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Your Member of Congress may not be overpaid - at least not as overpaid as he or she used to be. Roll Call (subscription required) reports that Congressional salaries have never been lower than they are today - at least as measured against average incomes.
Ire Over Members' Pay Raises Is Nothing New
July 10, 2006
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When Senate Democrats vowed last month to block the Congressional pay raise until lawmakers increase the minimum wage, they were hitting on an issue that has resonated with voters since the adoption of the Constitution.
History shows Americans have rarely been fond of Congressional pay increases and over the past 200 years have shown themselves more than willing to toss out politicians who vote to boost their own salaries.
"It's always been a hot issue," said Deputy House Historian Fred Beuttler, ever since a constitutional vagary left Congress with the difficult job of determining the salaries of its own Members way back in 1789.
In their first meeting, lawmakers put aside debates on the Bill of Rights and the permanent location of the federal government to argue about their own wages.
Pennsylvania Sen. Robert Morris (Pro-Administration) called for Senators to be paid more than Representatives. His logic: Senators, whom he considered to be the older and more distinguished statesmen, should not have to live in substandard boarding houses and fraternize with "improper company" — depredations he believed the younger and greener Representatives could handle.
Faced with strong House opposition, Morris' proposal was defeated, and both chambers agreed on an equal payment of $6 per day.
"The House decided right away that that was not the way to go," said Associate Senate Historian Don Ritchie.
...In 1856, Congress finally agreed to an annual salary of $3,000, which was about 20 times higher than per capita GDP, according to statistics compiled by historians Louis Johnston and Samuel Williamson.
Perhaps because the change raised few eyebrows, Congress raised its pay again in 1866 and 1873.
But that final salary raise tipped the scales of public opinion, provoking a firestorm over Congressional salaries the likes of which had never before been seen. Members proposed raising their salaries to $7,500 from $5,000, a change that would be retroactive for two years, giving them a one-time bonus of $5,000.
"The expense of living has advanced fearfully beyond what it was in the days of the Revolution," argued Wisconsin GOP Sen. Matthew Carpenter, as quoted in Sen. Robert Byrd's (D-W.Va.) "History of the Senate." "The people of Wisconsin if they send a man here to represent them in the Senate wish him to live how? In the garret of a five-story building on crackers and cheese, to dress in goat skins and sleep in the wilderness?"
But the public did not buy Carpenter's arguments. The press deemed the increase a "salary grab" and the bonus a "back-pay steal." Voters were so enraged that when Congress opened in 1874, Members rushed to repeal the bill.
Relative to per capita income, 1873 was the highest point Congressional salaries ever reached. According to Economic History Services, the $7,500 wage would be roughly equivalent to $850,000 today. At the time it was about 40 times per capita GDP.
"In 1856, the public didn't notice. In 1866, there was another raise. Seven years later, they touched it up, and people started to scream," Beuttler said. "They didn't touch the issue for another 30 years."
Congressional salaries declined relative to average salaries until 1925, when another Congressional pay increase — this time to $10,000 — reversed the trend. But when the Great Depression hit and lawmakers' income had risen to about 25 times that of the average worker, the government agreed to a rare salary reduction.
...But according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, salaries never again would be as high in comparison with average Americans as they were in 1932.
Wartime inflation meant that the real value of a lawmaker's $10,000 salary plummeted. In 1938, Member pay was 19 times the average income. By 1946, it was only seven times the average. Pay hadn't been so low relative to the average worker since before the Civil War.
Despite consistent Congressional pay increases, a booming economy and steady inflation steadily has narrowed the gap between Congressional pay and per capita income. According to BEA statistics, 2005 Congressional pay was the lowest in history relative to the income of the average American.
In 1967, Congress established a commission to determine salary increases for top-level federal officials. This system was used to increase pay three times, in 1969, 1977 and 1987. On three other occasions, the commission did not recommend an increase.
Since 1991, Congressional pay has increased based on automatic annual comparability adjustments, which are based on surveys of pay in the private sector. Now, instead of passing legislation to enact a pay raise, Members must use a bill to reject an increase. Congress accepted pay increases under this procedure 11 times and rejected them five times...
Just a little perspective.
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The quiet is deafening
October 30, 2012 — 5:26 PM UTC by Brooke Southall
Typically when I get up in the morning and look at our readership software, I see a map of the United States with little marks representing people visiting RIABiz. At 7 a.m. Pacific Time, most of those readers are on the East Coast. And most of those East Coast readers are in New York.
Not today. Shockingly I saw next to none at all in the tri-state area.
I had already known that New York was slipping off the map as I couldn't reach either of my editors last evening, both Manhattan based. It forced me to call on my little-used copy-editing skills. You might notice.
There are also some stories that were embargoed until yesterday that remain on hold by corporations that want a bigger audience.
On a lighter sider, I called Nevin Freeman, our Brooklyn-based chief technical officer. Nevin is from Oregon and rarely betrays much emotion (until nighttime) so I listened carefully. He laughed and said it just looked like a bunch of rain from where he was sitting. That phone call happened before power outages reigned supreme.
Frank Noto, our business chief and desk mate, is in contact with his sister, Lorrainne, who lives in Port Monmouth, N.J., 50 feet from the ocean — right at the mouth of New York Harbor. She sent us a picture, that includes chaos and trees. She's trying to get us the follow up where Nature has stripped away the trees.
I got a note from my mother saying things aren't so bad up in Maine and that the grandkids were having a Halloween party.
Personally, I'm having a sense of deja vu back to 9/11 when New York was hurting and in disarray and we were having beautiful Indian Summer here — and it was hardly enjoyable. It was almost offensive, like a cocktail dress at a wake. It's the same today and yesterday, though we have morning fog over Mill Valley right now. Another similarity: I'm hearing from New Yorkers stranded here who have plenty of time to get together for drinks.
We know you'll be back New York and the Northeast, all piss and vinegar, in a few days. But in the meantime, know you're missed and know that it's not all that fun without you. See: Why the slow-evolving metro New York area is still on course to be the capital of the RIA business.
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October 30, 2012 — 7:32 PM UTC
Feeling helpless out here near Seattle. Most I can do is say prayers.
— a Native NYer
Here are some photos from Staten Island
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October 30, 2012 — 7:33 PM UTC
I think you speak for many, Maria.
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October 31, 2012 — 6:22 PM UTC
Brooke, your line about the cocktail dress at a wake gave me the shivers. How true. All of our prayers and thoughts from the west coast are with our friends/colleagues on the east coast.

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It wasn't until my third year of college, and far from the unconditional support of Ginger, my family's next four-legged family member, that I discovered my interest in health and fitness. I started walking on a regular basis to get away from the computer and relieve stress. Having never been very physically active in the past, I was surprised to find I enjoyed walking so much that, in time, I started walking longer and faster, eventually progressing to running. Over summer break, I kept the momentum and walked and ran with Ginger. It was so wonderful taking control of my well-being with my best friend who was also benefiting from activity.
As I transitioned into the working world, I never lost sight of the impact and joy animals and activity brought to my life. Not yet able to have my own dog (darn you work schedule!), I began volunteering at a local city shelter. I quickly gained respect as an experienced, trustworthy dog handler and even taught other volunteers how to handle and train the shelter dogs. It was both heart breaking and tremendously rewarding work.
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SHE's 4th Annual Career Day
I am in awe every year of the amazing parents and community volunteers who come out to speak on Career Day. We had roughly 50 guest speakers this year! Our students truly enjoy hearing from our fabulous speakers who give of their time to share about their careers. First through fifth graders enjoyed guest speakers in their classrooms. Kindergarten and first grades also participated in Careers on Wheels, with the opportunity to see and learn about vehicle-related careers.
