Category: Blog
January 10, 2010
What’s In a Name?
I haven’t posted anything new for awhile, because I’ve been working flat out to finish the draft of my new novel before I head off to the UK on tour. […]
READ MOREJanuary 1, 2010
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to anyone who’s able to open their eyes enough to look at a computer today. I was way over my limit last night but finally, at two […]
READ MOREDecember 20, 2009
Entr’acte
As the year winds down, it’s time to consider the highpoints and hand out kudos to top performers. Best text messager: Andy House, who drove his $2 million Bugatti Veyron into […]
READ MOREDecember 11, 2009
More Light
Chanukah begins at sundown on December 11. It’s a child’s holiday, with candles, songs, and, in the affluent west these days, presents. For adults, at least for me, it’s a […]
READ MOREDecember 2, 2009
A Quiet Week
in Lake Woebegone, Garrison Keillor’s home town, but not so much so in Chicago. We started with a gang of housebreakers who targeted our area. They would come to the […]
READ MORENovember 22, 2009
The Wolf in the Garden
It was dusk when I finally drove into the city of W–. A series of mishaps had dogged my journey, making me feel almost as though the Fates themselves were […]
READ MORENovember 21, 2009
A Weighty Matter
I was a chubby kid. When we lived in town, a couple of boys in my school used to stand on the sidewalk and chant a rude verse at me […]
READ MORENovember 18, 2009
Will Write For…
A violinist I know who’s part of The New Millennium Orchestra told me they’re working on a business plan these days. Up to now, if they had money they paid […]
READ MORENovember 14, 2009
Waiting for???
Earlier this year I was at a dinner for the Freedom to Read Foundation, and was privileged to be seated at the same table with a gifted Y/A writer, who […]
READ MORENovember 9, 2009
Life and Death in Shanghai
Nien Cheng died on November 2. She’s been one of my heroes, ever since my son Tim introduced me to her work some 15 years ago. Cheng spent almost seven […]
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