Author Archives: rmkasperek

Hello, I am so happy to be back in business after literally years of hacking my way through other less-than-literary jungles.

Be careful or you could be fined. http://www.slate.com/id/2231808/pagenum/all/

Well, you are all more than kind to welcome me back. Thank you! Today I fess up that I haven’t started my RIP reading yet. I am waiting for the Wilkie Collins book to arrive. I want to be sure … Continue reading →

Hello, friends and fellow bloggers! I’ve been gone a long, long stretch – it has been a helluva year, I can tell you that much. Think: California budget cuts. Yeah, education plus recession equals no money for paper clips. However, … Continue reading →

BookRix.com offers writers a free platform to get their work reviewed and distributed online. And there’s a contest for writers and readers…

Thanks to Sassymonkey for posting this list! It ought to keep many a serious reader busy for years! http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2326

John Updike is dead at 76. Okay, he was never one of my favorites. I thought the Rabbit series were okay, but generally I didn’t relate well to the whole older man focused on his sexuality themes that Updike tended … Continue reading →

If you’re not Obamafied yet, this is a great New York Times article on books that influenced Barack Obama. Some titles to check into here! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/books/19read.html?8bu&emc=bub2

Surgery went okay. I learned I have a low-threshold tolerance for pain. But I do have a nice pair of gallstone earrings now. That’s it for writing for this week! I’m thinking of taking on some freelance writing or editing … Continue reading →