That’s the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and the interview took place on August 13, 2008. Listen:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2329112.htm
(and note that this radio network actually broadcasts a daily Book Show, to which you may listen for free, on podcast)
“Medea in the Garden” is ready for reading, in installments, at
http://www.fivechapters.com/medea_in_the_garden/part_one_93.php
According to critics, I’ve written:
A Sizzling Summer Beach Read: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25280915/
[F]irst-rate satire…not even the mean-spirited sniper can find anything evil to say about the endearing Amy, whose quirky Web site (called “Go Away”) is a gold mine of literary nuggets: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/review/Crime-t.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin
A Killer Murder Mystery: http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1214037020320080.xml&coll=2
Not Your Usual Murder Mystery: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23889208-5003424,00.html
A Fall-off-your-chair-funny, Yet Gently Sad Murder Mystery: http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/murder_and_other_bad_behavior/7015/
A Delicious Satire Savag[ing] Every Literary Pretension Imaginable: http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/552534.html
An Engaging and Very Funny Novel about a Diverse Group of People Learning to Write: Canberra Times, 5/7/2008
A Clever Page-Turner: Australian Women’s Weekly, July, 2008
A Darkly Comic Murder Mystery: Sydney Daily Telegraph, 6/28/2008
A Readable and Entertaining Mystery but it’s also more than that. It explores, albeit lightly, the underbelly of the writing world: http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-writing-class/2008/07/18/1216163140461.html
A Dark Comedy of the Absurd [and] Damn Fine Guide to Writing Fiction: (Publishers Weekly) http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Writing-Class/Jincy-Willett/e/9780312330668/?itm=2#TABS
A Murder Mystery Written by Someone Who Maybe Doesn’t Like, and Definitely Doesn’t Understand, Murder Mysteries: (Snarkus Kirkus Reviews) http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Writing-Class/Jincy-Willett/e/9780312330668/?itm=2#TABS
Mystery! Mayhem!: http://www.dailycandy.com/chicago/article/36539/All+the+Worlds+a+Page
A Marvelous Toy of a Book, Full of Wry Surprises and Sly Twists: Booklist Magazine (ALA), May 2008
A BookSense Pick: http://www.booksense.com/bspicks/June08.jsp
A Darkly Comic Mystery: http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/media/San-Diego-Magazine/June-2008/Calendar/
[with] Zany Humor…Blended with Intelligence and Empathy for People Worth Knowing, at Least in a Book: http://www.projo.com/books/content/BOOK-WRITING-CLASS__06-22-08_CHA5VBE_v9.1109902.html
[following] the Same Advice that Innumerable Writing Teachers Give: Write What You Know: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20080622-9999-1a22willett.html
A Kooky and Spooky Whodunit: http://www.straight.com/article-151100/the-writing-class\
What’s Hot in the Media: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2008/07/08778
A Terrifically Engrossing Page-turner, a Comic Thriller that is Likely to be One of the Great Reads of the Summer of 2008: http://www.buffalonews.com:80/entertainment/booksliterature/story/386144.html
The Most Profound Contribution to Western Letters since the Gutenburg Bible: http://www.jincywillett.com/journal/
From the North County Times Books Calendar for June 1:
Shawn Tomson will sign and discuss “Surfer’s Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life” at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Jincy Willett will discuss and sign “The Writing Class”at 7 p.m. June 23.
– At The Yellow Brick Road, 7200 Parkway Drive, Suite 118, La Mesa, (619) 463-4900:
The June B. Jones Stupid Smelly Bus Tour will visit at 9 a.m. June 9.
And good for him, too. A must-see for everyone who dreams of someday getting published.
This fabulous List suggested by Tom Hartley. All entries are his, unless otherwise attributed. As always, feel free to jump in.
9th Viewing of Return of the Jedi a Disappointment
Haydn Threatens to Glut the Symphony Market
Kierkegaard’s Latest Philosophical Musing Depresses No One
Mark Russell to Apologize to Nation for Not Writing a Song about Super Tuesday
Writer’s Strike Cripples Nigerian Banking Industry
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Tops NAAMBLA’s Best Books of 2007 List
Ghost of Norman Mailer Forgives Nobel Literature Prize Committee
Dennis Kucinich Finds New Lost Cause
Local Ron Paul Supporter Considers Possibility that Oswald Acted Alone
Blogger’s Latest Case for Impeachment His Most Devastating Yet
Nation Shows Signs of No Longer Giving a Shit about Fucked Up Blonde Girls
Chewbaca’s Wikipedia Entry Rife with Errors
Flava Flav Suspects Some of the Ladies Are Not Really Here for the
Flav; Money, Publicity Possible Real Motives
Some Designers Not Consoled by Heidi Klum’s Icy Farewell Kiss
Britney Spears Hopes the Lampshade on Her Head Will Amuse Onlookers
Whole World to Suffer Again for Richard Hilton Not Paying Enough
Attention to Daughter Paris
Hillary Clinton Tells Husband Making Fun of Obama’s Name Is Not Helping
In His Most Impassioned Dissent, Antonin Scalia Finally Drops the F-Bomb
McCain Campaign Song Frightens Children
Obama Campaign to Instil Vague Sense of Well-Being with New Slogan,
“The Hopefulness of Hope”
McCain Says Brahms-Wagner War May Last Another 100 Years
SWEETWATER, Tenn. - A woman has been charged with possession of burglary tools after police said a crowbar slipped out of her pants as she was lurking around a church. (AP, 1/28/08)
(this being what copy editors, without whom writers would look pretty silly, have to worry about)
a while (2 wds as obj of prep)
a.k.a.
anymore (1 wd as adv)
awhile (as adv)
axe-wielding
backseat
backstory
basset hound
bioterrorist
bling
blond, fem., n. & adj.
blond, masc. or neut., n. & adj.
brand-new
buttload
buzz cut, n.
buzz-cut, adj.
cell phone
cheat sheet
computer-savvy
coulrophobic
crappitude
curricula vitarum
d.o.b., d.o.d.
diacritics
diphthongs
doofus
eftsoons
encomium
exactamento
FedEx
Frisbee
gigue
glance-through, n.
Googling
half hour
half-filled
high school (adj.)
huzzahs
Hylocereus undatus
Internet
JPEG
kibbitzers
leukemia
likable
looky-loo
lying doggo
mal de mer
mixups
mnemonic
namby-pamby
night-blooming cereus
nonce
nonfiction
nonreaders
nor’easter
online
over-praising
p.o.v.
pied piper
pinup
plastique
plenteous
Post-it
pre-registration
printouts
screwups
sea-rolls
setups
shape-shifter
shih tzu
shoot-out
simpleminded
sixties
souffle
spaceship
sure-footed
t.o.d.
tae kwon do
tantivying
tech-savvy
tomblike
trisyllabic
voice mail
wannabes
Web site
whiteboard
wineglasses
Xanax
Xeroxing
x-rayed
youse
zip-tab
The spur of cheese.
The mustard-pot of penance.
The cobbled shoe of humility.
The furred cat of the Solicitors and Attorneys.
The Teeth-chatter or Gum-didder of Lubberly Lusks.
The Ape’s Paternoster.
The Fat Belly of the Presidents.
The Merciless Cormorant, by Hoxinidno the Jew.
