Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville
Weather: mid-70 s
After one day of reading the funny papers, I’m reporting there’s not much funny to be found. On one page of newsprint, there’s everything from elementary humor about common …
See You in the Funny Papers
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: Rain, rain, rain
Recently I’ve been reading Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography by David Michaelis, and that led to looking at the history of comics. For those of us in …
Calling All Fidos
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books and Such Nashville office
Weather: Hotter by the day
What a lot of dog names and memories we’ve stirred this week! Some fictional and some real. We’ve recalled the great stories about Lassie, Old Yeller, …
Dog Talk
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: Not unbearably hot
Not only am I watching for dogs now–I see at least a dozen, well-leashed of all breeds on my early morning walks–but I’m also becoming aware of …
Man’s Best Friend
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: Still hot
Thinking more about humans and dogs, I’m always a little surprised by the great difference in our attitude toward dogs, at least that of most of us, and …
Feeling Your Way
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Still rainy
If you’ve been reading the Books & Such blog posts this week, you’ve noticed that we’re exploring the senses of perception and their use in our writing. We’ve …
Writing Tastes
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Rainy and cool
Every way I turn in the last few days, I see something about food. A letter to the editor from an acquaintance complained about the unreasonable emphasis …
Smell That Book
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: Upper 80s
While thinking about the sensual appeal in the words we read and write, I came across references to the sense of smell in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible…
Color Coding
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: low 80s
What a colorful world we have, especially at this time of year with pink, red, and yellow flowers blooming everywhere. We are all more attracted to color, even …
First Glance
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: NYC
Weather: Cloudy and warm
Coming back to the Javits Center is both thrilling and a bit scary. From reading the early releases and reading the updates and then reading the last-minute instructions about getting my …