Tomorrow evening, I’m doing a super fun reading series called Quickies! Quickies! is a monthly reading of very short prose. Each reader has five minutes to read a complete work of prose. No excerpts. No cheating. No nonsense. They blow whistles and kazoos and all sorts of stuff at readers if they go over five [...]
I ran the Y-Me 5k Race this morning with Dondi. We did it in a very respectable time, especially considering the wind was whipping around in every direction and the rain was cold and plentiful and, uh, felt like it was coming in horizontally. I got home and my running pants were soaked except for [...]
Bullet points tonight, kids.
Oh man, I’m so excited about Pilcrow Lit Fest! It’s just around the bend, too! Here at Pilcrow HQ, we’re just dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s and getting ready to see all of your smiling literary faces in just a few short weeks.
Don’t forget, I’m running that Y-Me Breast Cancer [...]
Hi gang.
I’m running the Y-Me Breast Cancer Organization’s Mother’s Day 5K. I have a fundraising page for it, too, if you want to give to the cause. But, this time, I’m not running solo. My running partner, Dondi Walker, has promised to dye her hair pink for the race and beyond when she meets her [...]
Errrrk! (Screeching tire noise) Where does the day go? Hi gang. What’s new?
So, the Silver Tongue reading at Columbia College last night was a hill of fun! Jill Summers was a wonderful host, and the MFA student readers all did a wonderful job. I read two selections from the new manuscript and a brief bit [...]
I cross-trained three days last week, two running workouts. So, I logged just under seven miles yesterday. The downside was that It was windy so I walked; I can’t stand running in cold wind.
Which leads me to:
I’d love to invent something like Wink-Ease but for ears, to block wind but not sound. Blocking sound is [...]
Happy Monday! This morning, I can report the following:
I have a tendency to feel clumsy when the tallest person in a given area. Sometimes that makes me sit when others stand, sometimes not. Still, at nearly six-feet tall, I like to wear heels.
The RAGAD reading was really a lot of fun. I read from my [...]
April 10, 2008 – 11:14 pm
Hey, I know times are tough and I know there are so many great organizations and worthy causes that need support, but I’m collecting your money for healthy boobs again. My goal is five hundred bucks for the Y-Me Mother’s Day 5K. I started the ball rolling, and made a donation myself. Even a small [...]
First, Pilcrow panels are up.
Now, well, I’m moved. Oy vey. All winter, I’ve had there weird oh-I’m-about-to-get-sick moments and haven’t actually gotten sick. So naturally, the weekend I need to be in optimal health for all the schlepping, I was sick as a dawg. Of course.
But, it’s over. The movers, the Starving Artist Moving Company, [...]
So, I’m really just aiming to finish up a few last-minute tweaks on Katie Schwartz’s essay collection today. Just like last night. No big whoop. However, this morning, I watched a guy about to get whomped-up upon by a line of people and nearly had to fight a guy myself.
Let’s back up.
I was running a [...]
