Posting for Patry

Hi folks,I’m a member of Backspace, , a fun and supportive writing site, of which Karen Dionne is the administrator. She sent this email around a few days ago, and I’ve signed up. So, you’ll be hearing more from me on this on Jan. 29. But in case any...

Guest blog: Brett Milano

Brett Milano has done a lot of things in his life, many of which have to do with rock and roll and some with cats. So when I saw this stellar review of his new book, The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock, I knew I had to ask him to blog. Take it away, Brett!...

Library cats

It must be something in the air. I guest blogged over at Jungle Red today in praise of libraries. And then I heard that another blog was starting a “library cat” blog, the idea being to solicit library cat stories for an e-book celebrating National Library...

A different kind of Kitty…

Tomorrow, we’ll be turning this space over to Linda L. Richards. In addition to being the editor of January magazine, Linda’s a crime fiction author. We’ll be celebrating the release of her new Death Was the Other Woman, which takes us back to 1930s...

In defense of the cozy, take 2

Hi, everyone! Hope your holidays have brought you all the treats you desire (like this basketball-playing kitty) and no lumps of coal. As we wait for 2008 to come ’round, I thought I’d cheat a little and re-post something not quite new. A version of this...