Last month, I made a quick post on my Sparks page about what I call “covetable copy” —a piece of writing I wish I’d written. I wanted to put up another one, so I started leafing through my little notebook with the red brocade cover. It’s probably Chinese. This one is old … Continue reading
“Why?” my sister asked, standing in one of the surviving brick-and-mortar bookstores, waiting for her tweens to pick out something to read. “Why is the YA section all dystopian science fiction?” She was more annoyed than curious, concerned that her children were being limited to a narrow vision of alternative … Continue reading
I haven’t updated this blog in far too long. Two months. In the blog-o-sphere, where you are advised you must feed the feed almost constantly in order to cultivate an audience, that’s more like eons too long. Even with my far more modest goals (once or twice a month seems … Continue reading