Came to writing late. 5th gen Californian, raised in suburbia, off to women's college in New England and then to New York City. Mid life crisis, quit my life, ran away to the desert, ended up in New Mexico where I realized I was a writer.
Jane Jacobs, James Lee Burke, William McDonough, Ms. Magazine, Barack Obama, Grandma Moses, Joanne Sheehy Hoover, Alan Black, Paul Hawken, Thomas Friedman
Favorite Books
Mysteries, books on typography, geology, sustainable business
Favorite Authors
Mystery writers: David Lindsey, JD Robb, James Lee Burke, Lillian Hellman, David Morell, Robert Parker, Thomas Friedman,
A friend asked me why I liked mysteries and to recommend “three mystery type books that I think typify the genre, yet at the same time represent the finer points of it…” Nice, huh? This friend wants to familiarize himself with the genre… So, here goes.I had a long long list of authors I like and I tried to figure out why I liked them.Overall, I like mysteries because there are two stories ...
It matters to those of us in the book world that people read, or don’t read, books. We have all read the sad statistics* about books and reading, such as:58% of US adult population never reads another book after high school80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year42% of college graduates never read another book33$ of high school graduates never read another book57% of new books ...
I'm just gettting started here at Red Room. My first audio file is a conversation with Alan Black, last year at the Edinburgh Castle. I hope you enjoy it. I'll be putting up other files of readings and conversations with other writers. ph