Musing without my muse

My muse went out and got drunk today, so I'm on my own recognizance. It's nice to be free of the chattering book ideas for a while.

In a comment on my Malcolm's Round Table blog a few days ago, critic Janice Harayda wondered what nature writer I thought deserved a Nobel prize. Can you guess what woman I picked? Check out "A Note to the Nobel committee."

On October 19th and 20th, author Pat Bertram and I will be discussing quests, gangsters and her new novel "Daughter Am I." It's a wonderful nov...