This event satisfies the state requirement for our students to be college and career ready, even in elementary school. Students are exposed to a variety of careers each year through classroom lessons, as well as our speakers on Career Day and our Wax Museum in May. Summit Hill earns points on CCRPI when all students participate in these lessons and learn about their grade level's assigned career clusters. Ask your child about career clusters and what they learned this year!
Thank you to everyone for another amazing event and for the time spent preparing presentations, welcoming speakers, setting up hospitality rooms, etc. We are so lucky to have such involved and willing parents at our school!
See pictures below of Careers on Wheels, first grade cafeteria tours, guest speakers, and student leaders welcoming our guests!
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Ok, I've selected an nVidia chip card, GeForce 8400GS, 512MB Ram.
Last thing I still can't decide and its case. I like the Antec P180 which was suggested previously but its quite expensive, I'm looking for something for about £50 and if it comes with the CPU then maybe £70/80.
Any recommendations?
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I haven't got a specific brand or model to recommend, but the two things I'd be looking for are
- A metal case...seriously helps system cooling
- Some kind of sound deadening
So you get to change components when necessary with ease and also have a nice cool system
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Thanks for your quick responses. Space isn't an issue for me (at least not for now). I've got a whole room to myself and the part where the box sits is massive.
Is it best to get the PSU seperately or buying it as a bundle would be better?
I've seen couple of cooler master cases which are within my budget and they look good too. But their PSU sits at the bottom and I'm worried about the PSU cables not long enough to reach the motherboard.
I'm going for Gigabyte MB EP45-UD3P
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Here is my new config:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83
Gigabyte MB EP45-UD3P
500GB Seagate 7200
1TB Seagate 7200
LG 6X Blu-Ray burner
600Watt PSU with 42amp single lane
I'm running the same board but bought my PS separately as most of the CM don't come with PS. I would think that now a days any good brand name PS will work fine.
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I know this is a wide and baseless generalisation, but PSUs that come with cases are generally lower rated in terms of wattage. While the higher rated PSUs are really only for overhead, I certainly would rather an underused 600W+ PSU than a 350W PSU that came with the case, but was just getting by with the hardware I'm running. Though I will confess, the LED readout on my PSU rarely goes above 140W and is usually more like 90-100W. So I guess buying a 700W PSU might have been overkill haha.
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The teddy-bear toast stamp is a mold which is pressed against an uncooked bread to get a bear shape out of the boring square bread piece. The stamp also comes with three cute bear expressions which can be used onto the bear shape. You can add a few additional decorations such as a heart, bow-tie or a crown to the bear bread. Now put it into the toaster and a refreshing breakfast is ready within a few minutes.
The teddy-bear toast will not only lessen the daily tantrums of kids before breakfast but also get you excited by making it. If you enjoy creatively shaped foods, you can also check out other Japanese shape-foods such as Yawahada's tiny, floating marshmallow cats or Maa Tamagosan's teddy cookies.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) – Early voting starts this Monday and Austin city leaders are pushing people to get out and vote. And what better way to do it, than in true Austin style with live music.
Mixing music and politics is how the Travis County Democratic party says they are going to get people to vote early.
"We are passing out early vote locations, we're passing out where our office is so people can come volunteer and also find out more information about our candidates and how they can get involved," said TCDP Chairman Vincent Harding.
Regardless if you're democrat or republican, city and state leaders say the culture of voting in Travis County needs to change.
"We need you to do more than tweet or get on Facebook and say something important," said Congressman Lloyd Doggett.
Because this year, your vote might make the difference. "You know, half of the people based on the history may not come out to the polls and that's not right. There are too many things at stake in our future. People don't vote because they don't think their vote matters, this year the presidential election in Texas is going to be really close," said Austin Mayor Steve Adler.
In just a few hours, the event brought hundreds out to listen to live music. For some, what started out as free entertainment ended with a passion to see voters hit the polls. "Texas is kind of a swing state, so let's make a difference," said one concert goer.
The Republican Party has also been busy this week. Saturday morning, the group went door to door in many Austin neighborhoods sharing information about candidates and putting out signs. On Thursday, the party also held a full training session for poll watchers.


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Tantrums with Gage
I like to keep Sundays with Gage on the light side, at least for Gage, but we have reached the all important milestone of tantrums. Did I say no? Tantrum. Do we have to leave the swings after 40 minutes? Big-time tantrum. My favorite is the I'm going to hang out between your legs until you pick me up move that he's perfecting. Picking him up usually does the trick. Unless it's the swings, there's nothing to be done for that.
Gage was having a grumpy morning so we took him out to the park and then outlet mall where they have lots of ducks and kiddy rides.
This seemed like a great idea until after each thing was done. It was like we flipped a switch and ended up with this…
I thought it was a bit early for tantrums, but from looking around at other mom sites I see that I am not alone in this 18 month old clingy/tantrum period. That helps, but seeing that it might last for awhile has me calling in reinforcements.
I'm asking all you moms or kid lovers out there for some good tantrum advice. What worked for you?
May 6, 2012 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews, Gage | tantrums | 33 Comments
Interview with Connie Corchoran Wilson, part 2
On Monday I posted the first few questions I asked Connie and now it's time for the rest. The first part of the interview is here. My review of her book, Laughing Through Life, and a giveaway is here. Connie's website is here. Enjoy!
Yes, I loves my movies! Every year, we have a traveling trophy Oscar-predicting contest with friends and predict ALL categories. (I hold the trophy, this year.) Ryan Gosling is one of my favorite male actors working today. I also like George Clooney. "The Ides of March" was wonderful. [Two for the price of one!] My husband kids me about my Richard Gere phase—[which, actually, secretly endures today]— where my college roommate and I rented every film of his with a love scene and watched just the love scenes one summer when we were vacationing together. However, "King David" was a horrible film of Richard's (Sorry, Richard) and we quit after we rented that one. I just saw Tilda Swinton in "We Need to Talk About Kevin" at the Chicago Film Festival, and she turned in a truly powerful performance, with John C. Reilly starring opposite her in the film. On TV, I like Julianna Margulies in"The Good Wife" (which I regularly review for Yahoo) and Cate Blanchett in "Homeland." I recently met Chicago native John C. Reilly who sat and watched his own film with us, and he couldn't have been nicer to me, as were Colin Hanks and Forrest Whitaker when I met them. I've been following Colin's story arc on "Dexter." [I don't want him to leave the plot!]
On the top of my blog (www.WeeklyWilson.com), [on which I often review film], I have a Shakespeare quote: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries." Or, as the Bard also famously said, "We must take the current when it serves or lose our ventures." Those quotes really speak to me, because, even today, I have risked to get where I am, giving up a tenured 17 and 1/2 year teaching job to write for a living (in 1985), starting 2 businesses from scratch in wintry economic climates (in 1986 and 1995, after the writing job pretty much crashed and burned). Selling two successful businesses while really too young to retire to (try to) come full circle and write "one of everything" before another of my favorite poems applies (Edna St. Vincent Millay), "Dirge Without Music:""I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind: Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned with lilies and with laurel they go, but I am not resigned. Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you. Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust. A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew, A formula, a phrase remains,—but the best is lost. The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,—They are gone. They are gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve. More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world. Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned."So, now that I've cheered everyone up with that poem.
I'll give you a couple of "Iowa" book references/recommendations. The obvious choice (and a good one) would be Jane Smiley's "A Thousand Acres," which is based on King Lear. She's also written Ordinary Love and Good Will, which is also set in Iowa, but I haven't read it yet, although I hear it is excellent. There are also references to "Iowa Bob" in one of John Irving's books, but the book, itself (The Hotel New Hampshire), is set in New Hampshire although that character is based on former University of Iowa football coach Bob Commins, I'm told (now deceased: see poem above). For fine nonfiction, try Methland by Nick Reding, a searing documentary-style look at Oelwein, Iowa, 12 miles from where I grew up and how meth labs have destroyed the town. (It's a quicker read, and a worthwhile one.)
