An email from a reader this morning reminded me of my favorite Mark Twain quote, which I used in The Wednesday Sisters but have, surprisingly, never shared …
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A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland CA
a little bookstore with an amazing selection, and even more amazing booksellers One of my favorite things about A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, CA is …
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Pages, Manhattan Beach CA
"Grocery Stories" Perhaps the only place more special than a good bookstore is one opened by a friend you knew in her pre-bookseller days. In my sordid …
Shakespeare & Company, Paris France
where Anais Nin, Henry Miller, James Baldwin, and Ernest Hemingway have been I'm in Paris for a month, writing and walking in the steps of some literary greats. …
Feminine Tosh
I spent an inspiring and entirely too short weekend gathering with readers and other writers at Printer's Row Book Festival in Chicago last weekend. If you've …
Just the Bookstore, Glen Ellyn, IL
I spent a few days in Chicago last week for the Chicago Tribune Litfest, and had a chance to return to Just the Bookstore again. I first heard about this …
A Gaggle of Writers at the End of the World
If today really is the end of the world, the great news for me is I'll go out in style: celebrating books! And if it comes at 6 p.m., then my last supper will …
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Books and Co, Dayton OH
Books & Co. in Dayton, Ohio One of the nicest things about having a book out is you get to visit bookstores, and sometimes revisit them. As you might have …
The Lowly Pencil
I'm not exactly monogamous in my writing tool relationships, but I do have a love affair with the plain yellow pencil. For a little more on the subject of my …
Writing a Novel is Like Paddling a Bathtub
Just came across this wonderfully funny and true quote in the New York Times Book Review: “Look, writing a novel is like paddling from Boston to London in a …
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