I have been a full time writer since 2005. During that time, I’ve penned eight original or shared-world novels, had five of them published and am working sporadically on a tenth book (well, and an eleventh and a twelfth . . … Continue reading
Free Cornish Army by Chris Dolley A short memoir of a huge hoax. The true story of a student who, to publicise Plymouth Charities Week, created the Free Cornish Army and convinced the UK media that Cornwall had risen up … Continue reading
The machine was old when I bought it, and I’ve had it for more years than I want to remember. It came to me in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I was living at the time—a California girl who followed her boyfriend … Continue reading
I have on occasion contributed a series to this blog called “Raised in a Barn.” It is a loose series of anecdotes about my, um, colorful childhood, spent between Greenwich Village (in the 1960s) and the converted barn in rural … Continue reading
As part of the process of downsizing prior to moving house, I had to go through a packet of parental artifacts passed from sister to sister to me. It was my sad job to off-load 1940’s dance cards, 1950’s business … Continue reading
Pard Gets a New Catnip Mouse The Annals of Pard XXI by Ursula K. Le Guin Don’t worry, I can hold my catnip. I am perfectly steady on my feet. … Continue reading
A thoughtful, truthful autobiography, translated from the Feline by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Continue readingIt’s a mark of how far Book View Café has come over the past four years that we’re now releasing our second German language edition. Sherwood Smith’s Crown Duel was the first – Kronenduell came out a few months back. … Continue reading
Vonda recently said something about hectograph and asked if I remembered it. I wrote back to her: Oh do I remember hectograph. We had one when I was 12 or so. My brother Karl used it most; I think … Continue reading
This is a house-hunting extract from my true crime memoir, Nous Sommes Anglais, to be published later this month. During my two-week house hunting expedition I discovered that the rural French builder had a flair for the unusual. And a hankering … Continue reading
