It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am, despite its physical impossibility, in several places at once:

1. I am in New York City on Wall Street trying to figure out what happened. (House of Cards by William Cohan)


2. I am in Durban, South Africa, about to set out towards King Solomon's Mines (King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard)


3. I am also in the lamely named Megacity. (For the screenplay I am writing for Script Frenzy.)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am on Wall Street finding out how the "Masters of the Universe" created this mess in which we now find ourselves. (The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R. Morris)

I am also in a post-apocalyptic desert in Utah observing a Lenten fast. (A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am in Tenochtitlán, Mexico. (Malinche by Laura Esquivel)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am actually between books right now. I just left a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific. (The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares). I am on my way to London (The 39 Steps by John Buchan) or an unnamed city in the U.S. (Being Written by William Conescu).

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am in Lima, Peru during the 1950's. (Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am on Himmel Street in Molching, Germany at the start of the Second World War. (The Book Theif by Markus Zuzak)

It's Tuesday Where Are You?

I am in London during World War II, screeching through the streets at night in an ambulance. (The Nightwatch by S. Waters)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am still at the ad agency, although I have since found out that the office is in Chicago. (Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris)

I am also in the United States Scotland, Holland, Japan, and the United States learning about the development of insurance. (The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am in Paris, France in 1720 watching the stock bubble created by John Law collapse. (The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson)

I am also in the offices of an ad agency, waiting for it all to end. (Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris)

Finally, I am at home, hanging out with my six year old son, who is out of school on winter break.

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I'm in the cold, snowy Northern Territory of Canada, investigating a murder in Caulfield, a tiny settlement on the Dove River. (The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney)

And, surprisingly, the weather here in Texas seems to match the weather I am reading about. No snow, but it has been surprisingly cold here in Houston. Fortunately, it is only temporary. It should reach the high 70s by Thursday.

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

When I am not in front of my computer trying to catch up to my word count for NaNoWriMo, I am in the Jungle of Screaming Souls in North Vietnam. (The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh)

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

In front of my computer, trying to churn out more words ....

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I am in Compound 72 on Koje Island in South Korea. I am a Chinese POW during the Korean War.

War Trash by Ha Jin