And, if you want to read something by a struggling genre author trying to gain a foothold at least in E-books, I will happily send you The Color of Evil, which is set in Cedar Falls, Iowa absolutely free! It should be out in 2012. It is the first book in a trilogy about a boy with paranormal abilities. The second book, Red Is for Rage, will take Tad McGreevy on into his senior year of high school, just as the first book focuses on his junior year in high school. [You could tell others that you are "a beta reader" for a struggling novelist who has just completed her second novel. It's strictly genre reading with echoes of Stephen King. And, after I publish the first one, I'm thinking of writing up my political adventures in 2004 and 2008 (nonfiction) to coincide with the upcoming presidential campaign. I'm a movie and a political junkie, I guess, and it's just as addictive as meth, I fear.
December 14, 2011 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | 1 Comment
Author Interview – Connie Corcoran Wilson
Yes, Virginia, I HAVE been writing a long time," she said, with a smile..56 years, by actual count. But who's counting, right?
I can share with you some interesting sidelights of interviewing some of those authors you mentioned. I interviewed Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., because I was in college at Iowa at the time, but I had just spent the summer on campus at Berkeley during the "Summer of Love." [That's 1965 for you young whippersnappers, and, yes, it was as crazy as you've heard! I recently saw a documentary at the Chicago Film Festival and I was the only one in the room that had an actual personal anecdote about seeing Alan Ginsburg come out onstage at Berkeley stoned and have to be carried off by the janitor,— but nevermind about that.] That merely means I was probably one of the oldest people in the room, although cinematographer Haskell Wexler was there, and he's at least 85, so maybe not.
Anyway, I loved it at Berkeley that summer, especially the trip to the San Francisco Cow Palace, ditching class to go see the Beatles and riding up on the back of then-boyfriend (Colgate's) Czechoslovakian motorcycle. I wasn't that happy at Iowa at the time. I wanted to transfer from Iowa to Berkeley, but, as an English major, I usually "sandbagged" and took fewer than 15 hours (and then signed up to make up the difference in hours to bring me up to 15 per semester in summer school on campus), because there was so much reading that it was hard to keep up if you didn't try something creative to cope. (And I read FAST and later taught Speedreading). You also had to have a "B" average for the semester. I only had 14 hours, so I needed ONE more hour, in order to flee Iowa for the west coast and warm weather. (Although Colgate, whose real name was William Hopkins, didn't live in California, but was from Philadelphia and merely attended Colgate University).
So I approached my American Humor & Satire teacher and asked if I could be given one hour of "special project" credit for interviewing Kurt Vonnegut, who was teaching on campus at the time. My professor agreed and it was up to me to contact the Great Man and interview him, which I did with great trepidation. I had read everything he had ever written and loved Cat's Cradle and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine.
It was the dead of winter, and the classes then met in old Army Quonset huts. [Not too glamorous and not too warm.] I schlepped down there in the dead of winter in my snow boots and parka, extremely frightened at the prospect of interviewing someone famous. I didn't know that Vonnegut hated all little blonde people who looked like they were from Minnesota on sight (until I read about this eccentricity later.)
Vonnegut definitely did me no favors during the interview. He was tired, cranky and monosyllabic. Also chainsmoking like a chimney. I had already interviewed many subjects during my years in high school ( I began working at age 10 for our local paper doing interviews), but Vonnegut was like a bad guest on Letterman. (My first question, "How would you compare your writing to Joseph Heller's?" Heller had Catch 22 out fairly recently at that point in time) earned a sneer and the comment that they had absolutely nothing in common. My paper—which, at that point I had written and required only that I plug in the appropriate quotes from the Great Man about how and where Mr. Vonnegut fit into the black humorists of the day that we were studying in class—-sank like a rock, taking my mandatory "B" grade and my chances to transfer to the University of California at Berkeley with them.
Perhaps it was for the best, but I've always wondered…"What if?" After that, I wasn't quite as crazy about Kurt Vonnegut. In fact, I have other equally meanspirited Vonnegut stories that I've heard over the years, but let me just add that, when I student taught at the University of Iowa Lab Schools (which no longer exist, but, at that time, served the faculty's children), his daughter, Edie Vonnegut was assigned to my class. (She later went on to marry Geraldo Rivera!) Talk about your moment of zen!
For instance, (skimping here) the "trapped in the life of a fictional character" one: I'm already trapped in the life of a REAL character, if you hadn't noticed. I'm not about to put down my burdens and take up anybody else's, because you know what they say about how, if we put our problems in a pile, we'd end up wanting to take back our own. I remember a quote: "I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet." (Insert your own comment here.) Or maybe the quote was about putting your shoes in a pile and taking back your own?. Now I'm confusing myself. I remember I was always puzzled by that quote as to how the guy was getting around to be met if he didn't have any feet, but that's how my mind works (obviously). I'm beginning to think it's like that old joke about "walking a mile in my shoes." Then, you're a mile away and you have that person's shoes (as long as you have feet, that is.) And, as foreshadowing to the REAL quote question[ which I will answer seriously later. Ahem.], I've always enjoyed "Virtue is its own punishment" and "Bliss is ignorance."
Now, on to other authors I have interviewed:David Morrell was one of the nicest, although that was a phone interview. What I remember about the phone interview is that, in the middle of it, he got a call from his agent telling him that Sylvester Stallone was going to make that last "Rambo" movie, and he had to cut it short to find out how that affected him, because he knew nothing about it. He also was chagrined that I asked him about why ALL his heroines always are described wearing tan, blue and burgundy, because apparently no one else had pointed out this small detail. ("Why didn't someone tell me that BEFORE!?")
Anne Perry was one of the scariest (after Vonnegut, that is), since she went to jail for murder in New Zealand when she was a teenager (Kate Winslett played her in the film "Heavenly Creatures" in Winslett's film debut in that Peter Jackson film). I realize Ms Perry (whose real name is not Perry at all) has paid her debt to society and all that, but it was still "a bit dodgy" interviewing her alone in my hotel room on a Sunday morning.
Frederik Pohl was wonderful and his stuff is really so timely and so "today" that it is hard to believe that nobody is making movies of some of his extremely creative sci-fi story concepts. And my personal, special muse and friend is William F. (Bill) Nolan ("Logan's Run"), who has written the Introduction(s) to two of my books and is the answer to Question #4. Here's a guy who is in his 80s and still writing wonderful things and he's published something like 85 novels, worked for Hallmark as an illustrator, had movies made from his stuff (including the reboot of "Logan's Run" that's about to come out with Ryan Gosling). But he's such a stitch and so nice and real and supportive of newbies, whether old or young. He's been very supportive of my writing. He thinks I have real talent and told me I'm "a born storyteller" and "The work awaits." (Morrell, while very nice to me, not so much on the "thinks I have talent," although he DID say, "Your stuff has fewer errors than most Boot Camp enrollees,"— but I wasn't IN boot camp at the time, so I had no idea what he was talking about. He also suggested that, since I was stressing out about 24 people coming to my house for the 44th year in a row I might take them out to eat, and all of my St. Louis relatives showed up (the teenagers) without anything but flip-flops and blue jeans, so we couldn't eat the country club and they ended up in some park! Joe Hill (Stephen King's son) was an interview by computer (questions sent; questions answered), so not as much of the "getting to know you" vibe, although I did meet him again at WorldCon in Austin this past summer, but Vonnegut was definitely the worst ! John Irving and Eric Bogosian were asked the questions onstage by others at AWP things and I was fortunate enough to be in a small group hearing the answers, so I got the better end of that deal. Then, I got bored interviewing other people and decided I wanted to be the one that other people interviewed. Like now. [Thanks for that, she said with a smile.]
