There was a great interview yesterday in the Wall Street Journal with this Russian author, Grigory Chkhartishvili (trust me, I did not spell that from memory), a.k.a. Boris Akunin, who used to be a translator and now writes Russian literary detective novels. He started out with a 5-year plan not only to build a […]
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I love a stern talking-to. If I’m not giving one to myself, I’m wanting it from others.
So on a day when I was supposed to be working on my rewrites and instead spent too many hours indulging a cold I’m pretending I don’t have, I found a few gems from writers telling me to […]
Today at the bookstore, as I paid for my travel guide and maps to London, the cashier said, “Oh, that’s always been on my list.”
“Mine, too,” I said. “That’s why I’m going.”
Easy for me to say, she was probably thinking.
But really. What’s to prevent any of us from accomplishing the things we keep […]
Another school district trying to ensure children won’t accidentally hear about evolution.
My favorite line:
“It had been the school’s policy since 1995 to tear out chapters on evolution from science textbooks out of ‘respect for the family teachings of a significant number of Cobb County citizens’ . . .”
Wow, what a service. […]
Brrrrrrr!!! Just finished reading Lynne Cox’s Swimming to Antarctica, and that title is not a typo. She really did it–1.06 miles in 32-degree water that left her shivering so hard her teeth nearly fell out.
And gee, what have I done today?
I tell you, if you want to get motivated in life, […]
There was a study released earlier this month in the journal Science that finally spoke to my central flaw: impatience.
Studies like these make me wish I were a scientist sometimes. These people get to spend all day making up goofy experiments that they then talk cash-strapped college students into trying. Of course, I […]
I just got back from seeing Brick. Could I love a movie more? (Well, yes, Lord of the Rings, obviously, but this is a completely different thing.)
What a total treat. Funny, stylish, far more clever than I can imagine writing. Think Maltese Falcon meets Dawson’s Creek. Sort of. That […]
There was a piece in the NY Times a few Sundays ago about books that inspired various writers’ wanderlust. Stephen Colbert said he’s always wanted to go to Middle Earth. I just want to go to New Zealand. I want to see each and every location where they shot Lord of the […]
This one from my friend Peter. Did you notice how when the Others first brought Walt in to see his father, Walt seemed fairly calm? Then a little while later he exchanged a look with Ms. Clue, and suddenly Walt started thrashing around, shouting, “They’re not who they say they are! They’re […]