Some happy news this week: A YEAR OF WRITING DANGEROUSLY has been chosen one of the Best Books for Writers by Poets & Writers Magazine. 

Other news of the week: The Night of Packing Dangerously. As I was packing up my old house to move in Lake Arrowhead (see post below) a bat appreared flying – zooming – around the living room. I became a wee bit hysterical and Nelson ran upstairs and hid under the bed. A few days later the bat was found under the couch that I had left behind by the new owners. Happily escrow had closed by then. I'm now moved into the new house and as soon as I get a kitchen counter and sink I'll be all set. (And will stop going on and on about all this.)

The Writers Faire at UCLA Extension will be held on campus on August 26th, 11:00 am-3:00 pm. I'm chairing a panel, "Truth and Imagination: Where NonFiction and Fiction Meet" with two of my favorite writers/instructors, Samantha Dunn and Sandra Kobrin. And I'm also on a panel that Lisa Cron is chairing on "Getting Your Creative Work Published".  The whole event is always great fun and if you're interested in taking writing classes you get a chance to meet the instructors – and to hear a lot of lively discussions. So if you're in L.A. please come say hello.