Blog Posts for Charles Purdy

My Aunt Jerri

Charles Purdy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:45:59 -0700

I haven't blogged in a while because a family obligation has recently been requiring a lot of time and mental energy--but I'm taking a breath now, and I want to write about that obligation and one of my favorite relatives: my Aunt Jerri.When my two sisters and I were little kids, a trip to Aunt Jerri's house in San Francisco was my favorite kind of vacation. There would always be an afternoon ...

Forgive You Not

Charles Purdy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:40:09 -0700

I'm joining the entire Red Room community in writing a short blog post on this week's topic: "Forgiveness." We'll choose at least one of these blogs to be featured on Red Room's homepage next week, and we'll choose one blog writer to receive a free book from a Red Room Author. Submit your blog entry by Friday at 10:30 a.m. PDT [GMT-0700] for consideration. Be sure to tag the entry with ...

Bullies

Charles Purdy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:35:48 -0700

I'm joining the entire Red Room community in writing a short blog post on this week's topic: "Back to School." We'll choose at least one of these blogs to be featured on Red Room's homepage next week, and we'll choose three blog writers to receive free books from Red Room Authors. Submit your blog entry by Friday at 10:30 a.m. PDT [GMT-0700] for consideration. Be sure to tag the entry ...

Disgraceland

Charles Purdy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:44:24 -0700

I wrote this bit of short-short fiction as part of an exercise in a creative-writing class I took several months ago. I came across it while cleaning up my computer, and I thought I'd share it here because it fit Red Room's weekly blog topic this week, "Bad Manners." (We'll choose at least one of these blogs to be featured on Red Room's homepage next week, and we'll choose three blog ...

The Etiquette Enforcer

Charles Purdy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:17:52 -0700

I'm joining the entire Red Room community in writing a short blog post on this week's topic: "Bad Manners." We'll choose at least one of these blogs to be featured on Red Room's homepage next week, and we'll choose three blog writers to receive free books from Red Room Authors. Submit your blog entry by Friday at 10:30 a.m. PDT [GMT-0700] for consideration. Be sure to tag the entry ...

Dinnertime Taboos

Charles Purdy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:56:01 -0700

I'm joining the entire Red Room community in writing a short blog post on this week's trio of topics: "Sex, Religion, and/or Politics." The form and the content of the blog entry are open to personal interpretation--you can blog about one or any combination of these subjects. We'll choose at least one of these blogs to be featured on Red Room's homepage next week, and we'll choose three ...

She Says She's Not a Hero

Charles Purdy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:54:36 -0700

I'm joining the entire Red Room community in writing a short blog post on this week's topic: "Heroes." The form and the content of the blog entry are open to personal interpretation; whether this topic calls to mind a real-life hero, a fictional character, or something else altogether, we want to read your entry. We'll choose at least one of these blogs to be featured on Red Room's ...

Avant-Gardening

Charles Purdy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:40:45 -0700

I'm a city person by choice. But I have a healthy respect for nature--I come from a family of avid campers, and I still enjoy the great outdoors. So I know better than to eat unfamiliar trail-side berries while on a hike, or to offer dinner guests the twisted root of a mysterious plant blooming on the edge of a garden patch. Many of the hapless humans we meet in Amy Stewart's marvelous book ...

The Jar Cupboard

Charles Purdy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:21:30 -0700

I'm joining all of the Red Room community in writing a short blog post on this week's topic: "What are your obsessions? Your passions? Your fixations?" This topic comes to us from Red Room Author Joyce Maynard; it's an exercise she does before writing a new book, in order to see what it's really about. The obsessions you discuss can be new or lifelong, and the entry can be a quick list ...

Publishing Misstep: Cover Story

Charles Purdy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:28:08 -0700

I'm joining all of Red Room's Authors in writing a short blog post on this week's topic: "What was a misstep that you (or your publisher) made with publishing your first book--and how would you do things differently if you could?" (We'll choose at least one of these blogs to be featured on Red Room's homepage next week--if you're a Red Room Author, submit your blog entry by Friday at ...