Defining America in 25 objects, including the Red Solo Cup and the Ring Doorbell Camera. My favorite is the Costco roast chicken, where somewhere in America that isn’t Alaska it only costs $4.99. (NYT gift link) This week’s time sink, and you’re welcome. What the heck, I went ahead and requested Though Not Dead, the…
An excerpt. (Tiny, but fierce.) She became aware that she was still holding the derringer. It was designed for close work, but she had hit her target from twenty-five feet. Well, once. And it had been a calm day, too, and the target stationary. She didn’t know that she could do…
Ah yes, Paradise Haven Lodge, when I was young and in love…
I do love me some fore-edge painting, so naturally I was delighted to see this from Publisher’s Weekly: The story reads in part Sprayed edges—better-known as the province of deluxe YA and adult fantasy editions and BookTok collector culture—are making a colorful splash in middle grade. Publishers are giving mysteries, fantasies, and ghost stories patterned…
Claire McCardell was born into a world of corsets and bustles and eschewed them to become the single most important designer for American women whose name you never heard of before you read this book. Talk about the erasure of the genius who gave us pockets, separates, jeans, ballet flats, and the ability to carry…
Read more Over the years, women rarely mothballed her clothes; they wore them to threads.
Quote: “I watch people attempt sleep in ways that would concern a physician. One man is folded over his tray table like a student who has given up during an exam. A child three rows back is fully unconscious, limbs splayed, sleeping better than any of us have slept in years. This is the last…
Storyknife Writers Retreat is honored and elated to be featured in The Giving List’s annual book! Dedicated to profiling organizations that benefit women, The Giving List organization curates a list and publishes it annually as a reference for people looking for good causes to support. (N.B.: If you’d like to know more about The Giving…
Dana sez, A useful post for writers of any age or experience, but I confess I’m sharing it mostly because of Scalzi’s use of “atemporally appealing.” Which Heinlein certainly is. If I could boil down what I see as Heinlein’s Theory of Characters. It would come to these four lessons: 1. Your Characters Doesn’t Exist in…
