Daily Archives: August 13, 2014
Tour Travel, Whatever and Comments
Posted on August 13, 2014 16 Comments
In just under two weeks now I will begin my tour for Lock In, which will take me all over the United States for four weeks, with only a couple of short breaks back home to do laundry and sleep. My schedule for this one is unusually packed at times — there’s one stop where […]
But Doctor, I am Pagliacci
Posted on August 13, 2014 64 Comments
Following Robin Williams’ death and my brief comments about depression in my entry about it, I’ve had some people ask me for some more detailed thoughts on the subject, and whether I myself have ever experienced depression. I wrote about the subject in 2010, as part of a Reader Request Week, so if you’re interested, here’s […]
The Big Idea: Jon McGoran
Posted on August 13, 2014 6 Comments
Big ideas sit at the heart of many novels (there’s a reason why I call this feature “the big idea,” after all). But not every good idea — or big idea — makes it through the culling process on the way to the writing of the actual novel. Jon McGoran talks a little about this […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying