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May.17.2013
There's nothing new about FBI staking out organized crime in San Francisco, but Alexandra Sokoloff adds a twist. The head of the organized crimes division, Special Agent Roarke, is on his way to meet Greer, an undercover operative. Greer has used the signal that means he has either been made or...
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Apr.26.2013
Welcome back! Hope you've been doing well. I had a lovely vacation, and I feel fully energized and ready to take on JOK all over again.
I'm revitalized partly because my husband and I spent three days celebrating our anniversary, taking our dogs hither and thither so that they could romp on the...
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Apr.06.2013
Writers are a bit like gardeners. We plant seeds, lots of seeds, and hope they'll sprout and take hold in the muck that fertilizes such things and helps them grow. Like gardeners, we don’t always succeed. But when we do, and the result of our meticulous tending blooms, it’s a moment of such pride...
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Apr.03.2013
Finished a new book. I can't tell if it is a collection of stories or a novel.
Synopsis of HALFWAY TO THE STARS:
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Mar.20.2013
Posted on December 3, 2012
I found twenty dollars blowing on the downhill slope of Green Street into Chinatown and North Beach on a Saturday night, folded tight for a night out on the town, still warm, deliciously anonymous. We spent it immediately, on one of those chopped salads at...
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Mar.05.2013
EDITOR'S NOTE: New America Media editor Andrew Lam has made his name as a journalist, but in his newest book, his past as a Vietnamese refugee reverberates through short stories about characters who fled Vietnam and made new lives in the Bay Area. NAM reporter Anna Challet spoke with him...
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Feb.22.2013
image via cartoon-prductions.be
Telegraph Avenue, by Michael Chabon
For all the verbiage there’s not much here - but then there is. If you’re looking for interior looks at characters and a memorable story, you won’t find either. But then that’s the way of this postmodern novel genre. (I won’t go...
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Feb.20.2013
Very proud of this audio book of Confessions of a Sex Maniac, it's more like a movie soundtrack with music & ambient sounds by my man Michael Jackson (no relation) from Austin TX
http://bit.ly/ZsPGTj
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Jan.27.2013
Robinson Devor is a film director and writer. His video is independent of my book. Devor is creating a feature film about Moore, which is still in production.
http://robinsondevor.com/video/57572806
Sara Jane Moore’s bullet came within six inches of killing President Gerald Ford.
When...
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Jan.24.2013
Note the fine reading material on Jimmy Stewart's coffee table.
It’s around 4 a.m. I can’t get to sleep. Vertigo is on one of the Starz HD channels. It only takes a few minutes to draw me in.
Kim Novak is in the next room freshening up. Jimmy Stewart, looking so safe in his green V-neck sweater...
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