How Blog Tours Can Break Your Heart
Right now I’m just beyond the halfway point of my 13-stop “blog tour” celebrating the publication in paperback of The Conditions of Love (it began May 5 and ends June 6) and I’m thinking this is as good a time as any to pause to catch my breath and reflect on what’s transpired.
Great review in The Rumpus
Eunice, Mernie, Rose, Fox, Sam and the rest are over-the-moon happy about this fantastic new review by Kevin O’Kelly in the August 20th edition of The Rumpus. Stay tuned for more on my thoughts about his in-depth reading of the book, its mythical aspects and the power of names.
My post on Marshal Zeringue's Blog Writers Read
Writing my previous entry about Susanna Daniel reminds me that I did a post about what I’m reading several weeks ago for Marshall’s blog. If you’d like to read my thoughts on discovering Alexander Chee’s “hauntingly lyrical” Edinburgh, diving into Adrienne Rich’s “eloquent and empathic” A Human Eye: Essays on Art in Society, 1997-2008, or delving into the depths of The Ability to Mourn: Disillusionment and the Social Origins of Psychoanalysis by Peter Homans, Writers Read is the place to go.
What my new friend Susanna Daniel said on Writers Read about TCOL
I just met the wonderful Susanna Daniel several weeks ago and am completely humbled and delighted by the great things she’s saying about The Conditions of Love. I haven’t had a chance to read her just released second novel, Sea Creatures, but when I do I’m sure you’ll hear from me about it.
Susanna kindly included The Conditions of Love among the books she cited on Marshall Zeringue’s delightful Writers Read blog.
It's Wild!
I was checking out at Whole Foods when I heard a friendly voice yell, “I love your book!” And there was Elizabeth, the checker two aisles down, grinning and waving. How cool is that? How wonderful to be surprised in surprising places by readers. It’s really wild. I took a photo op in the middle of Whole Foods. Here we are, mugging together!
Communing with readers at Arcadia Books
I’m way overdue reporting on my joyous reading at Arcadia Books in downtown Spring Green, WI on a beautiful Sunday afternoon on June 23.
Spring Green is a destination point for Frank Lloyd Wright fans who come to tour his Wisconsin home, Taliesen, and to see the fabulous American Players Theatre repertory company do Shakespeare, Miller, Brecht and other classics, but Arcadia Books should be a destination all on its own.
Books That Changed My Life
What a task! Choose three books that changed your life. That’s what Jeanne Kolker from the State Journal wanted from me. It was hard.
"Stunningly self-assured" says Bookreporter!
Josh Mallory’s long, lovingly detailed, and quite positive review on Bookreporter really knocked me out. It’s quite a thrill to see the story and my characters get this reaction.
"Engrossing to the end," says AP. And this is just the beginning! Publication day is here!
Here it is publication day and I’m delighted to be able to share with you the splendid review Kendall Weaver wrote for The Associated Press.
"From poet to big-time novelist" - interview in Isthmus
I had a wonderful time chatting over coffee with Becky Holmes a week or so ago about The Conditions of Love and my creative process. Isthmus published her piece about our chat last Thursday. I especially like how she found aspects of the story magical.
Published in the Balkans
Dale’s poetry collection, Another Kingdom, was published in the Balkans. Stay tuned for the story and poems!