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Frankfurt Book Fair, Day Three
Guten morgen once again. Frankfurt is very lovely from my window right now as I type this. It's sunny and fall-ish. The leaves on the tree just outside my window are shades of green, orange, brown, and yellow. Across the street is an apartment building that looks old,...
Frankfurt Book Fair–Day Two
Guten Morgen! Wie geht es Ihnen? (How are you?) Brauche ich einen Regenschirm? (Do I need an umbrella?) Nein! Es ig sonnig. (No! It's sunny.) Aren't phrase books fun? They give you a false sense of security. Then you meet an actual person and they smile and speak to...
Frankfurt Book Fair, Day One
Guten nacht from Frankfurt. It's 10:30 pm here and I've been up since Tuesday night. This will be such a fun post. I might accidentally make sense. The adventure so far: Yesterday morning, my tooth broke. Yeah, the same front tooth that broke a few months back. I was...
World Domination Tour–European Version
Tomorrow I leave for a book tour of Germany, Austria, and Italy. Let me type that again: GERMANY! AUSTRIA! ITALY! ME! WHOO-HOO! I am up to my lederhosen in excitement, baby. I’ve never been to Germany and Austria, and I don’t think repeated viewings of “The Sound of...
Movie Update
Apparently, I need to be watching "Pushing Daisies." This is the consensus. Okay, I'm sold. I'll try to catch up. Also, thanks to whoever it was who posted the "Target Woman" videos on youtube. Hysterical. Okay. Movie stuff. I'm still waiting to hear from Icon (the...
AGATB movie almost-update
I've gotten a lot of emails recently about the movie version of AGATB. It seems there are rumors of everyone and her brother being cast: "Starring Daniel Craig as Mrs. Nightwing...and Seth Rogan as Gemma Doyle..." Just to let you know--I am having a conversation with...
Me turn in book
Me turn in book yesterday. Me write round clock to finish book. Me cry sometimes and ask book why it want hurt me so bad. Book flip me finger and laugh. Book mean. Tell editor book be in hands by 3:00 pm Friday. Me finish book while standing with coat on at 2:59 pm....
Feminism without those pesky feminists
I often read Rebecca Traister at Salon.com. She's really able to articulate what I sometimes cannot, and then I find myself saying, "Yeah. That. What you said." Today, she has written a thought-provoking article about the "new feminism." You can read it here:...
In search of the restaurant at the edge of the universe, and other matter(s)
You guys are a full cup of awesome. Thanks for all your most excellent blog suggestions. They made me think, consider, ponder, muse, and, on occasion, laugh out loud. I will have a hard time picking just three and may keep some of them in a file for one of those days...
Blogless in Brooklyn
Can't seem to make my brain work lately. My gray matter is like the equivalent of the DMV: I submit a form, slip it under the window, and wait and wait and wait. Then the window shuts and the sign says, "Closed." My brain is very uncooperative. There's so much...
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
What I Did on my Summer Vacation 1. worked 2. worked 3. worked 4. worked 5. saw Dark Knight 6. worked 7. worked 8. went for ice cream 9. worked 10. worked 11. had a BBQ in the backyard 12. worked 13. saw Tropic Thunder 14. worked 15. worked 16. read some cool books...
T-shirts of the week
Favorite t-shirts spotted this week: Let the Wookie win. I'm no longer with stupid. EVERY TIME YOU POST WITH CAP LOCKS ON, ee cummings kills a kitten. Also, lots of people have asked about what's happening with the AGATB movie. So here's your answer: not so much yet....