Aug 31 2008
In deference to the church-going crowd (or maybe the hung-over crowd… what do I know?), the Decatur Book Festival wasn’t set to get underway on Sunday until noon, so I took advantage of the only cool time of day here in Georgia–the early morning–for a quick jog around Decatur’s beautiful old cemetery. After that I …
Aug 30 2008
Now that “Crash, Boom, Pow–Comics Aren’t Just for Kids Anymore,” book festivals around the country seem to be slowly but surely dipping their toes into the murky pool of comics and graphic novels. As mentioned in a previous post, this summer I’ll be attending Winston-Salem’s Bookmarks Festival in a few weeks, as well as this …
Aug 12 2008
In discussions about how great it is that comics/graphic novels have “arrived” and are now respectable and respected, I’m often the wet blanket, but I guess I’ll have to admit that the fact that I’ve been invited to not one, but two, book festivals this year is a sign of something. In September, I’ll be …
Dec 10 2007
Today I closed my Goodreads.com account. I know that many folks use and enjoy the site, bur for me it’s become more of a nuisance than a benefit of late, so I’m bidding Goodreads goodbye. Why? I just don’t have the time to write thoughtful, interesting reviews of books these days. I’ve barely got enough …
Jul 20 2007
As you’re likely aware unless you’ve been living in a cave (you’re off the hook, Osama) the next and final installment of the Harry Potter saga is coming out at midnight tonight. In a perfect world (or at least one where I were more of a fanatical Harry Potter devotee) I’d have reread all …
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