Author: paretsky
June 27, 2010
Call of the Wild
Kathy Lyndes, a friend of mine, and her partner are drawn to the lives of wolves. They just came back from eight days on Isle Royale, assisting in a project […]
READ MOREJune 16, 2010
In Flanders Fields
I bought StreetWise today from Roarke E Moody, the vendor I know best. Moody is a Vietnam vet, and a poet, and for the Memorial Day issue of the paper he […]
READ MOREJune 10, 2010
Aging Gracefully
When I was a child, I was ballet mad, like many little girls. We lived in a small town in eastern Kansas, and now and again famous troups would come […]
READ MOREJune 5, 2010
Eleanor Taylor Bland
Eleanor Taylor Bland, 1944-2010. Eleanor Taylor Bland, 1944-2010, died on June 1, and our world of writers, readers, humans, is diminished. I first met Eleanor in 1992, when she published […]
READ MOREJune 1, 2010
Air and Rice
I took a week away from the computer and it was very restful. I’m trying to work out ways to focus more on my writing, less on anxiety and the […]
READ MOREMay 24, 2010
The Copy-Editor’s Revenge
After writing in here about my editing woes, I thought I’d give Shakespeare’s copy editor, channeled here by Rowan Atkinson, a chance to reply:
READ MOREMay 24, 2010
Hardball-Coming July 31 in Paperback
Hardball, which was one of 2009’s five “most mesmerizing mysteries,” according to National Public Radio, will be out in paper on July 31.
READ MOREMay 21, 2010
As Granny used to say…
A friend of mine wrote recently, and said, “‘It’s a great life, if you don’t weaken,’ as my grandmother used to say.” The images that conjured up were somewhat terrifying, […]
READ MOREMay 10, 2010
Towards a theory of writing
Thank you all for your good wishes on my previous post. I’m back from a marathon weekend in Massachusettswith my independent editor. We worked until two every morning going through the […]
READ MOREMay 6, 2010
Potholes in the Road
I’ve been bumping through a few potholes lately, which is why my posts are sporadic. Minor ones–my husband was pickpocketed as he got off a commuter train in downtown Chicago. […]
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