Month: October 2010

October 12, 2010

>Maria Thomas Fiction Award

> I’ve already commented about this great honor that my book and I received this year, but the certificate just arrived in the mail…
October 12, 2010

>Booker Prize

> And the Booker goes to . . . We don’t know yet. It will be announced today. Betting is heavily in favor of…
October 10, 2010

>James River Writers Report–Day 2

> The second day of the James River Writers Conference was just as packed as the first. It began with the “first pages critique”…
October 8, 2010

>Report from James River

> It’s been a busy couple of days. I drove down to Richmond on Thursday morning in order to participate in the first “pre-conference”…
October 7, 2010

>Mario Vargas Llosa wins Literature Nobel

> At least it’s someone I’ve heard of and have read . . . some. Read about the prize here: Vargas Llosa wins Nobel….
October 7, 2010

>James River Writers Conference

> I’m off to Richmond today for the kickoff of the James River Writers’ Conference. I attended a few years ago as a participant…
October 7, 2010

>SWAG Reading Series

> On September 29, about 30 Staunton-area residents gathered at the Darjeeling Café for a night of poetry and prose readings and a sneak…
October 5, 2010

>Prime Number Magazine–update 2.7

> Have I mentioned that Prime Decimals 2.7 is now live at Prime Number Magazine? That’s the 4th and final update to Issue No….
October 5, 2010

>The New Yorker: "The Dungeon Master" by Sam Lipsyte

> A bunch of kids are play Dungeons & Dragons after school (at least I guess that’s what this is—having never played the game,…
October 4, 2010

>Nobel Prize week

> It’s Nobel Prize week, with the prizes doled out one-a-day, like vitamins. Today was the announcement of the inner in medicine. Tomorrow we…