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I have a fancy phone now. The batteries ran out the first day I had it, because I didn't charge it up thoroughly. It has a digital picture of our cat on the home screen. There are icons on his face, but I've learned to 'swipe' the icons away. 'Swipe' meant 'steal' until about five years ago. Petty theft, like eyeliner from a drugstore or a dollar from your mom's purse. My phone somehow allows

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You know that one of my favorite indie bookstores in town is relocating, right? Just from L5P to Inman Park, so I'm not going to have a nervous attack or anything, but seriously, you need to go buy a book. They're cleaning house for the move. I already bought Moby-Dick in Pictures, so I beat you to that one, but there are a lot of good books in that store... So get thee to A Cappella books

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I heard this familiar voice on the radio today, in the car, reminding me about what today should mean. The voice was my own. The message came from my parents, in April. 1968.

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Why do I not check brainpickings every day? Entirely the prescription for getting out of a funk.

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I will not feel badly when I periodically indulge in SLOTH. To your left, a sloth.

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Reading Elif Batuman's piece in the current New Yorker about Ur and the civilizations that preceded this Biblical home of Abraham put me in mind of a harp my grandfather made. A link to it is here . It's the lapis, gold, and tiger maple one. That's tuned accurately to the scale used in Sumerian harps. The museum calls it a "bull-headed lyre," which when you say it aloud, sounds like what my

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This is always in here. I wish I could thank Russell Hoban.

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End of the year and the "best of" lists are upon us like autumn leaves. I'm not complaining about "best of" lists - Invisible Sisters made several of them in 2009, and they make a big difference in how a book is received. Which is why I'm starting my own first annual "Five Books I'll Bet You Didn't Read This Year (Get 'em While They're Hot)" list. Disclosure; three of these five are by friends.

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Do you remember the "old" Carnegie library downtown, the one with the wonderful children's room with the blue and white tiles around a huge (yes, even if you were grown) fireplace? The one with marble columns out front? Well, here are the remnants of the marble work, on the grounds of the old Atlanta prison farm off Key Road. Thanks to Save the Atlanta Prison Farm for the guided hike.

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Do you know about Redux yet, the literary journal that's worth a second look? I've got a piece there today; a prose poem essay thing with some Latin. And birds. Thanks for inviting me to play, Redux, and Sandra Beasley !

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Watch this space, but make plans to come up to The Farm at Weathers Creek this spring! Let's talk memoir, shall we?

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Because I can just imagine the delight the editor took in crafting this wonderful letter. I mean it. I can also imagine the fury this parody generated in Ms. Stein. For more of the art of rejection letters, and a look at the letters that shouldn't have been sent, go to Flavorwire , the source for this showcased item.

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Dear "KG" who sent me a lovely personalized polka-dotted card in the mail today thanking me for leading the memoir workshop. Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the workshop, and are ready to write! Which workshop and who are you?... Forgive me, but I can't make out the name past the initials. I love getting real mail.

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Y'all know I believe in shopping locally and sustainably when possible (yes, I know the prior post involves 2 chain stores...). I also love success stories, with tenacious heroines. So I was delighted to learn that my pal Janet Geddis's Avid Book Shop, down the road in the very hip town of Athens, Ga, got a write up in The Millions !

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So I know that the glamorous life of a writer is truly mine now. I have paparazzi. He is a nice, pleasant guy who was bagging my groceries at a Publix market where I don't usually shop, I just happened to be at the nearby Costco. He's got my broccoli, my Swiffer duster replacements, and I think there was other stuff. And he tells me I look familiar. I hear this often. I get "Rachel?" a lot. And

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... of books in my studio. I mean, really. They keep whispering to me while I write. Read me. No, me, first. Psst, over here. Hush, y'all. I'll get there. This is not a photo of the books fidgeting and tantalizing me; it's our cat, Biscuit, reading the credits of a movie in our tv room. Hey, it's reading, of a sort.

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M measuring the eyeholes. Halloween - we take it seriously around here.

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I'm blushing to be included in the "literature" category, but Sam said it, not me. Come on over to Whole World Theater on November 6th. You'll get to hear selections from Sam Starnes' tremendous new novel, Fall Line, the gifted Anthony Grooms, and I'll try and hold up my end.

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Whew! Workshops and readings coming up next week and the week after Tampa, Charlotte , Atlanta , and Greenville, SC .Better get the car tuned up, and redo some tunes for the car.So excited! See you there?

