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Just bought new pens for signing JULIET'S NURSE.

Because this is the sort of thing an obsessive lunatic does in the days before her first bookstore readings.



They are pretty!

Don't you want your name and mine written in such lovely color? Come to one of my events . . . or order through Broadway Books or Powell's, and tell them you want a signed copy.

I just realized that I'd be holding my breath waiting to see what male reviewers think of Juliet’s Nurse.

One of the blurbs on the jacket is from a guy -- actually a professor who specializes in Shakespeare studies, so that's quite a coup -- but still I've wondered whether men can fall for a story about a wet-nurse.

Apparently, the answer is YES. ""Both convincing and intimate . . . Juliet’s Nurse makes for very shrewd and intelligent reading." So says Steve Donoghue of Open Letters Monthly.
http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/book-review-juliets-nurse/

I just taped an 85-second segment for Author's Corner, which airs on various NPR stations. It's me reading an excerpt from JULIET'S NURSE. A very short excerpt. For those of you who love public radio, this is how it happens . . .



My pal Deena Prichep does a lot of pieces for NPR, so she volunteered to record me. At her house. This is her in her gear.



This is me in her closet, where we both stood for the actual taping. Because clothes are a great way to deaden ambient sound.



All those squiggly lines on Deena's screen are me, reading. It's true what they told you in Physics class, sound comes in waves. And now in .WAVs

The segment will air sometime in October. I'll post it when it does.

Apparently, Juliet's Nurse really is being published this week.



Because Powell's wouldn't lie. Would they?

There's this writer, William Shakespeare. Perhaps you've heard of him.

He wrote this play, Romeo and Juliet. Maybe you've heard of it as well.

It's about Juliet and... her wet nurse.

Don't believe me? Check out this post over at Powells.com