Laurie R. King

Can anyone out there explain to me what it IS with tech people? I mean, I expect the lack of social skills that means most of them don’t actually speak English and they punctuate every conversation with long, exasperated sighs, but at the end of it, isn’t the whole thing a little counter-productive it they…

You found your way here, thanks for persisting, but have you seen the shiny new look on the LRK web site to your left? Just the first of many changes, so keep checking with us. But before we get all excited about things, we need to tidy up the Q&As that came in for May…

Okay, I think I’ve had enough of tolerance. Last Friday, Israeli gays gathered for a pride rally in Jerusalem, to celebrate life in general and gayness in particular. The rally had originally been scheduled to include a march through the streets, but that part was cancelled because the religious right threatened to respond with a…

For the next two years, we will see a monstrous regiment of (three) women, Democrats from California, rising up to give nightmares to the boys in DC back rooms. Pelosi, Feinstein, and Boxer are savvy, they’ve got their agendas in line, and they’re fed up to here. Time for the old Chinese curse: May life…

Q: 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…

I 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

There 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…

Sorry 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…

I 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;…

L. 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…