My head hurts, and I’m burning up but it’s not even that hot out. I should be tweeting, blogging, posting, entering two contests, going thru an editor’s proof of River, reviewing A Blue Place (very good), changing the laundry, and doing dishes. To hell with it. I’m going to make a tall, cool drink and laze in the hammock with The Distant Hours. Shoulds are …

I just read a review in Kissed by Venus of Marcy Alancraig’s A Woman of Heart. It sounds like a book I might enjoy but I hate buying fiction. Other than Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Cormac McCarthy I won’t re-read a novel. Why pay for something I’ll never use again? Why not just get it at the library? And to be honest, …