I have, at this point, answered Questions 4 and 5 (Who or what inspires you? If you were trapped in the life of a fictional character who would you choose?), so bear with me as I now answer 2, 3 and 6. (See? Multi-tasking: just see if George W. Bush or Rick Perry can do that!)
Come back tomorrow for the rest of the interview.
December 12, 2011 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | 3 Comments
10 in '10 with Maria Semple
Maris Semple, author of the fabulous novel This One is Mine, has graciously agreed to answer a few questions. This is her first novel, although she was a writer for many very good tv shows, like Arrested Development and Ellen. Why not stop by her website and have a look around? On to the questions…
1. In your book bio it says you "escaped from Los Angeles" and now live on an island off Seattle. What was it about Los Angeles that made you want to escape?
It's a company town, and I was done screenwriting. And in my mind, if you don't have to be in LA, you really shouldn't. The usual gripes… traffic, infrastructure collapsing, people in Porsche's honking at you.
Plus the sun. I'm not a fan of the sun.
2. You wrote for television before writing this book. Which of these shows are you most proud of?
Mad About You, because I think there was the most of me in it than any of the other shows.
3. The characters in This One is Mine are deeply flawed. Tell us what Violet saw in Teddy?
Hey, methinks you fall into the category of readers totally puzzled and repulsed by Teddy. In my mind, Teddy saw a "twinkle" in Violet that she thought had been snuffed out by too many years of being married to David, not working, being a new mother. And as happens with love, circuits get crossed and Violet thinks that Teddy makes her twinkle. He makes her feel beautiful, sexy, funny, needed. So by chasing him, she's chasing that part of herself she is desperate to keep alive.
4. Did you have any input on the cover? The trade paperback cover is deliciously beautiful.
So glad you like the paperback cover. My friend, the very talented Kimberly Brooks painted the cover for the hardback, which I really loved. Little, Brown decided to go for something poppier for the paperback and I think they did a great job. How can you not reach for that book?
5. Who or what inspires you?
Any artist who experiences failure and rejection and keeps going. I find bouncing back very moving.
6. What's the last book you read?
Les Liasions Dangereuses. I had read it a few times, and always considered it one of my favorite books. I picked it up again and it thrilled me. A work of total genius. It's the only book that has left me feeling scandalized. Three hundred years after the book was written! And you read my book, full of sex and immorality, so that's saying a lot.
7. What's your favorite non writing hobby?
Trying to stay off the internet.
8. I love quotes. Do you have a favorite?
The Gods of Discipline are benevolent. My boyfriend and I made this up yesterday. We were remarking that anytime we exercise discipline– with work, exercise, speech, anything where we don't act impulsively, but show restraint– it always pays off.
9. If you were trapped in the life of one fictional character who would you choose?
That's so hard to say, because most fictional characters go through so many highs and such lows. I guess I'd like to be any smart heroine who's vexed and maddened by love, and who doesn't end up killing herself. Elizabeth Bennett, Dorthea Casaubon, Jane Eyre, Isabel Archer.
10. And finally, what are you working on now?
I'm working on my new novel, and it's finally coming together. To make an embarrassingly lowbrow analogy– there's that reality show star named Heidi something who I just read had ten plastic surgeries done to her at once? I feel like the plastic surgeon who performed that work– I'm sitting at the computer and I have this living thing open in front of me but it needs attending to on ten different fronts… wait I have to stop, this analogy is going to make me sick.
How's this: I'm in the process of figuring out my second novel.
Thank you, Maria!
April 2, 2010 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | authors | 12 Comments
10 in '10 with Susan McBride and a giveaway
I'm on the blog tour for Susan McBride's latest, The Cougar Club, and you'll see my review on February 17th. But today she has agreed to stop by an answer 10 questions for us and to offer an autographed book for one lucky commenter. Details at the end of the interview. She was so gracious and sweet that she is offering this book even though I already had one to give away (this second one will be offered when I post my review). Stop by Susan's wonderful website and you'll find information on all of her books and upcoming events, I only wish she was coming a bit closer to Cleveland 🙂 On to the questions…
1. In your YouTube video you say that you wanted to write about women like you. How are the women of The Cougar Club like you and which one is closest to the real Susan?
The women I know in their 40s and 50s are vibrant and funny with rich, full lives. Some have raised kids, gone back to school, suffered through divorces, or had to pick themselves up after losing a job, and yet they always hold their heads high and move on. I love that spirit. It's inspiring. That's what I wanted to infuse into the characters of Kat, Carla, and Elise in The Cougar Club. I definitely share Kat Maguire's desire for true happiness and her need to surround herself with people who love her unconditionally. She's far braver than I am though when it comes to taking risks in relationships. Carla Moss is a 45-year-old anchorwoman who's feeling the pressure to maintain a youthful appearance for her audience. I don't think I could ever live in the public eye like that. I'd hate to be judged by the lines on my face rather than by the quality of my work. Elise Randolph is much softer than either Kat or Carla. She's put her heart and soul into raising her son for 18 years, and now he's off at college. She doesn't realize till he's gone that there's a big empty space between herself and her husband. She loves being a dermatologist but doesn't want to feel married to her work. Hmm, all the women are 45, and I'm 45; but while there may be bits and pieces of me in each woman, none of the three IS me. Although my husband would like to think that the cute hockey player in the book is him! So, shhh! Let's not tell him anything different. 😉
Probably one of the driving forces behind my writing The Cougar Club was my disgust at how the media depicts women over forty. We're either Botoxed-to-death Barbies desperate to stay young or faux-tanned, cleavage-bearing nymphomaniacs. I have a true Cougar sister who's 46 and fabulous and has never dated anything but younger men (or so it seems!). I'm an "accidental Cougar," having met Ed–who's nine years my junior–when I was a St. Louis Magazine "Top Single" in 2005. We were married two years ago on February 24, and we're incredibly happy. Age isn't an issue with us. My wish would be that readers of The Cougar Club come away with the idea that you're never too old to follow your heart, whether it be in your personal life or your career.
2. You've written mysteries, young adult, and women's fiction. Which one interests you the most right now?
I will never say "never" as far as writing in any genre again, whether it's mysteries or young adult (and I do have one YA book left to write on my Random House contract), but right now I'm in love with women's fiction. I had such a blast telling the story of women my age in The Cougar Club that I'm dying to do it again. I'm working on a proposal now, so we'll see how things pan out!
3. I've read that you wrote many manuscripts before getting published. Have you gone back and tried to publish them now that you are established or are they safely tucked away in the bottom of a desk drawer?
Oh, gosh, I wrote 10 manuscripts in the 10 years after I graduated from college, and none of those were published. But they were all great practice for me. I tried my hand at a variety of genres and different points of view, and it helped me better learn my craft. I haven't had a chance to resurrect any of those unpublished manuscripts as I've had such tight deadlines these past 10 years. But you never know! There are a few I'd like to revise one day if I ever get the chance.
4. Do you have any rituals or routines when writing?
I do like to write in my pajamas or sweats so I'm comfortable. If it's gray or rainy outside, all the better! I concentrate best when it's kind of dark in my office. I like to get emails and business other than actually working on a novel done in the morning then do the creative part after lunch. I used to love to write at night, but that kind of bit the dust once I met Ed. But I do wake up in the middle of the night fairly frequently when I'm in the middle of a book. My brain just doesn't stop. So I keep a notebook on my desk, at my bed-side, and in my purse. Like the Boy Scouts, I'm always prepared.
5. Who is your favorite hero in literature?
I have to say that I adore Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. The girl does whatever she has to in order to survive. She gets her heart broken over and over, but she picks herself up and moves on. If she screws up, she tells herself, "tomorrow is another day," something I need to do more often! She's a bulldozer disguised as a Southern belle, and I love that!
