Writing Is A Subtle Art

Librarying Is A Harder Profession Than The Public Realizes, He Said. People Think It's All Rubber Stamps, Knowing That Dewey 521 Is Celestial Mechanics And Saying 'try Looking Under Fiction' Sixty Eight Times A Day.

I Have The Death Sentence In Seven Genres.

"edward, Edward," He Said With A Patronising Smile, "there Are No Unanswered Questions Of Any Relevance. Every Question That We Need To Ask Has Been Answered Fully. If You Can't Find The Correct Answer Then You Are Obviously Asking The Wrong Question."

How Fishy On The Fishiness Scale? Ten Is A Stickleback And One Is A Whale Shark." "a Whale Isn't A Fish, Thursday." "a Whale Shark Is--sort Of." "all Right, It's As Fishy As A Crayfish." "a Crayfish Isn't A Fish." "a Starfish, Then." "still Not A Fish." "this Is A Very Odd Conversation, Thursday.

I Collect Ex-boyfriends -- And More Than Five, At Last Count.