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Funamulism is high-wire walking. Like Philippe Petit, the "Man on Wire," or the Flying Wallendas, who tightrope walked Georgia's Tallulah Gorge when I was a kid.Above is a photo of Petit, preparing to walk between two of the World Trade Center Towers.Funambulist, ce'st moi. My motto? Don't look down.

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What are you reading? Looking for suggestions on what to read next? I know just the place to tell the world, as my grandmother used to say - it's Friday Reads! here .

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Author and pal Collin Kelley rounds up several authors' opinions and experiences with e-readers here . And I've been shown the path to digital signatures, here .

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Nah, not really, I'm just writing a 'gotcha' headline. Writing IS all about being read, though, and Atlanta's got an arm-length list of public reading series. Here's an article from Sunday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution about them, and the bout that I won (grr, snarl, slam) at the Decatur Book Festival.

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Conundrum, or maybe I'm just behind the times.Invisible Sisters sells very well as an eBook, and I've been stumped as how to sign one.I just learned. You can request a digital signature here ! I promise, my digital signature is just as illegible as my manual one.

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I mean it - reseearch is glorious. I am currently reading John Sayles' massive novel, A Moment in the Sun, and devouring it. And then I found this , courtesy of McSweeney's, the terrific, innovative, art & design savvy publisher who published Sayles' book.If you are a research and American history freak like me, get a cup of coffee, a comfy chair, and prepare to check out of the present day for

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M & I put down our pens, closed our laptops, and walked over to East Atlanta village for the annual Strut. I wanted to see the aerialist(I was too enthralled to take pictures!) some of the bands, and drink in public, and maybe buy arty jewelry. M wanted to do the same, less the arty jewelry. We did all these things.And our friends at Bound to Be Read Books won a trophy for their role in the

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This is Isaac Bashevis Singer's typewriter. I took this picture a few years ago, at a fancy literary party at the home of someone who owns... Isaac Bashevis Singer's typewriter.I like to look at this photo periodically. I thought you might, too.By the way, I don't know if this is a QWERTY keyboard. I doubt it. It's in Hebrew.

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Did you know that the 9/11 Healthcare Bill does not cover cancer ? Did you know that the first responders (among others on the scene) ten years ago today were exposed to a vast array of carcinogens, and that they are now showing increased rates of an array of cancers ?Remember them, remember their bravery, and acknowledge that the Federal Government is not helping them to the fullest, now

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My friend Susan Woodring has just finished reviewing the copy edits for her new book, Goliath, and she grabs that horrible, exhilarating, stare-your-own work in the face experience here .PS: the photo here is the cover of her first book, Springtime on Mars. Read it!

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Don't miss the Decatur Book Festival this weekend. I've looked over the schedule, and am already making a list of what talks, concerts, panels, book signings I want to go to! Come on over to the Write Club event on Saturday at 5, where I'll be squaring off against my good friend Susan Rebecca White in a competitive read-off, and then be double triple sure to come by the Decatur Conference

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How to host a terrific book club meeting? Be these ladies. Or, if you're not, have a cat (that's Mr. T there front and center.) Have snacks. Have read the author's book and be genuinely interested. Be nice. Be fun and smart. And make it a conversation, not a hot seat Q&A. And sent the author home with snacks for her spouse. What I'm holding is a beautiful leather-bound notebook that was a

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My friend and fellow writer Annette Gendler sent me this today - the Liebster Award. Take a look at why, and be inspired by the generosity she shares with writers. And yes, apparently I do need to learn German !

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What a nice surprise to find this in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and in the good company of friends and jaw-dropping writers Joshilyn Jackson and Karin Slaughter You're coming to the Decatur Book Festival, right? PS the image is NOT devil horns. It's "I love you" in ASL.

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Pick one statement that illustrates the concept of "positionality" in creative nonfiction. A. Yes, there really is a praying mantis the size of a size nine shoe on my screen porch. B. From where I sit, that praying mantis freaked me out so much it looked big as a shoe. C. We could stage a mini-monster movie out here. (Note that there are two correct answers.)

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M. and I finally got on the bandwagon (not for lack of enthusiasm) and walked some of Atlanta's Beltline yesterday. The photo is of some arty wall art along the Southeast portion that I loved. Are you in Atlanta? Do you know about the Beltline? You will after you read this . Adaptive reuse of old train routes! Greenspace! Economical and green transit!

