Author: Ally Malinenko

I live in Brooklyn which is good except when it’s not which is horrid. I’ve been writing for awhile, and have some stuff published and some stuff not.

I don’t like when people refer to pets as their children and I can’t resist a handful of cheez-its when offered.

I have a burning desire to go to Antarctica, specifically to the South Pole so I can see where Robert Falcon Scott died.

I like to read books. I like to write stories and poems. I even wrote some novels. You can read them.

And the PAPERBACK book is here! To buy! Squee!

Today’s the day, folks. For all of you who are ereader-less who wanted to read Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb you can now buy the physical book at Amazon. I got my copy the other day and I have to admit, it’s pretty darn cool to hold your own novel. And I wanted to… Continue reading And the PAPERBACK book is here! To buy! Squee!

Vacation’s all I ever wanted

Hi! I’m been on vacation for eleven days (count em!) and it’s been fantastic. I did nothing. No kidding. No – Thing. Actually that’s not true – I went to the symphony and heard Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique and Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 and I went to the MoMA and saw Inventing Abstraction (which I didn’t… Continue reading Vacation’s all I ever wanted

How I Almost Sort of Saw Shakespeare’s Grave at Unconventional Librarian

So the very very cool Pam at Unconventional Librarian was nice enough to let me blather on over there about the time I went to Stratford Upon Avon and almost saw the Bard’s grave. It’s a “funny” story – if by funny you mean heartbreaking and disappointing and wanting to punch out some old English chaps.… Continue reading How I Almost Sort of Saw Shakespeare’s Grave at Unconventional Librarian