The latest celebrity to jump onto the novel-writing bandwagon is Goldie Hawn. Of course, no publisher has been named in this news story. So it’s quite possible that this is a passing vagary or a rumor from a publicist.
Year / 2006
That’s Because the Voters Are the Resigned Ones This Time Around!
San Francisco Chronicle: “‘We’re in uncharted waters,’ said Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll. ‘All previous presidents who have dipped this low either resigned from office shortly thereafter or were voted out of office. Here we have a president who will be with us for 2 1/2 more years.”
Olfactory TiVo?
New Scientist: “Imagine being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images. Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan are building an odour recorder capable of doing just that. Simply point the gadget at a freshly baked cookie, for example, and it will analyse its odour and reproduce it for you using a host of non-toxic chemicals.”
One More Reason to Like Julia Glass
Powell’s Q&A: Her favorite first line is “It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me,” from Anthony Burgess’ Earthly Powers.
Tortilla Not So Flat
Washington Post: “Newly tapped, [Thomas] Steinbeck’s writing prowess is like a flood. Steinbeck’s first novel is currently at 1,059 pages and rising. ‘Since I can’t write the greatest American novel, I’m going to write the longest American novel,’ he said.”