Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

A beautiful young girl arrives at a convent as a postulant. She quickly attracts the admiration of many of her sisters, and the envy of some. Before the year is out, she will exhibit signs of God’s grace in her own body. Or are they signs of Satan’s curse? Are these the manifestations of holiness, [...]

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Vampires, yay.

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

Vulture overhears a deal: Last week, we hear, agent Ellen Levine at Trident Media closed a deal for a postapocalyptic vampire trilogy with editor Mark Tavani at Ballantine. Now, if we reported on every postapocalyptic vampire trilogy out there, we’d never have time to write anything else. But this postapocalyptic vampire trilogy sold, we hear, [...]

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Quote of the Day

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

Mr. Glass occasionally passes along a pithy quote of the day. Today’s was too good not to share: A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.                   – Thomas Mann

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Nice shed, Samuel!

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Elizabeth McCullough

From Shedworking, “the only daily updated guide to the lifestyles of shedworkers and those who work in shedlike atmospheres,” comes this interesting bit of trivia about Mark Twain’s work habits: Mark Twain wrote some of his most famous works in his octagonal shed/study including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. [...]

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