At the Jewel Club meeting, bring an empty paper box, which they’re collecting to be used by LULAC to deliver food to needy families at the holidays.
Another Stellar Moment of Celebrity Gazing for Me
I was a major doofus. This easily scored as my most doofus moment ever. It was worse than meeting Greta Cammermeyer, who upon saying to agog me, “I’m Greta Cammermeyer” received my witty response of “Yes, you are.”
Women’s Week, Provincetown, 10/16-18/2009
As far as we may have come, it’s still a delight to be in Provincetown, Massachusetts with women as far as the eye can see. Inns and theaters are packed with musicians and comics, the sidewalks are full of lotsa lesbians and readers and writers fill the bookstores and talk about anything they like.
The Amazon Conundrum
Yes, I’m going to talk about how books are sold, the money part. I think it worth saying that as with sausage, if you like it, you might not want to watch it being made.
Reality is Not Reality TV
Just because I have the passionate commitment about writing to put a story on the page doesn’t mean I have a right to the passionate commitment of others, let alone their money and time. I have to earn it and work to keep it.


