It seems I joined the so-called slow-blogging movement without intending to. Sorry about that. Time to get back to slapdash, off-the-cuff posting. So what *have* I been doing lately? I’ve been out to Montgomery College to talk to a continuing-ed group about the short story I wrote for D.C. Noir. The takeaway: It’s fun to… Continue reading »
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A Story (by Lela)
My Mom says she sees candy I ran up Where where I askd over there says Mom the end (Editor’s note: This may be my 6-year-old’s first foray into fiction-writing.)
It’s Official–No More Stand-Alone Book World
The WaPo has finally announced that it will kill the stand-alone print edition of Book World and move books coverage into Outlook and Style and the arts section. No surprise there; rumors have swirled (what else do rumors do?) for weeks now. What to say? I worked at Book World a long time, and I… Continue reading »
“Harvard’s Faust, Dead Chilean Nominated for Book Critics Prize”
Maybe not the best headline ever, but the funniest one I’ve seen today. Not that there’s a lot of competition out there. (“Major U.S. Companies to Slash 45,000 Jobs” just doesn’t cut it in the funny department.)
Pressed
As you might have heard, it’s been a little busy here in D.C. the last week or so. I caught some of the peripheral inaugural action–happy crowds, massive litter, bunting all over–in between writing two news stories, three blog items, and a feature for the Chronicle. It turned out to be a big week not… Continue reading »
