Bay Area Writers and Their Writing Rooms (Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown)
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Nov 09, 2005 9:56:41 am PST #9432 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
erikaj - Nov 09, 2005 10:04:16 am PST #9433 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Two thoughts: None of them have FrankenTim in their offices, which I do.(no wonder people say I've gotten "confessional" lately.) And I'm a big idiot because I always thought "Lemony Snicket" was a character in those books, not the author's pseud.
Amy - Nov 09, 2005 10:04:59 am PST #9434 of 10002
Because books.
Good article, Hec. I just totally stole a Flaubert quote "Lemony Snicket" offered as a tag.
Kate P. - Nov 09, 2005 10:11:41 am PST #9435 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
erika, Lemony Snicket is sort of a peripheral character in the books, if it makes you feel any better.
erikaj - Nov 09, 2005 10:31:42 am PST #9436 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Huh.
Strega - Nov 09, 2005 10:58:27 am PST #9437 of 10002
Yeah, Snicket is the narrator, and a character with his own mysterious involvement in the story. There's an Unauthorized Autobiography of Snicket as sort of an adjunct to the series.
Then again, this
Handler is eleven-thirteenths of the way through a planned 13-volume gothic marathonsuggests that either the piece is dated, or the author is confused. Book 12 came out last month.
Dana - Nov 09, 2005 11:00:12 am PST #9438 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oooh! Have I read book 12?
Strega - Nov 09, 2005 11:06:42 am PST #9439 of 10002
I just read it this week -- The Penultimate Peril? They reach Hotel Denoument and there's, y'know, some regrettable occurences.
erikaj - Nov 09, 2005 11:09:10 am PST #9440 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I admire people that can plan like that. Whenever I write anything I'm more like "Um...stuff happens?"
Dana - Nov 09, 2005 12:06:32 pm PST #9441 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I forsee a library visit in my future.