fiction with a dark edge
Is there any life event more bizarre than a school reunion? After spending Memorial Day weekend in the company of fellow Simon's Rock alumni, most of whom I had not seen in decades (what, you think I'm going to say how many?), I can tell you definitively, no. For a fiction writer who enjoys playing... Continue Reading →
Dictionary.com definitions of drivel: 1. saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver. 2. childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle. When my I committed to my ROW80 goal at the beginning of April, my stated aim was to write 40,000 words of my novel-in-progress by July 1, what I... Continue Reading →
It has been a whirlwind of a week, consumed by many non-writing activities, the most annoying of which involved standing by while my extremely patient and long-suffering husband (who also happens to be our house's IT department) got to the bottom of a virus problem that had been plaguing my computer. You'd think that would... Continue Reading →
I was so optimistic after posting about My Big Fat Platform Mistake a few days ago. I was all set to change "Dance of Souls" to "Audrey Kalman-Author" on Facebook and fix my mistake. Look, it says right here I can do that: I forgot one very important thing. I also have a Facebook URL... Continue Reading →
The title of this post came to me last weekend. At the Fault Zone reading at Florey's Books, I was discussing the topic of an author's "platform" with a fellow author who told me you can only change the name of your Facebook page if the page has fewer than 100 Likes. Oh no, I... Continue Reading →
AUDREY KALMAN 