I was invited to contribute an essay to the Washington Post's The Writing Life series and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/08/12/ST2009081202447.html">here</a> it is. This same week, I received a copy of The Lineup, a book in which crime novelists write about their characters' origins. Most of the pieces in the book are straight-forward; writers such as Lee Chil, Michael Connelly and John Connolly explain when they found their character/calling. Mine is Read more [...]

Flare-up of tendinitis/RSI means I have to abandon all discretionary computer use. And, alas, this counts.

Don't worry about me and -- please! -- no e-mails. I know what to do and I'm doing it.