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January 26, 2010
* How literature can help with depression.
* Keep Calm and Carry Yarn. Also, Make It Work.
* FWIW - The Yarn Harlot and I have the same hair issues.
* Four fun facts about sloths. It strikes me that "avoid being eaten by eagles" is just good advice, no matter what your species is.
* Cherie Priest does an awesome job of explaining what authors can actually control about their books. It's not that much different on the non-fiction side.
* Every day, my love for Nathan Fillion grows.
* There's nothing quite like it for curing cooling the blood. (Thanks, Wendy.)
* Jezebel on the New Yorker piece about Neil Gaiman and his use of the word "bitch." (Hat tip to Jerri, who seems to be blogless.)
* *snerk* The larval stages of the common American speculative fiction writer.
* Two from the NYT: Dad stays home and Book Clubs of One. And on the Book Club thing: what title do you not want to share with anyone?
* Apparently, this is the all NYT many things post: Jincy Willet on Katharine Weber ( I will read almost anything Willet recommends) and the DIY book tour. (I will totally come to your house if you promise to not kill me and bury me in your backyard.)
I'm in the middle of reading "Hillbilly Gothic" and had to find a place to thank you for writing this. I'm right gab in the midst of postpartum anxiety and depression with my 3rd child and reading everything I can get my hands on (sometimes not a good idea). I'm not sure how you did it but somehow you have described my journey exactly - it's like you are in my head and part of my family tree. Anyway, thank you - thank you - thank you for such a wonderful book that has made me feel a little more sane and not so alone.
Posted by: Amy | January 26, 2010 at 01:05 PM
Ah. Flanders. Swann. But the lyric is "Nothing quite like it for *cooling* the blood." Also, glad to read the Gaiman piece.
Posted by: Wendy | January 26, 2010 at 02:28 PM
I love to pass on books to people I know when I love a book. Not b'c I want to talk about it.. but b'c I am passionate about my books! and b'c I am friends who are also passionate about books. Hey they might like it.. they might not.. they might not read it for 3 months b'c that is how high their pile was when I offered it to them..
I did get a start when I read "When I was Puerto Rican." I found the author's website (I wanted to see what else she wrote) and she had something on their that stabbed me when I read it. "don't give your books to friends when you like them, buy books for your friends. Or else the author will never see the payback" which really stopped me cold. I am that person who loans books out. I treasure them like friends. And I felt like I had really done a disservice somehow when I read that.
PS your DIY Bok Tour didn't take. But you are always welcome to stay at chez RieMil iffen you do tour.
Posted by: anj | January 26, 2010 at 02:57 PM
Amy - Thank you for reading my book. Part of the wonder of writing it has been hearing from folks who've been through the same experience. It makes me feel less alone, too. It will get better. Just deal with right now, yes?
Wendy - Grrrr. This is why I should never trust my memory. Thanks.
Anj - It should work now. And I'll keep you posted. Things are still in flux.
Posted by: Adrienne | January 26, 2010 at 03:42 PM
Katharine Weber is a terrific writer. While you're picking up True Confections, get a copy of Triangle, too. (A great novel that had, alas, a dismal cover.)
Posted by: Candlepick | January 26, 2010 at 08:30 PM
I would host your DIY book tour in the Philly suburbs.
I get pissed when people don't like a book I love, but I don't think I think of books as "mine." I hated when my (grad school) reading group didn't love Hulme's Bone People as much as I did. In fact, that was pretty much the end of my membership.
Posted by: Anna | January 26, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Lots of fun links. Thanks.
Posted by: Debra | January 27, 2010 at 11:12 AM
That photographic detail of a circa 1911 sweatshop-made shirtwaist struck you as dismal, Candlepick?
Posted by: Katharine Weber | January 30, 2010 at 01:23 PM