6. What's the last book you read?
I'm in the middle of reading According to Jane by Marilyn Brant, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I've recently read The Sugar Queen and Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, which I'm crazy about. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein had me sniffling back tears at the end. So many good books out there! I wish I had more time to read.
7. What is your favorite non writing and reading activity?
Anything I can do with Ed! We love going to movies, to hockey games, or out to dinner, poking around flea markets, bowling, roaming the Botanical Gardens, or visiting Big Cat Country at the zoo. We have a lot of fun together, even if we're watching DVDs at home.
8. I love quotes. Do you have a favorite?
I'm gazing at a plaque I have hanging over my file cabinet that says, "Well behaved women rarely make history." I'm trying to make that my motto!
9. Who would you choose if you were trapped in the life of one fictional character?
Wow, that's a tough one. I think I'd want to be Eloise from the Eloise children's books. She is a cool chick and very smart.
10. And finally, what are you working on now?
I'm finishing up a proposal for my next women's fiction book, and I'm waiting for word on a few young adult proposals that I turned in awhile back. So I'm trying to enjoy this brief time when I'm not under the gun of a deadline, because it happens so rarely! Although I'm equally anxious to get started on something new. I just love to write!
Okay, now for the giveaway. Susan will be sending one lucky commenter a free autographed copy of The Cougar Club. How easy is it to enter? Leave a comment with an email address and you are entered. I'll randomly select a winner on February 17th when I will start a second giveaway for this book 🙂
February 5, 2010 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews, FREE | author, interviews, Susan McBride | 36 Comments
10 in '10 with Shirley Tallman
Last fall I read Murder on Nob Hill and The Russian Hill Murders and fell in love with the independent and spirited Sarah Woolson. The next book in this historical mystery series is on its way to me as I type 🙂 So, I was very excited when I contacted author Shirley Tallman and she agreed to answer a few questions.
I recommend visiting her website where you will find access to her blog, books, and contests. This month she's giving away an Amazon gift card and next month she'll be giving away signed hardcover copy of one of her books EVERY DAY!
On to the questions…
1. I love Sarah Woolson. She's smart, independent, and brave. What or who was the inspiration for this wonderful character or did she just show up on your screen one day?
Actually, Sarah's character had been growing and developing in my mind for quite some time before I started MURDER ON NOB HILL, the first book in the Sarah Woolson Historical Mystery Series. To me Sarah embodies all the qualities I most admire in a heroine: intelligence, determination, fair-mindedness, empathy, honesty and, above all, courage. In order for a woman to square up against the chauvinism rampant in 1880's society, she would have had to possess all of these virtues — in spades! Yet despite her feisty independence, she also possesses a quiet vulnerability and sensitivity that makes us sympathize with the many obstacles she must face, and root for her to come out victorious in the end.
2. Historic San Francisco is such a wonderful setting for this series. What was it about San Francisco that made you want to explore its history in a series?
Several things led me to choose San Francisco as the setting for my novels. Of course the fact that I was raised in San Francisco was largely responsible. Fortunately, at the time I was growing up it was still fairly safe for a young girl to travel practically anywhere in the city by bus or cable car. My friends and I loved to ride our bikes through Golden Gate Park, visiting museums and the California Academy of Sciences, then continue riding down to the beach where we'd go ice skating, to Playland at the Beach, or to the Cliff House (the setting for book number four in the series). With my family I attended live theater and plays downtown, shopped along brightly decorated Maiden Lane at Christmas, and window shopped on Market Street. I think I fell in love with San Francisco before I even learned to read, and once I could, I would literally bury myself in books to learn more about its fascinating history. I don't remember considering any other locale for my mysteries.
3. You also write screenplays. How is that experience different than writing novels?
It's completely different! For one thing, writing a novel is usually a solitary effort; for better or for worse, the author pretty much controls her story and her characters. Writing a screenplay is anything but a solitary endeavor. In Hollywood everyone seems to want a piece of the pie, and to satisfy their own egos. Perhaps a better way to put it would be to say everyone from the producer(s) (often there's more than just one producer), director and even the actors want to have a say in the final product — which frequently forces the screenwriter to veer off into vastly different directions. Of course when the writer attempts to please one of the producers/directors/actors, she's sure to offend the rest of the players. To put it in a nutshell, the finished screenplay sometimes bears little resemblance to the writer's first draft!
4. Can you tell us a little about how you were first published?
Once upon a time, my best friend and I (both mothers of small children) decided to write a book. Today we look back on the experience as having proven the old saying that, "Ignorance is bliss!" Having absolutely no idea as to the impossibility of the task, we blithely sent out the completed manuscript to at least fifty publishing houses, papering our laundry-room walls (yes, that's where we did a good portion of our writing!) with rejection slips. Finally, one brilliant and perceptive publisher (at least that's how we like to remember him), bought our book, PLEASE STAND BY — YOUR MOTHER'S MISSING, and released it in hardcover to an unsuspecting public. To his surprise, I'm sure, the book sold rather better than he suspected, and our careers were launched. Okay, maybe they weren't launched right away, but we were certain we were on the right tract. As it turned out, my friend went on to write award-winning stage plays, while I helped feed my growing family by penning Harlequin/Silhouette contemporary romances. Later on, we joined up again to successfully write and sell movies to ABC, NBC and CBS.
5. Who are some of your favorite mystery writers?
There are so many it's hard to list them. Certainly Agatha Christie introduced me to the magic of mysteries as a child. As a teen, I added science fiction to my favorites, then mystery masters such as Anne Perry, Elizabeth Peters, Ngaio Marsh, Robert Bernard and Ellis Peters.
6. What's the last book you read?
I just finished reading Maeve Binchey's novel, HEART AND SOUL, and Dean Koontz's FOREVER ODD. Plus, of course, a steady stream of research books for my own novels, but I don't necessarily count those as leisure reading.
7. What is your favorite non-reading and writing hobby?
I'm a Gemini, so I have a lot of hobbies. I love to bike ride and snow ski, do yoga, knit and crochet, and go to the movies. I admit I'm addicted to several TV series, including TRUE BLOOD, THE CLOSER, MONK, CSI (all three), HEROES, PBS MYSTERIES, HOUSE and THE BIG BANG THEORY.
8. I love quotes. Do you have a favorite?
I think my favorite quote is: "All things are possible to one who believes." (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux – letters)
9. If you were trapped in the life of one fictional character who would you choose?
I know I'm prejudiced, but actually I'd choose the life of my own heroine, Sarah Woolson. As I said earlier, she embodies so many qualities that I admire in a woman. Beyond that, her life is never dull!
10. And finally, what are you working on now?
I'm working on book #5 in the Sarah Woolson series, tentatively titled, DEATH ON TELEGRAPH HILL.
Thank you so much for stopping by, Shirley!
January 22, 2010 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | authors, Books, interview, san francisco, tallman | 9 Comments
10 in '10 with Beth Hoffman with giveaway
Beth Hoffman is an interior designer turned writer and with her debut novel being chosen as the first book for Sam's Club book club it seems she made the right choice to turn to writing. Beth grew up in northeast Ohio, not far from where I live and she is just as sweet in person as a person can be. Read yesterday's post about meeting her. By leaving a comment there or here you will be entered to win a copy of Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt.
And now on to what you are really interested in…
1. You and CeeCee both grew up not far from where I live. What's the best thing about growing up in northeast Ohio?
The absolute best thing was the early years of life I spent living on my grandparent's farm. To this day, there's nothing that takes me back to fond Ohio memories more than smell of freshly cut hay and the rumbling sound of a tractor's engine. I loved the change of seasons, too. And as tough as Ohio winters were, they were beautiful. The Metropolitan Park system is outstanding, and I enjoyed exploring the endless hiking trails as a kid. Whenever I go back to Ohio, I try to save some time to visit Squires Castle and walk the paths. Ohio is wonderful horse country too, and there was nothing like saddling up and going for a long ride through the countless trails that are so easily accessible. I miss that so much.
