Feb. 27th, 2017 04:09 pm
Non-Political Stuff
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lisa_goldsteinI would really like to spend less time writing about politics and more time writing about things like books and dogs and what happens when you eat an entire box of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies, but, unfortunately, here we are. Anyway, here’s a non-political piece of news:
My book Tourists will be featured in the Early Bird newsletter tomorrow, February 28, and will be $1.99 for that day only. Then, on March 4, they’ll be featuring Walking the Labyrinth for the same price. Check out http://www. openroadmedia.com/ebook/tourists/ and http://www.openroadmedia.com/ebook/walking-the-labyrinth/ but only on the days in question or they won't work.
Tourists was my attempt to write magical realism. I love the way people in magic realist books deal with the most fantastic occurrence as if it was something that happened every day, just another part of life. Some people think that treating magic as ordinary makes it seem pedestrian, dull, and don’t like magic realism for that reason. In my view, though, there is magic in these books but it happens between the reader and the book; it’s the reader, not the characters, who are continually astonished.
I once wrote a short story called “Tourists” as well. I gave the two things the same title to confuse bibliographers, but it turns out that bibliographers are not as easily confused as one might hope.
My book Tourists will be featured in the Early Bird newsletter tomorrow, February 28, and will be $1.99 for that day only. Then, on March 4, they’ll be featuring Walking the Labyrinth for the same price. Check out http://www. openroadmedia.com/ebook/tourists/ and http://www.openroadmedia.com/ebook/walking-the-labyrinth/ but only on the days in question or they won't work.
Tourists was my attempt to write magical realism. I love the way people in magic realist books deal with the most fantastic occurrence as if it was something that happened every day, just another part of life. Some people think that treating magic as ordinary makes it seem pedestrian, dull, and don’t like magic realism for that reason. In my view, though, there is magic in these books but it happens between the reader and the book; it’s the reader, not the characters, who are continually astonished.
I once wrote a short story called “Tourists” as well. I gave the two things the same title to confuse bibliographers, but it turns out that bibliographers are not as easily confused as one might hope.
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I assume the answer here is NOTHING GOOD.
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My next-door neighbor is in charge of cookies for her daughter's entire Girl Scout troop, so whenever I have a craving I can go next door and get some. It' not a good situation -- but fortunately Girl Scout cookie season is ending soon.
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