Category: One for Sorrow
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October Country
At Bookslut Colleen Mondor reviews books for the very Bradburyesque time of year we’re entering: October Country. Included in that roundup are books by Neil Gaiman, Margo Lanagan, and my own One for Sorrow. Here’s an excerpt: What really impressed me about this book was how it was a familiar story on one level and…
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From Ohio to Italy
Good news came yesterday. One for Sorrow is going to be translated and published in Italy by Elliot Edizioni! I’ve always wanted to visit Italy (Europe in general, but definitely Italy is at the top–Venice, what’s more magical than a city where the streets are made of water?). My book is going to make it…
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A Glorious Sunday
Not only did Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik win the middleweight championship in seven rounds tonight, giving it up to Youngstown in the interview afterward, the town that sent him off with a pep rally which people talked about on TV as if it were not as sophisticated as it should be, you know, pep rallies…
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Cleveland Tomorrow
I’ll be in Cleveland tomorrow, at Mac’s Backs, reading with Catherynne Valente at 5 p.m. during the Coventry Crawl. I love it when shops put their wares on the street all on the same day. I’m going up ahead of time for a little shopping. If you’re in the area around 5, stop by and…
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Vindicator Review
A very nice review of One for Sorrow in one of the local papers: Chris Barzak’s first novel, “One for Sorrow,” is like a window into the metaphysical world. Told through the voice of a troubled but honest teen, it’s depiction of what it’s like to be unhappily dead is so believable, it’s like a…
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Walking the Plank: Zen Edition
Jeff Vandermeer does interviews with authors who have books that have recently come out. He calls his interview series Walking the Plank, and asks the writer questions in an interrogative form similar to that of being stuck out on a plank with many pirates pointing their sharp swords into your chest or back, depending on…
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The Truest, Realest Gifts
Something terrible happened in a community near to my little town twenty-two years ago. A twelve year old was murdered in a horrible, senseless way. He was biking to a Boy Scout meeting through a shortcut in the woods, was taken by two men who had been watching him, and was tortured to death. I…
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Book Launch Photos
Some pics from the launch party are now in my flickr account. You can go there by clicking on “More Pics” link in the flickr box in the sidebar. These are just a few. I’m waiting to get a ton from one of the artists who was taking pictures all evening. So for now, here…
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The Big Idea
John Scalzi asked me to be the guinea pig for a new feature called “The Big Idea” on his Ficlets blog, where an author writes a little essay about a central idea that their book came to be centered around or which influenced the writing of the book. My big idea essay is now up…