2. I've read that Aunt Tootie is based one of your own aunts. What was it about her that made her such a great character?
When I was nine years old, I went to visit my Great Aunt Mildred Caldwell who lived in Danville, Kentucky. And it was culture shock of the best kind. There I was, a shy little farm girl suddenly in the midst of a world I could have never imagined. I was in awestruck by the beautiful old homes, the towering trees, and the lush flower gardens, and, I was enthralled by the Southern dialect. My great aunt was an accomplished, highly educated woman who had strong values and a generous heart. And, oh, was she ever witty.
She was always busy with charity work and was known to step in when someone was in need. My great aunt treated everyone, and I mean everyone, with kindness. Her domestic help adored her, and she them. She was so charming—a true Southern lady. To this day I've never met anyone more gracious, and I suspect I never will. I was impressed by how she used and enjoyed the things she had; even her finest heirloom china was used for evening meals. As far as I could tell, nothing in her home was off limits or saved for that one special occasion. To my great aunt's way of thinking, every day was a celebration, and it was called LIFE. That has been her legacy to me.
3. I gave this book 5 stars and am impressed that it is your first book. How much time passed from conception to publication?
I'm so glad you loved CeeCee's story, thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. So much so that I was really saddened when I typed THE END. The manuscript took four years total—the last nine months of which were spent on intense, and sometimes brutal, editing.
4. You had a successful career as an interior designer before switching to writing. How has your life changed since making the leap?
I'm calmer and much more grounded. Perhaps the most interesting thing I've noticed is that I'm more wide awake to the simple things in life—the things that bring me the greatest joy: my animals, watching the birds, walking in nature, and having the time to really listen to a friend in need. While I loved my design career, I was so buried in work for such a long period of time that I lost the wider vision and appreciation of life that I once had. It might sound strange, but I regained much of my childlike delight in people and everyday life when I threw my briefcase in the trash, kicked of my high-heels, and began to write.
5. What was your favorite childhood book?
Hmmm, that's a real toss-up. I loved STUART LITTLE and THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS equally.
6. What's the last book you read?
THIS I BELIEVE – The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
7. What's your favorite non-reading and writing hobby?
Animal rescue, gardening (I'm crazy for peonies), and laughing with girlfriends! I'm a stay-at-home kind of person, and I truly enjoy the simpler things. In the warmer months my husband and I will pack a picnic, drive to General James Taylor Park, which overlooks the Ohio River, and play gin rummy while watching the barges go by. To me, that's living.
8. I love quotes. Do you have a favorite?
Yes! And it's from Richard Bach's book ILLUSIONS: "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
9. Who would you choose if you were trapped in the life of one fictional character?
This is going to seem odd, I'm sure, but I'd pick Thelma Rae Goodpepper. I adore her. As eccentric as she is, Thelma Rae succeeded in creating a magical, if offbeat, world for herself—she is a true free spirit.
10. And finally, what are you working on now?
I thought I knew, but it's dramatically changed over the past few weeks. Though I have ideas, and more characters have stepped from my imagination, I suspect I won't know for certain what my next novel will be until I complete my book tour. I'll be traveling quite extensively for the next several months, and I find it hard to do much writing when I'm on the road. I miss it something fierce, and I'm eager to hit the keyboard again.
Thanks so much for stopping by, Beth! Visit her website for more info and event dates.
January 15, 2010 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | authors, Books | 17 Comments
2009 Author Interviews
This year I was able to interview 15 wonderful authors and if you missed any of my 9 on '09 interviews you can click on the author below and check out the post. I asked each of them who he or she would choose if trapped in the life of one fictional character. With 4 1/2 votes (yes, one author chose 2) Elizabeth Bennett was the top vote getter. Some other choices- Scarlett O'Hara, Tinker Bell, Stephanie Plum, Tintin, and Anne of Green Gables. I do plan on continuing author interviews next year, even considering the highly creative 10 in '10 title 🙂
Mary Doria Russell part 1 , part 2
December 27, 2009 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | 7 Comments
9 in '09 with Barbara Delinsky
Barbara Delinsky, NYT bestselling author, has graciously taken some time to answer a few questions. I reviewed her book, While My Sister Sleeps here and the book is out in paperback just this week.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Barbara is a survivor and continues to fund research. You can visit her website for more information about her books and her wonderful blog.
Here's the nine with Barbara…
1. While My Sister Sleeps is the story of a family in crisis and each of the characters travels a personal journey that leads the book full circle. Which character do you think grew or changed the most?
I'd have to vote for Molly, partly because that's how I conceived of this book. I see it as a coming of age story about a 27-year-old who has always lived in the shadow of her star sister and felt secondary in the eyes of her Type A mother. Suddenly, with her sister comatose and the rest of the family unable to act, Molly rises to the occasion. In speaking for her sister, she finds her own voice, helping even her mother grown in the process.
2. When I posted my review of this book, commenter Violet asked if it were a movie. I know it's not, but there are so many wonderful characters in this book that it would make a great one. Who would be your dream cast if While My Sister Sleeps made it to the big screen?
Honestly? I have no idea. I'm so not a movie or TV person. Given that I spend so much time writing, what free time I have is spent knitting, talking with friends, and doing things like laundry. I'm always curious to know, though, who readers would choose.
3. You have a big presence online with a website, blog that you started in 2005, and many other social outlets. How has your life as a writer changed over the years since the explosion of online social networking?
Oh my, a loaded question there. I have to confess that at times I do pine for the old days, when all a writer had to do was write her books! Today, I spend roughly one-third of my work time maintaining that online presence – website, blog, and now Facebook and Twitter – meaning that I have to work even longer hours to get each book done on time.
The plus side, of course, is that online social networking has given me a vehicle to communicate with my readers, which is – and always has been – hugely important to me. My readers have put me where I am today. Their enthusiasm and loyalty keeps me going. I love communicating with them!
4. You are a breast cancer survivor and wrote the book Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors in 2001. I love that all the proceeds from the sale of this book go to your own charitable foundation. Can you tell us a little about the foundation?
From the very beginning, I knew that I didn't want to personally pocket a single cent from the sales of Uplift, and was able to shamelessly shop it from publisher to publisher for this reason. The entirety of my proceeds from Uplift go into the charitable foundation, which has, to date, funded four years of a breast research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Each May, I have the joy of meeting the fellow just finishing her year and hearing about the work she's done. How awesome is that?
5. Who or what inspires you?
People do. I take a gesture here, a physical characteristic or manner of speech there, and create characters that interest me. As for what those characters do? My plots are almost always inspired by current events. When I'm in the process of writing a book, I keep a file on my computer for "Next Book Ideas." Inevitably, the idea I pick is either the most recent one entered, or an idea based on news occurring since then. My agent calls me a prescient, in that I write more about things that are about to happen, but it's truly just being attuned to people's concerns in the here and now.
6. I love quotes. Do you have a favorite?
Here's one from my father. When faced with different people having different opinions or preferences, he always said, "That's why there are menus in restaurants." I think of this often, when readers say that they loved my latest book but that their favorite is still – and then they name one of my other books. Another thing my dad always said was, "Taxation is the price of civilization." I agree with him there, too. Some folks don't – but, hey, that's why there are menus in restaurants.
7. What are you currently reading?
Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper. It's a gem of a book about a blind cat. Being a cat person, I'm loving every page.
8. If you were trapped in the life of one fictional character who would you choose?
Given that fictional characters have to experience some form of angst to keep the reader turning pages, I'll opt out of this choice. I have enough on my own plate, thank you!
