This is a lovely summary of the remarkable Tucson Festival of Books, and I’m not just saying that because there are pictures of me. It’s because there are pictures and text…View post

MANITOWOC TONIGHT. Cedarburg tomorrow. Check Events page. Photo is posted with my thanks to Tucson Festival of Books for housing me in a hotel above my pay grade, with a…View post

A big thank you to everyone at the Tucson Festival of Books. Terrific experience. Over 300 writers, 1,400 volunteers, and a dedicated crew at the center of it all. You…View post

The copyeditor puts together a style sheet for each book. This is the vocabulary index for one I’ve got coming out in November. It reads like a list of hints.…View post

In today’s copyediting chronicles it has been definitively established: I never did know how to spell oeuvre. But carburetor? I got that.