One of the nice things about reaching a certain point in life is the ability in any given situation to hoist the bullshit flag, wave it around a minute, and move on. So when I saw that Library Journal had hired an anonymous blogger, that’s what I did. I said my piece to several people […]
My sonar has picked up sundry comments about the local writing workshop I manage, that indicate most civilians don’t know how workshops function. I suppose this makes sense — I wasn’t familiar with “workshop” until I marched off to MFA-Land in 2004, trusty red pen in my school satchel. * A group of writers agree […]
What downturn? It turned out that embedding a call for documentation writers in between screeds about the election turned out to be wildly effective (even though I do not speak for My Place Of Work, blah blah blah — something they did NOT ask me to say, in case you’re wondering). I wish I could […]
“Turns out there’s a lot of interlinks in our financial system” — George Bush on CNN. Is this man president? Of the United States? Of America? Now the Old Fart will take office, keel over… and we’ll have Little Miss “I can see RUSSIA from my HOUSE!” near the Red Phone. Be Afraid! Register and […]
On November 11, Veterans Day, Kore Press will release Powder, an anthology that “brings us poetry and personal essays from 19 women who have served in all branches of the United States military.” I am one of those 19 women, and this anthology will feature my essay “Falling In.” (I spent 8 years in the […]
As promised, here are the links from today’s workshop (plus any more I added AFTER the workshop). Thanks for showing up! I’m writing this in advance, but I’m sure we had fun. Here’s the link to Tallahassee Writers’ Association. Come to a meeting! Our next meeting is Thursday, August 21 at the American Legion. I’ll […]
I am having a blissfully good time in my new job as Community Librarian for Equinox, and just spent a grand time in Idaho talking about open source — a session that was taped, and when it is online will unfortunately reveal, in a shameful moment, that I am unclear about exactly where Idaho is […]
I’ve been getting my sea-legs at my new job and staying very, very busy — blogging is just the tip of the iceberg. I got back from Norcross Friday night, and this morning, I’m off to Boise to talk about open source, and then to WilsWorld to just be there and I don’t know, let […]
On top of everything else, teetering in the breeze, I have a July 7 deadline for a short article in School Library Journal on open source software in school libraries. I haven’t done a lick of work on this article and will be extracting it from various orifices beginning July 3, when I return from […]
It’s funny that both Tayari Jones and Michelle Richmond wrote this week about knowing when to let go of a writing project, because that has been my week, during my tenure as self-appointed Artist in Residence at the Monterey Nonsmoker’s Hotel in Albuquerque (what a great place — more on that in another post). First, […]