Forgotten Book - Shadow Run
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Desmond Lowden is a writer who interests me more as I find out more about
the man and his work. He was far from prolific, publishing just eight
novels b...
16 hours ago
Yay for labor!! And thank you.
ReplyDeleteHere's to you finding something resembling your dream job, Kathleen.
ReplyDeleteOne with actual holidays would be nice...
I think that many appreciate the efforts made by people who keep shops open during public holidays.
ReplyDeleteThis interview might be a consolation for anybody in the book trade at the moment...
"casualoptimist.com/2011/01/31/q-a-with-jason-ramirez-st-martins-press/"
I probably shouldn't get into the politics of what it takes to keep those shops open these days.
ReplyDeleteI don't really mind working holidays usually, especially if I am just going to be in town anyway.
I like those Jason Ramirez covers. It's interesting that he sort of drifted into the job rather than setting his sights on it specifically. I was amused by the lines, "I first went to college in upstate New York with the intention to eventually study medicine. Four years later, after a near-fatal rendezvous with organic chemistry, I graduated with a degree in comparative religious studies."
That is a very Santa Cruz kind of path.