9. What are you currently working on?
Just finished, actually. Not my Daughter – not to be confused with an earlier book of mine, For My Daughters. This new one, Not My Daughter, tells the story of three high school girls, all good students from good homes, who make a pact to become pregnant. I know, I know, TV is currently loaded with shows about pregnant teens, but this book is different. The heart of the story is the fallout of the pact, with accusing fingers pointing to the girls' mothers. Here is an exploration of what it takes to be a good mother, whether at 17, 35, or 45.
Thank you so much for stopping by, Barbara!
October 30, 2009 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | authors, barbara delinsky, Books, interviews | 8 Comments
9 in '09 with Hallie Ephron
A few weeks ago I reviewed 1001 Books for Every Mood by Hallie Ephron and really enjoyed it. Hallie took the time to email me after seeing the review and offered to send me a copy of her newest book The Bibliophiles Devotional: 365 Days of Literary Classics. I mean how can a list lover like me resist a book from a great list maker? I couldn't resist and I've been reading about a new book every day and loving it. Thanks, Hallie!
Anyway, Hallie is the author of 4 books and you can visit her website here.
And now the nine questions…
1. My first question has to be about growing up in a house full of writers. What was your childhood like with parents who were writers and three other sisters (Nora, Delia,Amy) who are writers too? It must have been wonderful to grow up in such a creative home.
Our house overflowed with books – wall to wall bookcases, bedside tables stacked with books to be read and re-read (cookbooks and children's books on my mother's; history and economics on my father's), and as kids we were read to early and often (the Oz books, Little Women, The Little Princess…). My mother recited poetry after dinner, and we grew up cherishing words.
2. I loved your book 1001 Books For Every Mood, probably because I love books and lists. How long did it take for you to decide what books to include and did you have to cut any favorites?
Thank you! I love books and lists, too. It took me months to decide which books to include. I started, of course, with my favorites, and then talked to booksellers and librarians and readers and anyone who had the temerity to cross my path holding a book. I also cherry-picked from many great lists out there, like Sports Illustrated list of best sports books, Business Week's list of best business books, TIME's list of great books, and of course the ones that Oprah has recommended. If someone mentioned a book I hadn't heard of I found it to decide if I thought it was gem worthy including.
3. Your new book The Bibliophile's Devotional is 365 Days of Literary Classics. Can you tell us what defines a classic for you?
Hmmm…I'd say one that's stood the test of time. One that influenced the way we think, like books that were the first of their kind (did you know Oliver Twist was the first book in English with a child protagonist?).
4. You write book reviews for the Boston Globe. Do you think blogs and websites devoted to books have changed newspaper reviews or do you think they serve two different purposes?
I think blogs and web sites can give books visibility that is so very hard to garner right now since there are so many books out there and so little is spent on advertising. They can build buzz and community. Book reviews serve more of a critical purpose, I thin, to select and highlight quality (good and bad).
5. Have you discovered a favorite new author in the last year or two?
Oh, gosh yes. Where to begin? Leonie Swan ("Three Bags Full"); Carolyn Wall ("Sweeping Up Galss"); Josh Bazell ("Beat the Reaper"); Alan Bradley ("The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie"); Spencer Quinn ("Dog On It")…I could go on.
6. I love quotes. Do you have a favorite?
Not so much a quote as a paragraph…I LOVE Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories" – read it to revel in the words and images. It's pure joy. One of my favorite stories in it is "Three Boys with Jugs of Molasses and Secret Ambitions." SO FULL of wonderful lines! Here's just a sample: "Eeta Peeca Pie grew up with wishes and wishes working inside him. And for every wish inside him he had a freckle outside on his face. Whenever he smiled the smile ran way back into the far side of his face and got lost in the wishing freckles." Don't you love that idea of "wishing freckles?"
7. What are you currently reading?
For myself I just read Sheila Wellers' "Girls Like Us" – it's a meaty nonfiction about Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon, and the generation they exemplify. Loved it.
8. If you were trapped in the life of one fictional character who would you choose?
Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)
9. And finally, what are you working on now?
I'm finishing a novel – psychological suspense like my last one "Never Tell a Lie."
Thanks so much for stopping by, Hallie!
October 23, 2009 Posted by stacybuckeye | Author Interviews | authors, Books, Hallie Ephron, interviews | 10 Comments
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I love the contrasting super sweet & juicy grapes with the darker, gamier duck, and the parsnips provide a great textural base, as well as contributing their earthy flavour.
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Follow the below steps to resolve the issue described above. We will consider DiscussionBoard as our SharePoint 2010 library of choice to subscribe for alerts:
- Create a copy of the "alerttemplates.xml" file in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML folder and name it say "customalerttemplates.xml".
- Open the "customalerttemplates.xml" file in notepad or Visual Studio and find the SharePoint library of your choice i.e. DiscussionBoard in our case.
- Keep scrolling through the alert template definition for this library until you find an element named: <Properties>
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- Modify this element to add the fields that you would like the email alert to exclude and remove the fields that you would want the email alert to include. e.g. below is the representation of the <Properties> element where we exclude the "E-Mail Headers" field and include the "ID" field in the email alert text:
- Save the modified "customalerttemplates.xml" file.
- Now we need to update our new alert templates' file to the SharePoint Database, so as to replace the default alerttemplates.xml file. We will use the below STSADM command to perform this activity:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN>stsadm -o updatealerttemplates -url "http://servername:18000" -filename "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML\customalerttemplates.xml"
- Perform IISRESET.
The above steps will modify the alert template for your specific choice of library (viz. Discussion Board). Now if you trigger an email from SharePoint to be sent to the subscribed users, you will notice that the E-mail Headers field has been removed and the ID field has been added to the text of the email.
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I am so sick and tired of bars misspelling Guinness.... in their ad in CP they left off an N in Guinness.... why celebrate St. Patrick's Day in a bar that can't correctly spell one of the most recognized beers in the world? To Castaways Grille I say Pogue Mahone!!!!!!
If this is an "Irish-themed bar", how in the hell could their advertisement in the City Paper for St. Patrick's Day misspell Guinness???? Is anyone else upset that many so called pubs spell Guinness on their menus with only one N? Please people help stop this madness, Guinness has been around for over 250 years and bars should know how to spell one of the world's most popular beers correctly! Shame on any pub that represents itself as "Irish" to disrespect the brewery and Guinness lovers, to all those poser pubs I say: Póg mo thóin!!!!!


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(Book #1 in the Unusual Fate series)
Liam, an Omega, has been living on the pack compound with his sisters ever since a deadly disease had infected humans and werewolves alike. Forced to go through the mating ceremony earlier than expected, he ends up mated to a surprised pair of twins, the future Alphas, Erik and Ethan.
Overcoming their troubles is hard for the newly mated werewolves, but they manage to persevere. But what happens when something worse than the Infected threatens them? Will they be able to survive when all odds are against them?
Nothing goes as planned, and these werewolves will find that out soon enough.
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Thank god so many books i've read about bxb has so many homophobic comments. Smh
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I actually like how you said that. It's your story and I respect that. Don't let me down. I'm expecting some major nosebleed material
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I read ahead a bit to see if it would be good and now I just can't wait! :)
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Sometimes mpreg is just not written well and is just silly, but sometimes it just flows with story we shall see!
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IPO: Impact on Executive Wealth and Liquidity
A fast-growing medical device company expects to file for an initial public offering (IPO) next year. The company has offered incentive stock options (ISOs) to their executives and these execs now have the opportunity to exercise early, if they choose to. After the IPO, executives will be forbidden to sell during the 180-day lockup period and there will be limits detailing how much company stock an executive can sell all at once. The executives realize that these economic and tax decisions are more complex than those they have had to make in the past.
