So this is one of my lists of possible titles for What Can’t Wait. Lots of clunkers here, but that’s part of the process.
How did I finally choose the title? I did a lot of title-generating exercised, asked friends … Read more
What Can’t Wait just got some serious love in this great review of What Can’t Wait over at the fun and irreverent Forever Young Adult site. Now, I love FYA, so I’m stoked just to have my book reviewed … Read more
The downside to our Tuesday evening: the power went out (and still hasn’t come on). The upside to our Tuesday evening: WFIU featured What Can’t Wait on its weekly arts program, ArtWorks. Read more and listen to it here. … Read more
Silvina Ocampo is a master storyteller every bit as talented and important as more widely recognized Latin American short story writers like Borges. The most commented-on feature of her stories is their “cruelty,” by which people generally mean the frequency … Read more
I love reviewing books, but my feelings are more complicated now that I am a “real” author with a novel. For the first time, I can’t help thinking about what it’s like to … Read more
“The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit-detector.” –Ernest Hemingway
Who could argue with Papa Hemingway’s advice? Actually, there are lots of good reasons to argue with him, starting with his suicide. After all, if you … Read more
