It is a beautifully cool October day today. And yesterday Jay and I went to see Hamlet in downtown New York at Pace’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts. The players were the Globe players, which back in 2009 we got to see in London as a groundlings, an experience I will treasure. It was cool… Continue reading Your Noble Son is Mad
Tag: Shakespeare
Happy October!
It’s finally October! My favorite month of the year. Not only is it autumn but it ends with Halloween, the best holiday ever. I love this bit from Neil Gaiman’s short story, October in the Chair (Fragile Things, Harper Collins): October was in the chair, so it was chilly that evening, and the leaves were… Continue reading Happy October!
Visiting Novel Reverie
The very awesome Denee invited me over to her place at Novel Reveries to talk about Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb. Prior to, she reviewed my book. She asked me to write a synopsis in sonnet form. For those of you who don’t know sonnets contain the following: 1. 10 syllables per line 2. A… Continue reading Visiting Novel Reverie
Word Cloud
Word clouds are cool. I got this from my good friend Jes via Word It Out. They make word clouds out of text and Jess did it for her first book – Tab Bennett and the Inbetween – which you can (and should) buy here. Take my word for it, she’s very talented. So I borrowed her… Continue reading Word Cloud
And the book is here! To buy! Squee!
Today’s the day, folks. My first novel Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb is available! You can buy it on amazon here. It’s been a crazy windy strange journey to get here and as many of you know, this is something I have been working towards for a long time. And I’m so glad I… Continue reading And the book is here! To buy! Squee!
Ally Malinenko 