The Presenting Lenore Interview and Ghosts review

Is there something of your mother's that you hold onto that keeps her memory alive? Is cooking cathartic? Does that ancient underground city in Barcelona exist? How do you know when a book you are writing has potential, and how do you know when a project needs to be scrapped?

These were among the questions that were waiting for me over email early yesterday morning. They stopped me in my tracks.

I answered them, as best as I could, for Presenting Lenore, a Germany-based blogger with international reach, to whom I am indebted (for her review, for her co-sponsorship, with My Friend Amy, of the amazing Ghosts book launch party, for her companionship in the land of blogs).

Miss Lenore also reviewed Nothing but Ghosts. Her words touched me deeply, especially her reference to a certain Kate DiCamillo book called The Tiger Rising—a book I first read and fell in love with when chairing the Young People's Literature committee for the 2001 National Book Awards. As readers, as writers, our world is full of echoes and, when we are lucky, resonance. Thank you, Lenore.