Readings
November 19, 2009
- It’s been a rough year for most of us, but I guess I should count myself among the lucky ones. When Chronicle Books began mapping out promotional plans for the Grateful Dead Scrapbook, in late summer or early fall, I turned down one of the first bookstores to invite me for a signing. Lord knows, it could have turned out to be the only one. But it was Clayton Books, in Clayton, which I ...
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November 4, 2009
- I’m always looking for a good spot in which to kill someone. Still, as a crime writer, I rarely have to ask about potential locations for a good murder. People are keen to suggest that the blood be spilled on their doorstep.Most recently, it was a pastor and his wife.To be fair, they actually said I ought to have my Palestinian detective Omar Yussef visit their church on the top of the Mount of ...
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October 30, 2009
- I'll be talking about my Palestinian crime novels in Jerusalem on Monday, Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. The location is Beit Frankforter, 80 Bethlehem Road, in Baka. So call in sick (if you still have a job) and come along.
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October 26, 2009
- This past week I had the pleasure of spending three days at Cayuga Community College in Auburn, NY. The invitation came about as a result of Garrison Keillor's reading of my poem, "Linguini," back in February. The professor who brings in the poets heard the poem, looked me up online, and contacted me. We then agreed on dates. The picture you see above is the banner that was displayed ...
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October 23, 2009
- Want a video of your readings or signings? Sometimes, they’re being recorded without your even knowing about it. That was the case the other evening when I showed up at The Booksmith in the Haight-Ashbury to flog The Grateful Dead Scrapbook. There was a camera set up, for Fora.tv. And, sure enough, a few days after the reading, an edited version was on its site. At least I hope ...
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October 12, 2009
- To web-presence. Or not. To read in bookstores. Or not. To contact every one you know. Or not.If you haven't seen this spoof on book promotion, read it! http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/10/19/091019sh_shouts_weiner
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September 30, 2009
- ORLO/The Bear Deluxe, a very classy environmental organization/art and literary magazine, is hosting readings at Wordstock on Saturday and Sunday, October 10th and 11th, in Portland, OR. They've invited me to read on their stage on Sunday at 3:30. I've contributed book reviews and flash fiction to their magazine. Also appearing are Gina Ochsner, Paulann Peterson, Walt Curtis, Brian ...
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August 21, 2009
- I'm finally able to write up some of my impressions of Gen Con, now that I've had a chance to recover a bit and almost finish unpacking (though I've got some games left over I haven't yet tried...ah, that new "just opened the box" smell still awaits. :) ). Oddly I have a bit less to report on this year than last, simply because I actually got to see less of the convention because I ...
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August 19, 2009
- On Saturday, August 15, I had a signing for my book, What Feeds Us, at The Fine Grind, a lovely coffee shop in a nearby town. I didn't know it was lovely as I hadn't been there before, but I did know that it had been voted #1 Coffeehouse in northern New Jersey by NJ Monthly Magazine. I also knew that the shop had recently begun a book signing series called "The Fine Print," so when I ...
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August 9, 2009
- Here are some crucial and potentially unrelated updates from the world around me. Sorry, it's all about me because it's my blog.1. The time for the reading I wrote about with Mia King on August 16th is actually 2 pm. Not 7. This could have proved to be a huge disaster for me as I usually like to sit at home in a chair watching reruns of "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" on Sunday ...
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