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Vacation, booked. Me and M. That's all. No work, no networking. (I swear it. Fingers crossed.) Where to? Not tellin. When? Soon. But not before the Bookzilla-stravaganza Decatur Book Festival , right? C'mon on over. All I'm saying is that Write Club will not be my usual kind of gig. In a good way! And that I'm honored beyond belief to get to interview Katharine Weber on Sunday, and am

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Actually, move "The Memory of All That" by Katharine Weber to the top of your memoir-list, particularly if you are reading memoir because you want to know how the good ones are done. Or if you're reading memoir because you love memoir. I read memoir for both reasons.(There are a lot of good ones. We know some that aren't. If you know me, you've probably heard me gnashing my teeth over a few of

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Okay, the haircut is really bad. But like the essay, it's true. I Faked My Name" at TrueStory!

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Thanks, Nieman Storyboard, for posting this not-entirely-tongue-in-cheek (notice my excessive creation of adjectival phrases?) guide to truth in memoir!

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I'm clearing my weekend decks to read this. It's "Remain in Light," the 2nd of a trilogy about Paris, suspense, people who aren't who they seem to be... make the popcorn and fix me a cocktail.

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This is not an attractive photo, but to me, it's an exciting photo. It's also an example of the less-than-romantic process of writing. (Those who believe writers wander through the fields of creativity, picking idea-flowers, sorry to disabuse you.)This is a picture of three large (like 2 x 2) sheets of sketch paper, with brief statements of chapter content for a mostly-finished ms (crossed

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A million reasons to volunteer at Vox , but here's my current favorite. The group-signed, photo-bedecked thank you card.

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From a conversation this weekend with good, smart friends... being an amateur is making art that you love. The word amateur comes from the Latin verb amat, 'to love,' so go proudly, fellow amateurs!

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Yep, True Story! is back at Kavarna, starting August 19th. You know you want to drop by for a night of nonfiction reading with artifacts, some hilarity, some awe, some camaraderie, and oh yes, good beer, wine, food, seeing as how it's held at a very friendly restaurant and bar in Oakhurst, and they have these things.A pending blog post will be called "Food Crimes," and will fill you all in on

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Smoked dates stuffed with manchego cheese at The National in Athens, Ga.That is all.

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Coconut-jalapeno ice cream from Morelli's.A "hooray I'm home let's go out and celebrate" treat. Child-sized cone, because it is ice cream, after all.Now I have a syllabus to write, and I want to finish this pass of edits on a manuscript, and am having fun showing myself the through-lines. What metaphor? How many metaphors? What did I really mean by all this, I ask myself, as I slash across the

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Do you know about the Oracle at Wi-Fi ? You should!(photo fm Oracle at Wi-Fi/Beth Lilly)

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Some of my friends have prevailed upon me to write a little bit about Ellis Island, which M. and I visited while in NY last week. I'd never been, although I've been in and out of Manhattan most of my life. I'm glad I went.The photos above are of physical materials collected from the restoration of Ellis Island, and displayed on the 3rd floor of the main building, and it's those things that spoke

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This is where I've been. For two weeks. You can see why, upon returning, I have forgotten three different passwords to three different accounts (including this one), could not remember the day of the week as recently as this morning (a large New York Times reminded me that it was Sunday), and am rarin' to go on not one, but three (!) writing projects; the novel I nearly finished at

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An earnest new writer asked me that question last weekend; "what do you do on a residency?" "Eat cookies," I said. Then I told her what I really intend to do, which is try my hardest to come face to face with my writing. Just me and you, writing. It's a showdown, writing. It's a serious attempt to dismember you, wrestle you to the ground, and see what I know you really have in you, you, you,

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Whew! I knew Bookzilla would be back, but here he (is he a he? Not sure what gender BZ is, actually) is with the lineup for this year's Decatur Book Festival!You'll be here, right? I will!

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A week ago a bakery box suggested that I learn German. Two nights ago, the sidewalk on Clairmont Avenue near North Decatur reminded me to "cherish diversity."Word on the street, I'm telling you.

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Can I just kvell for a minute about VOX and the summer media cafe? Look at all these excellent writers and media faculty who have signed on to lead workshops for Atlanta high school students!I'm teaching personal essay, in the company of three amazing writers and more than a dozen outstanding teen writers.I had amazing writing teachers and mentors when I was in high school, and this is one

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The weird stuff you find in my neighborhood, I'm telling you. Now a bakery box on the sidewalk (artfully placed, I noticed) chastises my language skills?

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Now I know how my mom felt reading about herself as a character in Invisible Sisters.

