Hugely gratifying beyond my capacity for speech is having  Vogue Knitting Winter 2013/14 give praise to my new book, Grounded. The review also says that I’m creating sock patterns for each of the main characters, plus a bonus pattern. This is true and the patterns are all out, now! Yay! It also goes on to say: “The sock patterns… are being rolled out over time and will appear automatically in the Ravelry libraries of knitters who buy the...

This chart shows why garlic and olive oil are even better for you than you think. I guess we can stop ruining the South American agro industry and lighten up on Quinoa?...

Uncanny, innit?   Neil Gaiman read an abridged (by Dickens himself) version of A Christmas Carol at the New York Public Library earlier this week. Another reason to love the man....

I have two things to share, one new, one old. Old: The Scarlet Letter You may recall that we did The Scarlet Letter years ago on CraftLit. I’ve not transferred it to Just-the-Books or into the Shoppe as an Audiobook With Benefits, but I do have the links. Why mention this now? Because suddenly gazillions of searchers on Google are looking for “listen to the Scarlet Letter” or “Listen to Scarlet Letter free”. So....

I Made It! I actually got this out on a Wednesday!   Of course, I always have a WIP, it just isn’t always knitting.   Of late I’ve been working on (pix below): Shattered, the sequel to Grounded Christmas presents late birthday presents (the shame…) Zentagled mugs Age of Innocence Bleak House the (mercifully done) Bar Mitzvah learning to sing this and this with Thing 2 educational curriculum writing everything else. I...

When it looks like this outside… Inside should look bright and cheery. Hmmmm… what to do? What to do…? I KNOW! Invite Nanette the Nanny over to help ship out all of your new novels! Now you may think to yourself, “Seriously? Nanette the Nanny would come all that way to help you ship books?!” And I would have to say to you, “Not only that—she insisted!” “AND she brought coffee!” Such is the...