Eric Olsen
Just for Fun
Ever irreverent prankster and frequent contributor to this blog Dick Cummins sent this All Hallows howl because we could all use a good laugh. It stars, in order of appearance: Dick himself, in long blond tresses and a deep-cut, troubling top; Jane Smiley in a French maid’s uniform and big red hair; Cheryl Olsen in sequined [...]
It’s Eric Olsen’s Birthday!
One of the many perks of managing your own website is the ease with which you can perform unabashedly self-serving promotional tasks—and occasionally, genuinely romantic gestures for your incredibly talented husband of many decades who is the most creative, brilliant, witty and funny person you’ve ever known. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERIC!
Book Giveaway at AWP
Ok Chicagoish-ites. Here’s your chance to make the trip REALLY worthwhile. We will be giving away three copies of We Wanted to Be Writers at the end of our panel discussion Friday, March 2 (details below, extracted from the AWP official schedule). For a chance to win one of them, all you have to do [...]
Yet More on Great American Novel
Are You Up to the Challenge? Ok, writers and readers, clearly the gauntlet has been proffered and it’s time to fight back with some words of our own. In his Weekly Standard article on The Great American Novel (GAN), Roger Kimball insists, “The novel plays a different and a diminished role in our cultural life as [...]
Holiday Cheer
In the spirit of the season—with equal irreverence for Christmas, Channukah, Kwanzaa and any other legitimate celebrations you can think of—resident prankster Dick Cummins sent this festive compilation of a JibJab e-card, asserting “all writers are children.” Plus a super-nice wish: “May your book sales lift Amazon stock 10 points!” Band members: D.C. himself (tortoise [...]
Smiley, Us, SF: Whoa!
So much to celebrate this month, not least of which is tomorrow’s appearance by Jane Smiley as she joins us at Book Passage in San Francisco to read from We Wanted to Be Writers. The lit superstar was extremely generous with her time through countless email interviews and phone followups for her extensive contributions [...]
Life and Lit in the Neon
For fans of alliteration—and who isn’t?—we offer a title that once would have been an oxymoron, but no more: ”Literary Las Vegas.” This Las Vegas Review-Journal article spotlights “Eric Olsen, Glenn Schaeffer and more,” so of course we think it’s great, even though the title doesn’t take full advantage of its potential. But LV has a blossoming lit [...]
KNPR Interviews Eric and Glenn
As a lead-in to the upcoming literary salon in Las Vegas focusing on We Wanted to Be Writers, Nevada Public Radio interviewed Eric and Glenn about their own literary beginnings, how the book came about, how the cast of characters was selected, and much more. Listen to the November 16, 2011 broadcast here ———>>> [...]
Eric Gets His Writerhead On
Take one guest post by Eric Olsen about inspiration on Kristin Bair O’Keeffe’s Writerhead blog; add a We Wanted to Be Writers book GIVEAWAY; mix well, and voilá: enter the Muse in her pink Cadillac!
A Primer for Writing in Cafes
Solitary lot that they tend to be, writers frequently benefit from a change of venue, away from the lonely desk. More often than not, they seek public places. Lured by a longing for community, they claim tables at neighborhood eateries. Here’s Eric‘s snarky guest post at In Reads about the appeal, pitfalls, and etiquette of [...]
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