Whispering into the Jet Engine
May 29, 2012
For the last eight weeks, I’ve participated in a WeGrowMedia course called Building Your Author Platform. The purpose is to help authors create a more robust presence in the social media universe. Two things drove me to sign up. The first is that I have finally accepted that social media is not going away. Sometimes, [...]
Stumbling Down Memory Lane
May 24, 2012
I knew I was old when I went to see the second movie in the Twilight saga and kept wishing the wolf boy character would put on a shirt because he was going to catch a cold running around those woods half naked like that. I’m pretty sure this was not the reaction the filmmakers [...]
When I Say I Went to Boarding School I Do Not Mean I Was In a Home for Juvenile Delinquents
May 16, 2012
Back east, when you say you went to a private boarding school, people think Andover, Exeter and Choate Rosemary Hall. They assume you were either rich or smart or some combination of both. But here in the west, when you say you went to private boarding school, that you did not live at home for [...]
Office Space
May 10, 2012
I can’t work at home. There are dishes in the sink (always), laundry to be folded (always) and left over Easter candy in the cabinet (sometimes). If I go back home after dropping the kids at school, I’m sunk. So instead I head for one of the eight hundred coffee shops in my town. They’re [...]
The Road to Hana – Chapter Two
May 3, 2012
A quick aside before we get to Chapter Two. Recently, I’ve had a number of people ask me what the hell this Road to Hana business is all about. “Is this your new book?” No. That comes out June 12th and is called Spy Mom and is published by a “real” publisher. It’s the sequel [...]
