Scuppernongs and Muscadines Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian I spoke at a writing association recently where I noted that it takes me several years to finish an essay. I saw dismay on the faces of aspiring memoirists (since like many new writers they wanted to be told that their focus should be on finding agents and [...]
Saturday, September 12, 7 p.m. at the Babylon Salon in San Francisco, I will be reading from my essay “The Outlaw Bride,” which will appear in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 (due out in October). I’m thrilled about this on many fronts: giving a reading, getting published in a book that not just my [...]
Homebrew Den Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian Local beer brewers, winemakers, and rootbeer makers, rejoice: Homebrew Den, our local homebrew store, has moved from cramped quarters in a sketchy strip mall to a lovely big store on Market Street, in a mall near Mosaic and Momo’s, near the Market Square stores on Timberlane. A good homebrew [...]
For a couple of years I have had an idea completely unrelated to my current field of endeavor. The idea — tentatively named Bristlecone, for the oldest surviving pine trees — is, quite simply, a preservation plan for literary journals. The problem, in a nutshell No matter how passionately committed the publishing agency for any [...]
