11.2013
These are some photos of places where I read from Oleander Girl, my new novel, and Grandma and the Great Gourd, my children's book.
At Asia Society Texas, in Houston, the national launch, on-stage interview with St. John Flynn of KUHF.
At Google, with Regina Sawhney, who invited me to present...
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Feb.25.2013
Last blog found us hanging out with astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Garrett Reisman . . .
So it was a "wha . . .?" moment when the gigundo meteor hit Russa a couple days later. Here's an AP photo it heading to earth . . .
The next day an asteroid was scheduled to come "this close" to...
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Nov.26.2012
In my last post, prior to devouring my Thanksgiving meal, I gave thanks to readers and reviewers for supporting and promoting writers' work. I also mentioned that this week I would post a guest blog from the reviewing organization, Page Bookshelf Central.
The site owned and operated by Suz...
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Nov.18.2012
A man texting while driving his car is like a man putting on mascara while driving to play fullback at the Super Bowl. Ridiculous.
Not long ago telephones were either heavy black objects which sat on a desk or were attached to a wall. It was actually possible to hear the people...
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Oct.10.2012
How I love books. Let me count the ways. And let Elizabeth Barrett Browning excuse my cheap poetic pilfering.
I love the smell of a book—the sharp scent of fresh ink pressed against crisp pages. I love the feel of a book, its weight and clean, shiny cover. I love to...
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Sep.15.2012
Weeks go by and still he does not have the strength to turn the page, to lift a pen, even though all around him everything is changing, demanding to be captured immediately, before it fades away forever. The same rain that was falling two weeks ago is still falling, but today i's a grayer...
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Sep.09.2012
A few days ago, I received an e-mail from The Red Room management, a solicitation to offer opinions as to why there had been such an anemic response to The Red Room CEO Ivory Madison's offer to allow members to buy books for 40% off - - if we pay $45 for the privilege (the...
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Aug.25.2012
It's not every month or year that a major collection of books goes on sale. But this is what happened with author Larry McMurtry. He auctioned off three-quarters of his vast collection.
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The Last Book Sale: An Era Ends for an Author, a Town, and...
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Aug.21.2012
I would think that a disused church turning into a bookstore would please God. God Likes words. In the beginning was the word. The Bible is full of words. The Ten Commandments are made of words (179 to be exact - yes, I looked it up). So I think this is a grand idea. A temple of the Lord becomes a...
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Aug.11.2012
On Saturday morning he goes to the hospital for a chest X-ray because yesterday he told the doctor he’s worried he can’t breathe, and then the doctor got all worried, too, listening to him six ways from Sunday and finally sending in a technician to do some spirometrics.
It takes him longer to...
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