I’ve been away from my inbox lately, but this morning I ran across this message (from the past, but also from the present): Here’s hoping 1927 turns out different for the Red Sox…
As special bonus content, I’m giving you a sneak peek into my current hunt for an agent. This week, I’m showing off my latest query letter, which is the all-important first impression you make on an agent or their assistant or perhaps the occupants of the same subway train they ride because they left the…
The New Yorker has a video and short article up regarding the imminent closing of The Community Bookstore on Court Street in Brooklyn. It wasn’t the (surely deliberate anachronistic and ridiculous getup of the) New York Times reporter or the man-on-the-street soundbites about what went on in that pretty that I enjoyed, but the walk…
William Murphy’s tale of time machines and tussles has not, I’m afraid, been selected for the Man Booker International Prize long list. I know, I know. Stop weeping, please. Especially on the train, like that. People will stare. They’ll wonder. So dry your tears, wrestle in those last few body-shuddering sobs. It’ll be okay. The…
Listen, you win some and you lose some. Sometimes you’re the least popular, but at least you can console yourself that you’re super highly rated (because no one else has read it to give it a worse review). You, too, can check out your year in books on Goodreads, if you track what you read…
While you’re waiting for my book, William Murphy’s Trip to the Quiet Room (you may be waiting a while) to come out, you might want to go grab a copy of The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick deWitt. It’s got the sort of sensibility I love and the cast of characters are flawed and fantastic. Once you’re done…
William Murphy’s Trip to the Quiet Room involves a little accident with a time machine that rips a family apart, so the subject matter is near and dear to my heart, and Devon Avery (@Dir_Devon_Avery) and Sean Crouch (@Seanecrouch) and crew have a sweet (sweet and a bit salty, so cover the kids ears while you…
So I wrote something for the folks at Lockjaw to include in their in-progress Choose Your Own Adventure story. It’s short, sweet (ish?), and will bring back fond memories of reading through countless possibilities and keeping one, two, three, four fingers stuck in pages where you mean to go back and fix the mess you…
There were a few bright spots in this last Bruins season, but one of the brightest, by far, was Liam’s story on E:60. If you have a couple minutes, maybe your kids nearby, I would take the time to watch it. Help Liam #BUMPOUTCANCER, he has his own fund-raising page.
Dennis did a spot for WGBH a little while ago in which he talks a little about his latest book, his connection to Boston, even though he’s now living on the west coast. It’s a short but sweet interview but obviously the part that resonated with me was this: I think you write better when you…