Fine, so I haven’t won any awards. But with the Oscar’s on tonight, it seems time to revisit my thanks for everyone who has supported My Life as Laura since publication. That no one really wants to hear the acceptance speeches is a given. I know. They are boring and come across as pretentious, but [...]
Archive for the ‘Other things’ Category
Blood Meridian Drinking Game: Fun for the Whole Hellmouth
Posted: 01/13
Although a week has passed, I’m still working through my Blood Meridian PTSD. For those unfamiliar with Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalyptic Anti-Western—let’s just say that if unless you are stone, the book will flatten you. Whatever Laura Ingalls and the Little House books are, “the kid” and Blood Meridian are not. The Ingalls family goes west [...]
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Rebooted
Posted: 09/12
The Library of America has released a a new box set of the Little House books. The nine book series has morphed into two, svelte hardbound volumes. The idea is to introduce (or reintroduce) the Books to adult readers, and I’m glad to see the writing get its due. Often when I talk about [...]
Writing Dangerously
Posted: 05/12
This last Saturday I presented at the Columbus State Community College, in which I continued to develop my persona of published writer with advice to those who wish to follow in my path. I’m adjusting. The keynote speaker was Naomi Wolf, a writer most famous for The Beauty Myth. I admit I never read the [...]
Five Paragraph Essay On Laura Ingalls Wilder
Posted: 04/12
I admit I am fascinated by the keywords that bring people to my site. The Norwegian in search of a “white house.” The person from Topeka, Kansas who wanted to learn about “monster combines.” “Bitten turnip” has received 52 hits. When a colleague taught two sections of my book at Florida State University, the day [...]
Laura Ingalls at Small Press Reviews
Posted: 01/12
A quickie here so I can post a new link to the latest My Life as Laura: How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself review, that I know of at any rate. Small Press Reviews is great site dedicated to promoting small press books, such as mine. Thanks! Also, sorry for typing [...]
A Penny, Tin Cup, and a Heart-Shaped Cake
Posted: 12/11
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel recently hosted a prank where he asked the “parents of America” to tell their children they got to open one Christmas present early, give them a “terrible present,” videotape the reactions, and then upload the results to YouTube. Kimmel’s staff then sorted through the posts to create a montage to [...]
On Mayonnaise: The Great Holiday Hazard
Posted: 12/11
When I chose to confess that the Little House on the Prairie television show was less than my favorite, I knew the risk. So many people love that show, and people who love the show also love The Books, and I risked alienating readers. The analogy I used to try soften the blow was that [...]
Hasenpfeffer, Incorporated!
Posted: 11/11
In my latest Laura writing adventure, I review The Little House Cookbook by Barbara Walker for Alimentum. They editors voted out my joke about how learning how to prepare Hasenpfeffer (German rabbit) helped me understand the Laverne & Shirley theme song. (Deleted). But it did! Just as I remember the day I learned the difference [...]
My Life as a Promoter
Posted: 11/11
After writing and publishing a book, the question remains, now what? I was in a band (And for those who bother to click on the hyperlink, may I just say, WHAT?! Who uploaded this music to Amazon? I had not Googled “Poor Valentino” for awhile), and I still have cases of unsold CDs that I [...]