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That $10 Art Mystery, it's like a triffid. A literary one. Inhabiting many brains. Here's the latest . Because I know that you, like me, are hooked.PS Dear mystery-monger. I don't mean that you're really a brain-eating plant. It's just your run of the mill pop culture reference.

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I'm so excited about this link to my friend Collin Kelley's second novel, "Remain in Light," that I'm pushing you right to it. Read a chapter free! And since it's a part two, read a sample of the first novel, "Conquering Venus," here, too!Do you love Paris? Intrigue? Romance? Of course you do! I'm torn if I should post Collin's tres mysterious new author photo, or the cover of Remain in Light

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Georgia Writers, I'm in your awards ceremony, emceeing your awards. (Apologies to LOL cats . I have two very entertaining cats and yet I still can't shake the LOL cats thing.)Seriously, I'm so excited to be a part of this year's Georgia Author of the Year Awards ceremony. The list of nominees is inspiring, and there will be so many books I want to buy and authors I want to congratulate!And

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Is it confusing to post on Memorial Day about Gil Scott-Heron, who died this week at the age of 62? I think not.But rather than explain Scott-Heron's music and politics to you, I'm going to direct you to Steve Almond's terrific retrospective in The Rumpus .Scott-Heron, Almond writes, died of grief. In other news, this is the view out my studio window; my neighbor's American flag, which he does

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So, you may recall that last week I blogged about the "Follow Your Narrative Urge" mystery letters ? Me and my big mouth. Or keyboard. I got a letter too, and the freaky thing is, I got it at work.. (Gasp!)Here is a picture of the overall missive.While it's not too hard to figure out where I work, I don't have it on my website, so, you mystery person, you either know me, are a former or

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That's the deck on the title of "Boomtown," my grad school's anthology celebrating our first decade! Boom! Hooray!And I blurbed it! More hooray!You can buy it 1here . There's some fabulous and famous (uh huh, famous) writers in here.... c'mon...you want one.

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Now I know why camp was weird, and it took my writing a book review for TriQuarterly Review online to find out. , so thanks, TQR!

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Thanks, Annette Gendler , for letting me co-pilot your blog today and rattle on about Venn diagrams, and where the writer and the character meet face to face.(that's my drawing on my notepad, in a phone-camera photo.)

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So, it seems that Atlanta's got an art mystery going on, and Creative Loafing's wondering about it, and then a slip of a quote from Invisible Sisters is part of the performance, and I dig it."Follow your narrative urge," the envelopes read. Yes, indeed! Do that! How cool is it to be an example? Very!Who's the mastermind? Who's got $10 bills to give away? Is it a scavenger hunt? Kudos to a

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In the past three weeks, I have traversed Walcott, Iowa, and Cedartown, Georgia. I appreciate these places more than I can express here. Richard Hugo says it better in The Triggering Town Consider that your writing tip for the day. Use the link to read about Hugo and how visiting, seeing, passing through towns are writing prompts.

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I was wondering, can I train our cat to pull weeds? He's the one who's outside all day, and low to the ground. While he's doing that, M & I will unpack the hammock that was our best anniversary gift.See you in Calhoun, Georgia, this weekend, at the Northwest Georgia Writers' Conference! I'll be signing books, teaching a workshop, and enjoying the mountain air. While the cat is home, earning his

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Help us solve an art mystery! Be like Scooby-Doo, but at the circus.Who IS this man? My mother bought this painting at a flea market in York, Pennsylvania, about ten years ago. The canvas was rolled up, and shows signs of wear and poor preservation. She's had it framed and keeps it out of direct light, but we are captivated by this man who appears to be a barker, an EmCee, or a ringmaster (note

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Collage images #1 & #2 from my collageathon with pal S., an author of note and reigning Cancer Bitch, whose advice to me, as I wielded scissors and glue in her attic, was "don't be afraid to let things touch." Good advice for extended metaphor, no?Prior to the collageathon was a day and half at the gracious Hyde Park home of A., and her family, including a gobsmacking walk along the lake.Iowa 80

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Phoebe Snow cared for her brain injured daughter Valerie. Phoebe Snow did not pursue what was, at that time, a burgeoning career. Phoebe Snow died this morning. She was sixty. Her daughter predeceased her by several years.Here's Phoebe Snow's voice.

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Lucky me! I'll be speaking at The Examined Life conference in Iowa City on Friday. What about, you ask? (Or maybe you don't, I'm just pretending.)Why, Writing the Survivor experience, of course. In other news;I am reading Elizabeth Stuckey-French's "The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady" and laughing my a** off, except it's about a very serious subject. But it's funny, in a devious, sunny way.

