This week, I read a book that’s grand. Not grand in the sense of large, epic, or sweeping, but grand in the sense of profound and deeply impressive. It’s Susanna Clarke’s PIRANESI, published in 2010. Susanna Clarke wrote JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL, which IS…

TIP: Make sure the leaves don’t have any water standing on them when you put them in, or they’ll cook. Keep an eye on them and don’t over-dry them, or they’ll scorch or — very exciting — burst into flame and catch the paper towel on fire.

Yesterday, I posted a flash fiction story, “On With The Show“, which I wrote the day before. I write a lot of flash fiction, and I get a lot of hits on this site from people searching for how to do it, so it seems…