December 2014
Best of 2014
I don't usually do best of lists, because...well, many reasons. But this turned into something of a project over the course of the year, a thing I devoted myself to beyond all boundaries, seeking the most distant stores to acquire that which was not close to hand. Thus, I present you with this list: […]
Reading 2014
I read a lot in 2014. Some books I loved, some books I hated; there were only two I did not finish. I finished 70 books, if this list I keep is to be believed, and we'll believe it, sure, because it's in black and white and black and white is comforting, it reassures us […]
By the Numbers
It's always interesting to look back and see how the year went -- isn't it? (Isn't it?! Well, okay, in some respects. Not counting: how many pints of gelato consumed, or friends lost to cancer.) But writingwise: sales, rejections, submissions, # markets to sale, published, pending, words written in total. Stories I trunked? New stories […]
Gifted
Long ago and far away, there were remarkable things called bookplates. They seem to have fallen out of fashion in the present age, which I find disappointing, as I always liked them (which is to say I was absolutely addicted). A bookplate is a small and gorgeous sticker that you can put in a book; […]