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Jan.25.2013
Thanks to Public Radio, , Rebecca Kruth, Becky Anderson, and all the great people at Anderson’s Bookshop. Here’s the piece!
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Oct.21.2012
Book Passage is truly one of the great indies, and I was thrilled to be able to talk to Sam Barry, who is as hilarious as he's knowledgeable. So thank you, Sam, and thank you Book Passage.
I think I speak for my fellow writers when I ask, what things can we authors do to make things...
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Oct.08.2011
On this day seven years ago, my first novel The Green Age of Asher Witherow was published. Among the good things that happened for that book, the luckiest was the phenomenal support it enjoyed from this country’s independent booksellers. The Green Age did not exactly come into the world branded...
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Sep.23.2011
On Sunday, I attended the book launch for a first-time author, Randy Kasten. It was at Diesel in Oakland. I had a personal interest, since we belong to the same writing group. He'd drawn a big crowd and fielded questions well. He projected the kind of confidence you'd expect...
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May.01.2011
Please forgive this entry's title. I'm not sure what I have to say here.
A Different Light, the gay bookstore in the Castro, just closed. The one in West Hollywood closed last year (I think). Independent bookstores have been closing for years due to a variety of reasons we all know. I won't get...
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Jul.22.2010
Before I found my current agent, just as I was finishing up the manuscript which would be my debut novel, I was pretty well broke and Christmas was coming, and I couldn't let down my kids. We needed money and began to look into holiday temp work. At one point I carried an application out of the...
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Apr.02.2010
April 1st was a special day for me. You see, I write the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity Award-nominated mysteries featuring Tracy Eaton — mystery writer, detective wannabe, and the offspring of eccentric Hollywood stars — REVENGE OF THE GYPSY QUEEN, DEM BONES’ REVENGE and the just-released, REVENGE FOR...
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Mar.04.2010
I would be very interested in knowing some of your favorite bookstores and why you like them. It would be great if you read A Venery of Books. It gives some information about the book business. But if you love a chain or online shopping, please tell us that too.
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Nov.06.2009
National Bookstore Day, November 7, 2009, has to be one of the best ideas anybody has come up with to help celebrate and preserve literary culture in our digitally-revolutionized age in a very long time. It gives me a perfect excuse to scrape up a few bucks and splurge on books other than those...
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Jul.21.2009
I was saddened to learn of the September closing of the Creatures & Crooks Bookshoppe, a mystery, science fiction and fantasy store, in Richmond, Virginia. As an author, I regret the passing of any bookstore, but I signed at Creatures & Crooks, so I know firsthand what a terrific store it...
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