Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
Author Photo Reveal
I know, you’ve all been waiting with bated breath for this.
Presenting…a new author photo! (more…)
Author Photo Reveal
I know, you’ve all been waiting with bated breath for this.
Presenting…a new author photo! (more…)
New Newsletter
It’s a new month! So, yes, there’s a new issue of The Practicing Writer available. (more…)
Beautiful Bookcase
Few things are as beautiful to a writer-reader as an empty bookcase, am I right?
My parents are downsizing, and so this bookcase arrived in my apartment yesterday.
The bookcase has been part of my parents’ lives longer than I have! It was their first big purchase as newlyweds. And yes, family lore holds that even as a baby, I was drawn to the bookcase. I loved being held up to look at (and touch) the books. (There is some evidence of this on home movies, and it’s pretty cute, if I say so myself.) (more…)
Q3 Contributions
Ever since my story collection Quiet Americans was published in January 2011, I’ve been offering quarterly contributions based on recent sales to The Blue Card, an organization that provides assistance to U.S.-based survivors of Nazi persecution and their families. This quarter, the amount was quite small, but thankfully, some people are still buying the book! (more…)
Party Time!
I attended a lovely event yesterday evening celebrating the new issue of Lilith magazine—and the Jewish holiday of Sukkot—over at Sutton Place Synagogue in New York. Here’s a view of the roof of the congregation’s sukkah shortly before sunset.
#AmReading
A shoutout for Gabrielle Zevin’s latest novel, Young Jane Young, which I’m reading at the moment and enjoying immensely. (more…)