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Did you know that Harry Nilsson did a version of "Many Rivers to Cross," and that John Lennon produced it? The Nilsson/Lennon thing is no surprise (lost weekend, anyone?) but I was unaware of this musical madness until I happened upon it on our excellently eclectic WMLB radio yesterday.We know "Me and My Arrow," and as a college freshman, I relished in "You're Breaking My Heart, Tearing Me

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Someone once told me that all the snow in Iowa City means you stay in and write a lot. Excellent video about "the" workshop. Thanks, RL for the link to this short PBS video!

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If you don't know the writing and teaching of Michael Steinberg, it's time you did. Mike's an author, creative nonfiction leading light, all around interesting guy. His wife Carole is a talented painter and one of the warmest people to talk with.I met Mike at the inaugural Writers In Paradise Conference, and he's been a world-changer for my writing ever since.Here's Mike and Carole on Telling

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LATE AFTERNOON UPDATE: Dog reunited with his owner, thanks to the efforts of 1) the owner! 2) Park Pet Supply in East Atlanta Village 3) Bow Wow Meow Pet sitting - our fabulous all things animal for about 15 years! 4) and the brave neighbor R., who let the dog wait at her place, since she has a fenced yard.See what I get for going for a walk on April Fool's Day? This dog, fun and enthusiastic,

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You've seen me rave about the TrueStory! reading series on this site before. Now it's time to rave about a workshop coming up in just a few weeks!You don't want to miss this one. And I'm not even IN it!Here's a digital clip from the press release:As Wednesday, April 13th approaches, we grow ever-more-excited about welcoming LA Times journalist and writer Sam Quinones, who's traveling to the ATL

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Last weekend, a question was posed to a panel I was on. What contemporary works of historical fiction do you recommend reading was the gist of the question; I'd hate to quote since I didn't write it down. (Note the difference here between veracity and verisimilitude?)Wow, that's a good question. And it's unanswerable in a complete way, but here are some of my faves.Brookland, by Emily BartonThe

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Friday will be the 100th anniversary of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York, a fire that killed nearly 200 people, almost all women and children, and that sparked - so to speak - the organized labor movement in the United States.Considering the current backlash against collective bargaining, I think it's crucial to remember the reasons for labor unions; fair wages, safe

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I'm turning it over to my friend Gina today, and her beautiful essay on art, Japan, and emotion.Akira Kurosawa, the director, is credited with saying "never avert your eyes."In the meantime, don't avert your eyes from Libya, from the US battle for health care and unions, and from the crocuses coming up in your yard.See you Saturday at Bound to Be Read Books? (The image is Hokusai's "great

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I lifted this from the Bound to Be Read Books newsletter, but it's okay. They're my friends. And they know where I live.SPECIAL EVENT! Women Who Run with Words, Sat., March 19 at 3:00 PMLocal writers Jessica Handler, Althea Sumpter, and Lee Furey will discuss the challenges they face as women writing about history, how stories come to them, what they do when confronted with "black holes" in

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Yes, even good bloggers go bad sometimes, when stack of stuff on the desk obscures the view out the window, when airline tickets need to be bought and conference fees need to be paid (and the note to do same rolls over from day to day to day on the 'to do' list), when the blogger in question spends most of her free time - and her not free time - daydreaming about a beach house, or a mountain

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M. wins a prize! Here's a query that knocked 'em out of the park, and got a nod on the Interwebs for being an outstanding query. Which, indeed, it is.Calling all agents who are interested in urban fantasy... here's M's query .

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Just so you know, M. and I made it over to the aptly named Sublime Donuts with my pipin' fresh ecoupon on my phone. We two and about thirty other people. Damn it, I say, I'm here to have a discount hipster donut. And we waited in line. And we got... two of the last THREE donuts in the place. And they were damn good.I find that I am inspired by the fashion column that's more of a sidebar in the

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Check it, I'm a textbook ! Study up, y'all.(Despite the image from SAT.org, there will be no bubble-in requirements.)

