Monthly Archives: September 2013

The Morbid Anniversary

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Loren Rhoads

Four years ago today, Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues was published by Scribner. In honor of that anniversary, here’s the book trailer: You can have your very own copy of the paperback edition — inscribed by the editor — here.

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Farewell to LiveJournal

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Loren Rhoads

I started blogging in March 2004 when my daughter learned to roll over by herself.  I was a new mom with a preemie who’d had colic.  In fact, I often quoted Marvin the Paranoid Android to myself: “Here I am, … Continue reading →

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True Obsession

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Loren Rhoads

My obsession is with the truth. I suppose that’s because I did not feel I could tell my own truth for so long. I grew up as a flannel-wearing farm girl who had a thing for other girls, which I … Continue reading →

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Stumbling onward

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Loren Rhoads

I’ve spent the week taking down my StumbleUpon account.  When I started it in 2011, I liked the concept of being able to like a page on the web and have their algorithm suggest similar things that would appeal to … Continue reading →

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Write the truest sentence that you know

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Loren Rhoads

The first time Mason and I went to Paris, we took the train-ferry-train from London. I’d brought Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast to read on the trip, figuring, hey, I haven’t read any Hemingway. He’s American. He’s in Paris. Should be … Continue reading →

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