Loren Rhoads's Blog, page 85
August 24, 2011
Farewell to Book Tour
In 2009, when I was pimping Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues, I discovered a site called Book Tour. They offered a way to assemble all my tour dates, which would then be searchable by anyone
August 19, 2011
My 7 Links
I wrote my 100th Cemetery Travel post earlier in the month, so it feels like a good time for reflection.
July 26, 2011
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn by Elisabeth Delahaye My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked this up in the gift shop of the Cluny Museum in Paris after falling in love all over again with these lovely tapestries. The book does a wonderful job of identifying all the plants and animals scattered throughout the tapestries. It also reveals the probable identity of the family for whom the tapestries were made. ...
July 25, 2011
Crisis of confidence
The hardest part of writing, for me, is dealing with a recurring crushing lack of confidence. You'd think that I've been here enough times before, I could just get over it. It shakes me every time.See, whenever something good happens -- something sells, gets nominated for a prize, receives a good review -- I always attribute that to luck. I'm lucky that day. Whenever something bad happens ...
July 19, 2011
Borders, Mon Amour
The original Borders was like a church to me. It was bright inside, with a mezzanine, and crowded with tables stacked with new releases. A wall in the center, like the bookstore's heart, held Staff Recommendations. Since the staff were mostly grad students, the selection was eclectic and inspiring. I saw books there that I never saw anywhere else. I didn't shop in the original ...
June 28, 2011
My First Cemetery Poll
I'm slowly diving back into blogging now that my vacation to France is wearing off. I've spent the last few days remembering how to be a full-time mom, which means monitoring the TV and computer games and finding projects and setting up play dates. Oh, and working through the summer cleaning that got put off while I finished The Death of Memory proposal.I've officially committed to Not ...
May 31, 2011
And now, for my next trick
I intend to submit another book this week, before my daughter gets out of school for the summer. Of course, today she stayed home with laryngitis, so I've been busy running for more chicken noodle soup, another glass of water, or to change the channel on the TV. It's hard to juggle being a writer and a mom. That's not news. The submission will have to wait.The book itself is only done in ...
May 26, 2011
Beauty in the Skull
Memento Mori by Bohdan Chlibec My rating: 5 of 5 stars Mason bought me this beautiful book at the Franz Kafka Bookstore on the Old Town Square in Prague. It's listed on Amazon.com for $140, but let me tell you, this is one beautiful book!Memento Mori focuses solely on the Sedlec ossuary outside of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. In 44 plates, the book obsessively documents the Church of All ...
May 16, 2011
Morbid Curiosity sale
When cleaning the garage, I found some less-than-perfect copies of the out-of-print issues Morbid Curiosity #4 and #5. I'd be glad to sell them for $2 each plus postage.Want to complete your collection? Email me at morbid at charnel dot com and I'll calculate postage for you.I still have copies of #6, #7, #9, and #10 available for $4 each. I'll pay the postage on those.You can find more ...
May 13, 2011
Cold Turkey
I met a friend for coffee yesterday. We hadn't seen each other in a couple of months, but he's settled into being unemployed now and had some time to get out of the house.We met 20 years ago, when I discovered he was an amazing poet. Since then, we've founded a couple of writing groups together. For a couple of years, we met once a week at a café to sit and write side by side. I ...