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Erika Dreifus and I have crossed paths many times before we actually met, which is kind of the way of mishpocheh. I've been a subscriber to her terrific newsletter The Practicing Writer, and I regularly read her blog, My Machberet. Erika's a mover and shaker, lemme tell you. The girl knows a lot, and then on top that, she's an outstanding writer. Her short story collection, "Quiet Americans" is

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My writing group holds me to a very high standard. This is a good thing. I recommend it.And over on Jane Friedman's Writer's Digest blog "There Are No Rules," Susan Cushman guest posts and asks writers and a literary agent what's the deal with this fancy new technology? I weigh in , along with Neil White, Jeff Kleinman, Sonny Brewer, and others.

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When the mice are away, the cats will stick their faces into their petsitter's video camera.AWP really stands for A Writer (is) Pooped! Three days, eleventy hundred people, a big bookfair with mostly independent (!! hooray!!) and university presses and lit mags (also hooray) and readings by heavy hitters like Junot Diaz, Amy Hempel, Jhumpa Lahiri, Gary Shteyngart (you know you can say it, MK

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Win lunch with a literary agent (not mine, who is indeed a terrific lunch companion, but Karin Slaughter's, and Karin is way famous), or have your script evaluated, or meet famous authors (not me, I have to be out of town, and I am only famous to my cats), or heck, just support libraries.Libraries are good. They are, in fact, a reader's lifeblood.So, you say, how do I do all these things? You go

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My pal Suzanne Van Atten's teaching a Creative Nonfiction class evenings this spring in Atlanta.You know you want to take it!(photo of I.B.Singer's actual typewriter by me.)

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Thanks, Robin Hemley, Amy Butcher, and Iowa Public Radio for the high praise for "Rotary Phone" in Defunct Magazine.So very cool to hear you read it aloud, and kudos from Robin are kudos indeed.I'm bringing you guys mood rings.

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I can hardly excuse my absence with the reason that I slipped on the ice in my nearly ski-slope driveway and am now hobbling like a crone. But I say "ow ow ow" when I settle into my chair, so there's my excuse. Hardly a casualty of Snowmaggedon, but it got pretty cabin-feverish around here last week.Could I call it "cabin-febrile?" Or, since we successfully taught Biscuit to fetch to keep

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Dr. King would have been 82 this week.Discuss.Meanwhile, here's a link to Ben Harper's song .

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The cover of February's Vanity Fair magazine is Justin Bieber, covered with kisses.The kisses are not mine. I confess, I've never heard Mr. Beiber's music, nor do I seek it out. I'm more of a Frazey Ford kind of girl.However, mass kisses go to my friends Alan Deutschman, Susan Rebecca White, Sheri Josep h, Joshilyn Jackson , Amanada Gable, and the sum total of the NINE Atlanta authors and

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I'm turning this over to M. today, on politics, vitriol, and the urgent need for discourse in the wake of the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords.

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Well, Mr. and Mrs. Freefall get their due in today's' issue of The Rumpus .And just think, on New Years Eve, the topic - for a shining moment - was the common noun for owls. (It's "parliament," as in "a parliament of owls.")Thanks, Rumpus! PS: Note to your reading list - check in with The Rumpus every day!

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Since what you do on New Year's day is supposed to set the tone for the year, lo and behold, inky elbows' word challenge.I've already met my 250. You?( Wish I'd taken a picture of the gorgeous greens, beans, veggie sausage, mimosas and cornbread that preceded it. )Happy New Year!

jessica handlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295903432546706050noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493294391947836695.post-13745052988585653062010-12-31T15:35:00.003-05:002010-12-31T15:39:17.048-05:00

A New Year's wish from all of us over here at Swimming in The Trees.Practice a little bit of tikkun olam in the coming year, and encourage others to do the same.xoSwimming, mgmt.

jessica handlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295903432546706050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493294391947836695.post-43217732515703279772010-12-26T13:26:00.002-05:002010-12-26T13:28:36.804-05:00

Thanks, Denise and The Pen & Muse , for letting me run my mouth (or keyboard) about writing, inspiration, and character development. And about my least-favorite word. PS, there's book giveaway on the site, so if you feel like throwing your hat (or pen) into the ring, there might be a signed copy of Invisible Sisters in it for you.

jessica handlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295903432546706050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493294391947836695.post-87562459318647854962010-12-25T13:04:00.004-05:002010-12-25T13:06:05.536-05:00

M. has summed up the hijinx at Timely Manor for us.Note to the allergic and those who tend to say "awwww" - a kitten is involved.

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They'll be restocking signed copies of Invisible Sisters over at A Cappella books next week, just as soon as I can get over there with a pen. Just so you know.(image of A Cappella books from, well, A Cappella books website.)

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And it's time to watch this . Really.

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