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Austin Literary: William Gibson

chicklit1028 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:45:00 +0000

Austin peeps: William Gibson will be at the Barnes & Noble at the Arboretum on Wednesday at 7 p.m. to promote his newest book Spook Country.

Planning on going? Comment accordingly.

See ya there!

Things

chicklit1028 — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:57:00 +0000

I’m playing catch up today. Please bear with me.

First:
If you’re in Austin, please note that Michael Chabon will be at BookPeople on Wednesday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. I will be the giggling fan girl in the front row. Please come and save me from myself.

Second:
I finally have a first-ish draft of a story. I say first-ish, because I’ve written a couple of different stories that reside only within the pages of my notebook. This one not only made it to the computer, but managed some editing as well. This would be the farthest any story has gotten outside of the MFA program. Not exactly something be proud of, but I’m taking what I can get. Finishing this story made me realize that I’m tired of writing stories. I’ve moved back to my novel. More on that later.

Third:
Later this month this blog with be taking a long hiatus. I’m also sick of the green and will be revamping.

Fourth and finally:
I’m reading The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. If you haven’t seen the lecture, you should. Then you should buy and read the book. Then you should pass it on to someone you care about. One of the Pauschisms that is resonating most with me:

“Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things.”

Austin Literary: Austin Fiction Festival

chicklit1028 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:27:00 +0000

According to the UT calendar tomorrow, March 27th, is the Austin Fiction Festival. The all-day event takes place at Jessen Auditorium and is free, but I cannot find further information. I’d like to know more and I’ll try to drop by during the day. If anyone has more information about the event, please let me know.

Austin Literary: Upcoming Events

chicklit1028 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:13:00 +0000

If you live in Austin and you want to know what literary events are going on around town, I’ve put together a Google calendar for just that purpose. I’ll also be posting some of the major events on this here blog.

This week:
3/18 (tonight!): David Simon (creator of The Wire) lecture at UT, 6 p.m.
3/19: Richard Dawkins at BookPeople, noon
3/20: John Spayde at Intellectual Property, 5 p.m.
Amy Hempel at UT Avaya Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

More information about any of these events can be found on the calendar. If you’d like to have an event listed, please leave a comment or email me and I’ll get it posted.