by lb-admin | Jun 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
This weekend was Book Expo America (BEA) weekend here in NYC. Many booksellers, librarians and authors trekked to our fair metropolis to see what’s coming out from publishers, grab galleys and free stuff, and just generally have a good time. Thursday night, my...
by lb-admin | May 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
I have long been a fan of Joss Whedon’s, i.e., He Who Created the Ass-Kicking Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but never more so than now. Today, he has posted a statement about the brutal, horrific stoning death of Dua Khalil Aswad in Northern Iraq. You can read it...
by lb-admin | May 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
Must not jump the shark with book. Must not jump the shark with book. Must not jump the shark with book. Must not pull a Bobby’s-in-the-shower-it-was-all-a-dream-St.Elsewhere-is-really-inside-the-head-of-an-autistic-kid-thing. Ways I could make this novel jump...
by lb-admin | Apr 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
I meant to blog last week, but I found the Virginia Tech shootings so upsetting that I could not think of a thing to say that didn’t feel cheap and meaningless. So many promising lives cut short. I was also saddened to see that Kurt Vonnegut died. RIP, Mr....
by lb-admin | Apr 10, 2007 | Uncategorized
I had a rare evening out last night. Whoohoo! My friend Pam invited me to Union Hall to see a musician I really wanted to see, Andrew Bird. Pam and her husband, Jim, own Union Hall in lovely Park Slope, Brooklyn, and it makes me feel sort of satellite cool that I know...
by lb-admin | Apr 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
Occasionally, I like to troll through the Celebrity Playlist section on iTunes to see what people count as songs they could not live without. It’s usually interesting, and I’ve come away with new things to listen to. And sometimes the commentary is witty...
