Daily Archives: September 21, 2010
Summer’s Last Sunset
Posted on September 21, 2010 24 Comments
Because tomorrow is the first day of fall: Not a bad summer. But I’m looking forward to fall.
A Chance to Win Clash of the Geeks
Posted on September 21, 2010 4 Comments
Rachel Swirsky, who contributed a fabulous story to Clash of the Geeks, is currently running a contest to give away copies of the chapbook to ten lucky winners. And you ask: How can she give away copies of a book that you can get for free (although voluntary payment is strongly encouraged)? The answer is […]
Why Not Feeling Rich is Not Being Poor, and Other Things Financial
Posted on September 21, 2010 263 Comments
My “Being Poor” piece is has been getting a workout the last couple of days, because people were linking to it in response to a blog post by Todd Henderson, a law professor at the University of Chicago. Professor Henderson was kvetching about the possibility of Obama raising his taxes (or more accurately, Obama allowing […]
The Big Idea: Elizabeth Scott
Posted on September 21, 2010
The writing process is romanticized, but the fact of the matter is that when ideas drop into a writer’s head, they don’t always choose the most momentous of times to do so — even when the idea is a profound one. You can have an idea good enough to write a book about when you’re […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying