Can we just pretend July didn’t happen? Let’s start all over with a Q&A for August, and we’ll see if we can manage to kick-start this thing into action with those. Anyone have any writing questions–techniques? Themes? Sales? Characters?
Read MoreI sort of missed Bastille Day, and come to think of it, the Fourth of July as well. In fact, I would recommend that you never allow one of your family members to get sick on the 3rd of July, since very little happens the next day. And oddly enough, just a month or so…
Read MoreAs a supplement to the posting I did about royalties, Tess Gerritsen has a very helpful post about this subject in her blog for July 17th. Q: riobonito wants to know (and others seem interested), What influences do you consider, when describing or hearing a ‘California accent’. I have my own thoughts, but since you…
Read MoreQ: From Kathleen, What did you draw on for the descriptions of Rae’s woodwork in “Folly”? A: My father repaired furniture for a living for a while, and built furniture for various family members’e2’80’94we eat off a table he made, although every year at Thanksgiving when we gingerly put the leaf into it we wonder…
Read MoreI may be knee-deep in life’e2’80’99s little lessons at the moment, but I did take an hour off to talk to the ever-witty and well-read Michael Artsis, whose interview on Hey Listen radio can be found at Heylisten.com. Use this link as a back up if you need it:http://heylisten.com/Audio/071006_LaurieKing_whlr.mp3
Read MoreThere was a question on one of the comment posts (I may not be writing here, but I’e2’80’99m reading) about Edinburgh, so I thought I’e2’80’99d put up my tentative schedule for September: 3, 4–London5-6–to Sussex for research (the next Russell book)7th–Cambridge8th–York10th–Edinburgh11th–Newcastle12th–Newcastle14th-19th–Venice20-23’e2’80’94Matera Women’e2’80’99s Writing Festival24-26’e2’80’94Rome27’e2’80’94Chicago (Centuries and Sleuths)28-Oct 1’e2’80’94Madison, WI for BoucherCon And if you have…
Read MoreSorry I’e2’80’99ve let the continuation of the Q&A slide, I’e2’80’99ve had a family uproar this week, things should settle down soon. Thanks for your patience. I’e2’80’99m going to be in a seminar with Cara Black, Jim Calder, Domenic Stansberry, and Nadia Gordon on July 16 at 826 Valencia, the San Francisco writing project. It’e2’80’99s from…
Read MoreI live in an uneasy border area. Not between countries’e2’80’94no border crossings or ridiculous metal fence cutting across the landscape’e2’80’94but between what one side would call a way of life and the other side would call life style. Farmworker and techie; Folgers and Peets (Starbucks is far too common); tinned or organic-farmer’e2’80’99s-market; Toyota or Beemer;…
Read MoreL. Crampton reminds us all: May I ask my electronic friends to be careful of revealing plot spoilers? I’ve not yet read TAOD or the last of either series, yet, and so much appreciate going into them with no foreknowledge of what is to happen. Thanks, L, for the gentle reminder, but I have to…
Read MoreHere we are at the first day of a new month. Following our long-established tradition (at least five months) this is the time, if you have any questions you’d like to throw at me, when you can do so. I’ll answer them as I can, unless they’ve been asked five times before, in which case…
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