Five for Friday

Reviews and inter­views, plus a hunt for luggage:

1. Alethea Kon­tis inter­views me for Ingram Book Company

2. Jia on the Dear Author blog says nice things about Soul Enchilada.

3. The Bul­letin of the Cen­ter for Children’s Books says this: “Bug finds that she is a key tool in Beals’ plan to over­throw Lucifer as head of the under­world, and that gives her just the amount of lever­age she needs to pit the two bad­dies against each other in irre­sistible com­pe­ti­tion in the fields of com­pet­i­tive pizza deliv­ery and bas­ket­ball. This plays into the same spirit of South­ern blues mythol­ogy that ignited Char­lie Daniels’ fid­dle but cred­i­bly ren­ders it spe­cific to the time and char­ac­ters. Bug’s urban slang and feisty, street­wise atti­tude make her endearing.”

4. The Book­ends Blog­gers of Book­list Lynn Rutan and Cindy Dobrez reviewed Soul, as well. They also included a post about my recent visit to Grand Haven and Holland.

5. I’m on the hunt for the per­fect luggage–22 inch car­ryon with slot for lap­top, outer pocket for toi­letries, wheels, and a han­dle. Suggestions?

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