On publishers

February 10, 2010
This has to be my favorite quote, ever, from a memoir publisher's website:Please be advised: there are times when I comment on query letters as a way of helping you...

Who are we, really?

February 10, 2010
It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. --Eric Hoffer And that's unfortunate, really, because it's the...

Still trying to write the pitch

February 10, 2010

The founding fathers would agree

February 9, 2010
I was raised in a household in which the air was filled with conservative rhetoric. "Lunatic liberal" was my father's term for progressive thinking. "Socialized...

The Pitch

February 9, 2010
I'm hugely intimidated.I just realized I need to pitch my book idea this week to agents at the writers conference I'm attending.Just a short pitch.I'm writing it...

Unpacking haiku, illustrated

February 8, 2010
Boxes sit waiting.I sit drinking my coffee.Why don't I have "help?"Actually, when I look at it objectively, I've made real progress unpacking the downstairs. It's hard...

The key to happiness: ask Danes

February 8, 2010
I follow a website called Serenity Hacker and her most recent post profiles Denmark, a nation, she says, that consistently ranks as the happiest in the world. That got...

What’s your Raashee?

February 8, 2010
Diversity has an expanded meaning in Silicon Valley and especially in towns like ours, Sunnyvale, and those that surround it. It's clearly evident at stores and on...

I saw this bumper sticker today

February 8, 2010
And I completely believe...

Ya gotta trust someone

February 7, 2010

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