Alexis Rankin Popik's Blog, page 39
May 11, 2014
You Will Never Be Bored If You’re a Writer
When I speak with young writers, this is the first thing I tell them. It’s true that you won’t be bored and that fact has gotten me through standing in a hundred lines, waiting for the gas tank to fill, … Continue reading →
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May 4, 2014
What’s So Funny?
“Talk Dirty to Me,” the sign read. I burst out laughing, alone in my car as I drove past the new town business—a cleaning service. Later that afternoon, I came across a letter in the local paper complaining about the … Continue reading →
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April 27, 2014
Teaching Young Writers at Our Sisters’ School
Last week I spent an hour at Our Sisters’ School in New Bedford, MA talking to young writers about storytelling. What I wanted them to understand about writing can be said in ten minutes or ten hours. There are lots … Continue reading →
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April 21, 2014
I Love Book Clubs – Part II
My love of book clubs recently brought me to Sacramento, California, where I met with members of each of my two sisters’ book groups to talk about Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate. My sister Liz Mekjavich’s club, featured in … Continue reading →
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April 14, 2014
I Love Book Clubs – Part I
I have visited many book clubs in the past ten months to talk about Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate and listen to what its readers have to say. Recently I spent time with my two sisters in Sacramento, California, … Continue reading →
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March 31, 2014
Jazz, Writing and Creativity
For the past three years I have spent a week in January immersed in the complexity of jazz twelve hours a day for six days. The unlikely venue for this opportunity is “The Jazz Cruise,” an operation now in its … Continue reading →
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March 23, 2014
“Like” Me
In the wonderful world of webiness, the number of “Likes” on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and advertising pages of all sorts, is what counts—and possibly all that counts. Every vendor page I’ve ever perused begs me to “Like” it on Facebook; some … Continue reading →
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February 13, 2014
Secrets
One of the most tragic aspects of the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman is, to me, the loneliness of his death, the desolation he must have felt. Many of his friends expressed surprise that he had resumed his heroin habit; … Continue reading →
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January 23, 2014
Book Club Appearances
I’m taking Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate on the road in the late March and April, with book club appearances in Sacramento and San Francisco, California and Hartford, Connecticut. I always enjoy meeting with book clubs because others’ perspectives … Continue reading →
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January 16, 2014
Critics Praise Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate’s Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is often distorted in fiction and it was difficult to write about without melodrama. Here’s what some of the most recent reviews said about the novel: Popik’s Rich Debut Raises Awareness to Bipolar Disorder “…Kiss Me Over the … Continue reading →
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