Maidens Who Don't Float

Edgar Allan Poe Wonders if You Hear That Too

October 28, 2009

For Halloween, for his 200th birthday and of course for fun, here’s Edgar Allan Poe’s Profile Page from Maidens Who Don’t Float. Spooky!

The New Yorker!

October 6, 2009

I am thrilled to share this interview from The New Yorker’s Book Bench.

Channeling Dan Brown on Facebook

September 23, 2009

I couldn’t resist this one…giving the ‘Ophelia’/’Facebook Lit’ treatment to good ol’ Dan Brown on The Huffington Post. Many other bestselling authors included. As always, I don’t know how some things here happened…like Joyce Carol Oates being overt with emoticons. Perhaps I was inhabited by a mysterious spirit of the ancients?

My Morning With Mediabistro

September 10, 2009

Just had the pleasure of being a guest on Mediabistro’s online talk show, Morning Media Menu, with GalleyCat editor Jason Boog and AgencySpy editor Matt Van Hoven. We discussed the book, getting published online and, of course, the joys of social media. Plus, we covered some media headlines: namely MTV getting a “Twitter correspondent” and [...]

Know Your Classic Lit, Win a Book!

August 25, 2009

UPDATE: The book’s Facebook fans are so quick they’ve won all five books already! Please stay tuned for more contests and giveaways. And thanks so much for joining in! We’ve done it! We’ve counted down all 25 Random Things from the book in honor of its big debut today. The full list is below. And [...]

“Maidens” is “Brilliant,” “Highbrow”: NY Mag

August 24, 2009

The book made the New York magazine approval matrix! And in the best possible corner. Look for it on the right, near the Bob Dylan head…

Get Some Hamlet with Your Ophelia

August 12, 2009

I just find this amusing…If you buy my book on Amazon now, you get 5% off Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare). Very nice deal.

We Have Video!

August 6, 2009

Please see it just under the lovely cover to the right. Enjoy!

25 Random Things from ‘Maidens’: A Countdown

August 1, 2009

Today I’m starting a countdown of “25 Random Things” from Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don’t Float. I’ll post them on the book’s Facebook page (which you can see on the right side of this page, below), and on Twitter (search for #fblit). Each day, I’ll post one short line, snippet, pic, thingy from [...]