Fan Mail Wednesday #9
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones | No Comments »Yes, it's that time of week again -- Fan Mail Wednesday! Sound the trumpets, roast a wildebeest! As I've noted before, summer is definitely the slow season when it comes to fan mail, so I'm grateful for whatever I can ...
BarkbarkbarkBARKbarkbark!
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Fun Clips | No Comments »The Onion News just cracks me up, what can I say? Here's a good one. Some of their pieces have language issues and adult content, but here's one that's fun for the whole family. If you are ever looking to ...
Finding the Story: Writing Spider
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider, the writing process | No Comments »I plan on writing a series of "behind-the-scenes" blog entries about my experience writing the book, Along Came Spider. My writing process, if you will. Sigh. I have to confess that the thought of it makes me want to hurl, ...
Free Hugs
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in Fun Clips | No Comments »The fabulous Liz Szabla, my editor at Feiwel & Friends (and, yes, my genuine, honest-to-goodness, beloved friend) enjoyed the Dancing Matt clip so much she forwarded me a link to this video, below. Stay with it. About halfway through it ...
Spider in Stock!
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider | No Comments »One of the salient features of Amazon.com is that it lists the sales rank of every item. So a hypothetical author could -- hypothetically speaking -- click on his or her book to get a sense of sales. While ...
Baseball, This Invisible Thread
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Greatest Hits, New York Mets, Six Innings | 2 Comments »I love baseball. It’s kind of ridiculous, I know. But it’s not like I had a choice. As the youngest of seven children, I remember lying sprawled on the tiles of our playroom floor, the television turned to a ballgame, my ...
If Adults Behaved Like Children, Sort Of
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Readings | No Comments »In the August 4 issue of The New Yorker, Simon Rich offers up a comic piece in his Shouts & Murmurs column, titled, "Play Nice." He details three brief scenes, all based on a simple premise: "If adults were subjected ...