"A book is the only immortality." --Rufus Choate
"I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books." --Isaac Asimov
"I don't want to achieve immortality...
Immortality
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Precocious Kids
I’m currently reading and enjoying immensely The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. The book is written from several viewpoints, all connected in some way to a fictional out-of-print book called, well, The History...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Book News: Big Announcement
I'm very excited to announce that my novel, The Qualities of Wood, will be published in 2012 by HarperCollins! I posted the book on HC's website for writers, authonomy.com, and earlier this year, the book was awarded a review. The rest is a blur but somehow has led to this point. Thanks to the community there,...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Hitchhiking, Part 2
Strangely enough, after writing the post about the absence of hitchhiking from our current literal and figurative landscape… three of my kids and I were driving to the baseball game of the fourth on Sunday when we passed—you...
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Words for Autumn
Here in California, we had a wonderful rainy day yesterday. Wonderful, because it's the time of year where some are anxious for Autumn. If you live someplace cold, compare this feeling to how you feel in the April...
