Tweeting VI
February 24, 2011
Tweeting VI
Nisha Susan, who had been using “VIWarshawski” as her twitter handle, graciously gave the name to me. You can now follow VI on Twitter. I loved the suggestions people sent in as alternative handles before Ms. Susan got in touch with me, and I will be sending galleys of the next VI novel to three […]
READ MOREFebruary 4, 2011
How to Tweet V I
I was thinking of starting a Twitter account in V I’s name, only to find that someone is already using “V I WArshawski.” The someone is a woman named Nisha Susan who had a rather brilliant approach to some right-wing Hindus trying to assault women. I’m happy, even flattered, that she wants to tweet in […]
READ MOREJanuary 13, 2011
Singing in the Snow
Winter blues got you down? I know! Let’s put on a show! Every January for the last hundred years or so, enthusiastic performers from the University of Chicago community have come together to create a comedy revue. It’s been my good fortune and a source of high pleasure to take part in the productions for […]
READ MOREJanuary 9, 2011
Arizona Massacre
Yesterday, January 8, as most of you know, a gunman shot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the brain at point-blank range. She is alive but her condition is critical and the prognosis difficult. The assassin murdered a federal judge, a nine-year-old girl, and four other people. I wanted to write today about some lighter-hearted topic, […]
READ MOREJanuary 4, 2011
Are Women Human?
We may be human, but we are not persons under the United States Constitution, according to that militantly anti-female Justice, Anton Scalia. The Fourteenth Amendment defines as “citizens” all persons born in the United States, but Scalia says women are not included in the intent of the text and the amendment does not protect us […]
READ MOREDecember 31, 2010
V I and me on New Year’s Eve
I spent six hours today, New Year’s Eve, writing and rewriting 600 words. One question I’m often asked is my daily writing quota. I’d love to write 1500 – 2000 words a day, but it’s often not possible. Feeling my way into the heads of my characters, getting them to speak as they should, takes […]
READ MOREDecember 24, 2010
Ho, Ho, Ho
As this year winds down, I am grateful for much. Thanks to everyone who comes to this site. BagLady and Bookwitch and other readers have found new friends here, as have I, too. BagLady is a Dairy Farmer in Canada and Bookwitch is a transplanted Swede living in England, but neither of them has […]
READ MOREDecember 19, 2010
Change in Comments Coming
During the last month, I’ve started getting hit by 200-plus spams a day, so I’m going to have to set up a comment registration policy. I’m sorry to inconvenience all the people who visit the site and leave interesting comments, but the registration seems to be the least inconvenient of all the ways we’ve explored […]
READ MOREDecember 11, 2010
Sara, Callie and Bark Magazine
I think if you click on this link, you will be able to read a PDF file of Callie’s and my story in Bark Magazine. If the link doesn’t work, I’ll see what I can do to load content directly. In the photo, the wood plaque I’m holding was a Christmas present from my woodworking […]
READ MOREDecember 8, 2010
Making Coffee, Giving Prizes–and a Dog–What could be more perfect?
The Alberta Clipper has hit Chicago a month early–with temperatures of -3 to +9 forcast for December 13. So I want to think about lighter things, and just a few that have come along in the last few months. First of all, thanks to everyone who played the “V I’s Lover” contest. Our completely arbitrary […]
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