Participant Issues: Using Stock Options to Meet College Costs
Justin, a mid-level operations executive, pops into Carol's office one day. Justin is seeking advice from the company's long-time stock plan administrator about tapping funds for his son's college tuition next fall. While Justin has several options for meeting college costs for his son, Aaron, he's trying to understand the net after-tax proceeds if he used options to fund tuition costs.
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Effects of mother presence and photoperiod on egg production and hatching of two asexual lineages of Eucypris virens (Crustacea: Ostracoda)
Rossi, Valeria; Menozzi, Paolo
Fundamental and Applied Limnology Volume 180 Nr. 1 (2012), p. 59 - 68
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Parental care is a source of maternal effects and the lack of genetic variation expected among clonal organisms makes them ideal material for investigating environmental mother effects. Using laboratory experiments at two photoperiods, 16:8 and 6:18 L:D, we evaluated the effect of mother's age and mother presence/absence, on the production of resting eggs and on egg development time in two different clonal lineages of Eucypris virens from vernal pools from different latitudes (from Ventina, Italy and from Bramhope, UK). Mother presence/absence had a clear effect on egg hatching time, although, as expected, hatching was strongly influenced by photoperiod. Extended daylight, a reliable cue of incoming drought, induces dormancy. The effect was stronger in the Southern clone (only resting eggs were produced and the effect of mother presence on hatching could not be tested). The Northern clone laid both resting and non resting eggs and mother presence produced a small but significant delay in hatching. In short daylight, a reliable cue of incoming favourite environmental conditions, both clones produced both resting eggs and non-resting eggs. Mother presence/absence had a strong, opposite effect in the two clones: hatching was delayed by her presence in the Southern and by her absence in the Northern. We found no effect of mother age on proportion of resting eggs and on egg development time. We discuss our results in terms of environmental predictability and suggest the contrasting effect of mother presence in shorter daylight as a possible mechanism for the expression of a risk spreading strategy.
intraclonal variability • resting eggs • delayed-hatching • risk-spreading • parental care


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Laue Photography . Mathematics Structures time-resolved crystallography neutron crystallography electron crystallography. Laue Method. Uses polychromatic ("white") X-rays. (generally l <2.0Å)
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time-resolved crystallography
neutron crystallography
electron crystallography
Polychromatic X-rays should have a flat intensity profile.
Note: Very small separation between spots. This means the crystals must be small, the beam must be small, and the crystals must be well-ordered.
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Ewald sphere
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Ewald sphere has radius 1/l. Longer wavelength X-rays cause the Ewald sphere to shrink, picking up a different part of the reciprocal lattice.
Bragg's Law for multiple wavelengths
In monochromatic crystallography, one q angle translates to one d (one resolution). In Laue crystallography, one q angle covers a range of d.
All reflections (nh,nk,nl) have the same S direction, but the length is inversely proportional to l. So (h,k,l) at l=2.0Å and (2h,2k,2l) at l=1.0Å diffract to exactly the same spot on the film.
dmin (lmin)
reciprocal lattice
dmin (lmax)
Summing harmonics is like viewing a lattice from the origin.Every line of sight represents one spot on the film.
73 refls
44 multiples
29 singles
Standing in the middle of a circular orchard, how many tree trunks you see are hiding other tree trunks ("multiples", red)? And how many are not ("singles", green)?
range of Ewald spheres (fixed beam)
73 refls
44 multiples
29 singles
19 refl (18 spots)2 multiples (1 spot)17 singles=89%
Now cut down all the trees except the ones that are on the Ewald sphere for one of the wavelengths (range lmin-lmax). Only the trees in the grey region remain. How many are multiples?
n=1,2,3 etc. within "Cruickshank range"
Unknown amplitudes
Scale factors. A function of wavelength, polarization, etc.
total intensity for all harmonics in range
Scale factors (f) may be found for singles.Then, each multiple is a linear equation of the unknown F2's,which can be solved during least squares refinement.
If a reaction can be initiated in a crystal, simultaneously throughout the crystal, then Laue photography can capture the structural changes at the ns (10-9s) to ms (10-3s) timescale.
Crystals must withstand ultrahigh fluxes of X-rays (or are destroyed in the process)
Light-initiated reactions can be studied using the Laue method.
Computer control
Photoactive yellow protein (from the phototrophic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira halophila)
4-hydroxycinnamyl chromophore
Genick et al. Science, 275 (5305): 1471
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Can't let a poor boy die before our eyes, says High Court
Just because the Centre, State and AIIMS say they are short of funds
Just because someone is short of funds, the State cannot allow him to die, the Delhi High Court said on Friday. The Court was moved by the plea of a rickshaw puller for free treatment of his seven-year-old son who suffers from a rare genetic disorder even as the Centre, the Delhi Government and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences cited absence of funds and schemes to support such patients.
"It is not an incurable disease. I know the boy can be cured. I cannot allow him to die before my eyes. Just because he is short of funds, can the State allow him to die?" said Justice Manmohan.
The case of the minor, who suffers from Gaucher's disease, was taken up by advocate and social activist Ashok Agarwal, who moved the High Court seeking direction for free treatment of the disorder which requires life-long enzyme replacement therapy at the cost of Rs.7 lakh every month. In this disease, fatty substances accumulates in various organs like the brain, spleen and white blood cells, and the patient is susceptible to infections.
The boy was given a dose of drugs free of cost at Medanta on February 21. The Delhi High Court Bar Association also collected funds for him.
"The State has to safeguard the right to life. Something has to be done. If none of us takes any action, the boy will die in front of our eyes. What is the use of having Article 21 on the statute? I will be forced to use the long arm of law and order that he be treated at AIIMS at the expense of Central Government," the Bench said on Friday, disturbed that the country does not have any alternative drugs or funds to support poor patients requiring life-long treatment.
The court was informed by the Centre and the Delhi Governments that financial assistance schemes in place provide for a "one-time grant" of Rs.5 lakh only.
Amicus curiae Shyel Trehan suggested that since the only problem in the case was the cost of the treatment, "in such a situation, Indian companies can devise an alternative, apply for licence and provide cheaper drugs".
Ms. Trehan also brought to the court's notice the fact that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rules were re-notified as recently as Thursday and under the new notification, aid towards infant mortality, maternal health and combating diseases have been deleted and only promotion of preventive health has been provided for.
Earlier, the court had suggested that companies can be asked to provide for healthcare of such patients under CSR.
"They have deleted it?" the court expressed surprise and asked: "Why has the schedule been replaced?"
It asked the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to inform it as to why rules have been changed.
Ms. Trehan also told the court that under the rules concerned, CSR cannot be undertaken in normal course of business, as pharmaceutical companies cannot donate drugs since it is their business, even as it would be much easier for them to do so and much more beneficial for the needy.
She also said that at present only three companies – Sanofi, Pfizer and Shire – are making drugs for Gaucher's and of the three, only Sanofi is catering to India.
Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Delhi Government apprised the High Court of the meeting held between them to discuss the instant case and the issues arising out of it in pursuance of the court's February 12 order.
"Examining the matter from public health point of view, existing guidelines of available schemes and possibility of further repercussions, it has not been found possible to devise a viable policy for financial assistance on recurring mode on a long-term basis for entire life for patients suffering from LSDs [Lysosomal Storage Disorder/ Gaucher's disease]," it said, adding that although there was no authentic data on patients suffering from Gaucher's disease, it is estimated that there number would be about 500 in the country.
The Centre also submitted that the treatment for Gaucher's disease is at the stage of clinical trial, but the statement was rebutted by the amicus and also the Bench.
The court noted that in the meeting the specific case was not considered and it directed the Delhi Government to take a decision with regard to his case in one week.
The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences was also asked to find out the chances of survival of the boy if he was given treatment
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