I’ve enjoyed being a small part of this project: FORKS.Three Years. Five Continents. One Motorcycle. A Quest for Culture, Cuisine, and Connection by Allan Karl.

Now that Amazon has acquired Goodreads, it has really thrown a monkey wrench into the cogs of my rating system. I’ve always liked how when you hover over the stars on Goodreads, what pops up is a clearly defined rating system.

I just finished reading a New York Times Bestselling novel. It is written in alternating first and third person narration.

Using Careless Speech for Careful Writing. Peter Elbow’s new book, Vernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing, was the impetus for this Day One 9 am panel.

I took this shot at the AWP booth with friends Janna Marlies Maron (writer of Bold is Beautiful, and publisher of Under the Gum Tree) and Peter Grandbois (author of Nahoonkara, winner of the Gold Medal in literary fiction.