Monthly Archives: February 2012
Guest post from Alma Alexander
If you read the previous blog post, you saw my review of 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens. To follow that up, here’s a guest post from the author, Alma Alexander, about her writing of it.
Midnight at Spanish Gardens
This is one of two reviews I’ll be posting this week. I mentioned this book last month, as well as the author, Alma Alexander. If you’ve never read anything by her before, do yourself a favor and do so. I … Continue reading
Power up
Saturday, we lost power for about half an hour. It was, at worst, an inconvenience that encouraged the boy to go outside and play. Today, the power flickered a few times, and that’s more annoying when it’s a work day … Continue reading
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An interview of me
Scarlett Archer edited a lovely book, 1,001 First Lines, and she asked my thoughts on first lines. Check out the interview over on the book’s site. Come back here later this week for my review of the book and my … Continue reading
Spring is here
What do you mean, I’m a month early? Tell that to the 50+ degree temperatures (or the 60+ it’s supposed to be on Friday). I’m sitting here with the windows open, letting the fresh air in. And here are the … Continue reading
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Another Boskone!
It’s February. More specifically, it’s President’s Day weekend (I’ll save the rant about remembering when we got two separate days, Lincoln’s birthday and Washington’s birthday), and that means another trip to Boston for Boskone. As this goes live, I’m actually … Continue reading
Oh, the colors!
I am grateful for the ability to see. Mind you, it’s been years since I’ve seen clearly without glasses. I’m near-sighted, I have astigmatism, and the eye doctors is really strongly urging me toward bifocals. The fact that there are … Continue reading
At least you’ve got . . .
Your health? Definitely something to be grateful for, and something that only comes up when we’ve been missing it. I’ve been sick with whatever the latest crud is that’s making the rounds: freezing, achey, swollen neck, pressure on the ears, … Continue reading
