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So in case you were wondering what I look like, what I like to read, and what my favorite flavor of ice cream at San Francisco’s Bi-Rite Creamery is, here ya go. (I’m up to nine punches on my Bi-Rite Creamery card now! One more and I get a free scoop. Maybe I’ll make that one ginger.)
I’ll tell you more about why I’m re-reading The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace in future postings. But I want to note here that I had a lovely chat with People Reading blogger Sonya, who has written her first novel and is a fan of SSAG co-editor Charlie Anders’s writing. Sonya started her blog six months ago in order to reassure herself that people really do still care about books, and sure enough, in this town they really do.
I know that I do my share to buy the sorts of books that unfortunately will never be sold by the palletful at Costco, because the world is not just. (I was just at Book Passage at the Ferry Building yesterday and I saw some hardcover copies of a previous novel by 2006 National Book Award for fiction winner Richard Powers remaindered at $5.98 apiece—ouch! But in Germany he sells hundreds of thousands of copies of his books. Of course, they elected an intelligent female scientist to run their country, which I don’t think could ever happen here. *sigh* Well, like I said, the world is not a just place.)
March 4th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Hey Kristin! [waves]
It was cool to see your pic and what you’re reading. I wanted to say thanks, also, for reminding me that it’s time to get down to business and read Richard Powers (something I’ve been meaning to do for ages) and to pick up the Pearly Gates of Cyberspace, too.
I really enjoy reading your posts here. You seem to have moved on nicely from Radioactive Banana (which was why I replaced it with She’s Such a Geek! on my blogroll). Keep plugging on the writing gigs. It’s not an easy way to make a living, but it’s really rewarding to do something you love, and you’re good at this too. Life is better when you take risks.
March 4th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
And doing something you don’t have passion for is definitely not an easy way to make a living, either. I have to keep telling myself this every day that I regret not having made more money over the past few years because I left programming to go to art school. But I couldn’t face spending the rest of my life staring at code on a screen, especially since graduate school beat out of me my belief in science uber alles.