I’d like to say a few words.
What’s your favorite word?
I don’t much care about rare and fancy words, unless they offer a precision I can’t find elsewhere. I’m not charmed by adorable collective nouns, either. I like descriptive words that seem like onomatopoeia, like slither and glimmer, that invoke an instant image or emotional response, words whose sounds and shapes on the page seem united with their meaning.
Read MoreDig if You Will A Picture
The shirt in the picture was a Christmas gift from my sister. She’s a longtime Prince fan too, so it was very kind of her to give it to me instead of keeping it. It’s hard to explain how exciting Prince was when we were young.
Read MoreMy Resume is Full of Ninjas
…and it’s worse than a hovercraft full of eels. If I had all those eels, I would turn them over to a sushi chef and request nigiri with barbecue sauce. I love barbecue eel nigiri. But what I have is a resume occupied by ninjas, wizards, and vampires, and turning that into a grown-up job is quite a feat.
Read MoreFloral Obsession
I can’t garden just a little bit. I have the geek capacity for obsession, so I’m careful about picking up new things; I’m way too likely to wind up buying ten pairs of silver shoes in a week* or memorizing the lineage of Targaryan kings.**
Read MoreInto the Dark Wood
A couple of years ago the talented Kristyn McGeehan rashly requested some narration for her lovely interpretations of some rather horrific fairy tales. This is what she got. Read by Angela Pearl.
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