Entries from July 2009

July 29, 2009

Straight from the UK

It was just a few weeks ago that I saw a message from Anthony Haynes on the British Creative Writing Listserv that his new academic publishing company was considering focusing on Creative Writing Studies and asking for feedback. Of course, I wasted no time in contacting him in telling him what an excellent idea [...]

July 18, 2009

Summer Reading. . .So Far

I love summer because no matter how crazy busy it gets (and this summer definitely qualifies as one of  the  crazy busiest) the seasonal imperative remains that I must read more than usual because that is simply what you do when the mercury starts to climb (103 anyone? but I digress. . .)  This is leftover [...]

July 7, 2009

The Kiss Under the Bridge

 
So, we’re spending our last day in France in Paris, before we fly out the following morning.  We’ve completely exhausted ourselves walking everywhere, because everything seems so, well, walkable in Paris that you don’t realize you’ve walked 20 miles in one day.  The kids are complaining, we’re thinking about finishing with a boat ride along [...]