Disclaimer: The Cafe in the Woods usually do not serve posts of a political nature unless something has pissed off the owner so much, she will drag a soapbox to the middle of the cafe and force the patrons to listen to her rant while waving a serving ladle in a wagging, nagging manner. This [...]
Archive for October, 2008
21 Oct
Book Review: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
So after this year of reading books for weeks, maybe months at a time, I finally get Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys and what do I do? I devour it in a week.
It sucks because this was a book I wanted to read slowly. Getting a Gaiman book is always a treat, and I’ve been wanting [...]
15 Oct
The Difference Between Artists and Writers (or Why Can’t I Dress Like That?!)
So last week I was in the kitchen at my job when one of the younger girls came in and the first thing I saw were her white knit legwarmers.
There are many, many people who should not wear legwarmers. I am one of those people. Put them on me, and it will make my legs [...]
8 Oct
Writerly Rumblings
Now that my part of the Southland Tales recap for the Agony Booth is done, I can now re-focus (good grief, how many times have I done this already?) on the final edit of She’s All Light. I just want this to be over. Bleah. I’m going to write flash fiction for the next nine [...]
3 Oct
Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund
Oh, I have been reading so sloooooow lately!
I wonder if I should blame this on the book I read in April, Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer. She advocates slow reading in order to distill how a book is written and put together. I just can’t seem to gobble down books like I used to. [...]
