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I am in the middle of a great purge of books. It began late last year when I realized I couldn’t organize my library because there was no space to move anything. I decided to get rid of roleplaying game books I knew I would never use again. They filled two large boxes but their [...]

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At a bookstore last weekend, I was browsing the mystery shelves when two women started doing the same. One wanted something to read on a plane ride, and her friend’s idea of helping was to spoil the ending of every book she pulled from the shelf: “Oh, you’d like this one. It’s about this girl [...]

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I found this excerpt from The Lovely Bones in my notebook this morning: Ray’s way of describing such things made her feel as if she knew exactly what it felt like–not just what it looked like. He could evoke everything for her, with small verbal pulse points of which he was completely unaware. I love [...]

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Georgia’s Senator Zell Miller once said, “I’ve got more guns than I need but not as many as I want.” I know the feeling. I have more books than shelf space, but I still want more. My home office is also our library, and it is overflowing with books I’m unlikely ever to re-read or [...]

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I had a wonderful time at Sleuthfest. This year, we drove down a day early so that I could attend Third Degree Thursday, a half-day of panels designed with aspiring writers in mind. I ran into several members of the Tampa FWA chapter there, which was a pleasant surprise. That evening, I attended the Reader’s [...]

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