Category: Blog
January 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
READ MORENovember 24, 2010
Congress Shall Make no Law
Abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. But the town of Columbus, Georgia–that’s another story altogether. For the […]
READ MORENovember 19, 2010
Edgar Allen Poe Awards
On November 18, I learned that the Mystery Writers of America are bestowing the Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement on me this coming April. I feel really excited, and […]
READ MORENovember 16, 2010
Elvis is Dead
And I don’t feel so good myself. That’s one of my all-time favorite book titles, by the humorist and memoirist Lewis Grizzard, but it sort of sums up why I’ve […]
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