In conversation with Jasmin Iolani Hakes, HULA, at Capital Books
Friday, 5/19 at 6:30, I'll be in conversation with Jasmin Iolani Hakes at Capital Books about her WONDERFUL debut novel, [...]
Signing Sunday 4/2/23 at Ruby’s Books, Folsom
It's hard to measure the importance of indie bookstores to the ecosystem of books and readers and writers. I like [...]
Ruby’s Books, Sunday, 4/1
Sunday, April 1, 2023, 11:30-1 Pacific. Please drop by a terrific indie bookstore, Ruby’s Books, in Folsom, California for my [...]
Just write
Write it anyway. This week, my artist friend Polly LaPorte (pictured above) delivered a portrait of my Grandpa Bates Jackson. I was [...]
Difficult? Horrible? Badass?
Talking about Tomboy with very good friends. For the past three years I've co-directed Stories on Stage Sacramento with author Dorothy [...]
August 26–Stories on Stage Sacramento
Words come to life on stage this month. It's a thrill to see your work interpreted by a gifted actor, [...]
Libraries from Auckland to Yolo County
I knew I should be working on book three, but I didn't have the attention span for it. So I obsessed [...]
For Writers: Janna Marlies Maron’s curly hair and super-smart writing tips
When I read author, editor and publisher Janna Maron's most-recent newsletter, which I highly recommend you subscribe to at the previous link, [...]
Stories on Stage with Catriona McPherson
Thank you to Inside Sacramento for spreading the word about Tomboy being performed by Gabby Battista at Stories on Stage Sacramento, [...]
Inspired by Herb Caen
I love this Jerald Silva painting of Sacramento literary luminaries featuring authors Cornel West, Joan Didion, Ann Bannon, Ernesto Galarza, [...]