tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12939088639372743152011-04-21T12:38:15.190-07:00Valerie Lakenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11359182742265561278noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293908863937274315.post-78711312829223021862009-05-11T18:25:00.000-07:002009-05-11T18:29:36.522-07:00Racefans, hotrodders... I'm happy to announce a whole slew of new upcoming readings. I'll be heading on the road tomorrow for events in Madison, Ann Arbor, San Francisco and the Bay area, Seattle, Chicago and more! Check the "Events" link on my website for specific dates and times. Hope to catch you soon in a town near you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1293908863937274315-7871131282922302186?l=keepingahouse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Valerie Lakenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11359182742265561278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293908863937274315.post-5430041552842613072009-03-09T08:50:00.001-07:002009-03-11T08:37:28.630-07:00There's a great Q&amp;A done by Peggy Adler in the outstanding journal <a href="http://fictionwritersreview.com/interviews/interview-with-valerie-laken-dream-house">Fiction Writers Review</a>.<div><br /></div><div>And a guest blog post on Meg Waite Clayton's blog, <a href="http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/">First Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started</a>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1293908863937274315-543004155284261307?l=keepingahouse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Valerie Lakenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11359182742265561278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293908863937274315.post-89409520468332397362009-03-07T15:31:00.000-08:002009-03-07T16:17:29.320-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_slEzz7hjF7M/SbMGe_BCJkI/AAAAAAAAABA/eU2FIt-TvNo/s1600-h/NYT+Mug+Shot.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_slEzz7hjF7M/SbMGe_BCJkI/AAAAAAAAABA/eU2FIt-TvNo/s320/NYT+Mug+Shot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310595514981557826" /></a><br /><div>This weekend I got the incredibly lucky break of a good review in the New York Times Book Review. What's more, they mocked up a fancy mug shot of me, which is pretty cool. I especially like how carefree and unfazed I look despite my apparent arrest.</div><div><br /></div><div>Read the</div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/books/review/Crime-t.html?ref=books">Review in the New York Times Book Review</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>More fun news items over the past week or so:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://media.gtc.edu/morningshow/8369.mp3">Interview on Greg Berg's WGTD Morning Show</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.uwmpost.com/article/53/21/4374-You-can-never-go-home-again">Review in the UWM Post</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://page69test.blogspot.com/">My Page 69 Test Moment</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1293908863937274315-8940952046833239736?l=keepingahouse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Valerie Lakenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11359182742265561278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293908863937274315.post-52433678335720120012009-02-22T18:24:00.000-08:002009-02-24T11:34:44.636-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_slEzz7hjF7M/SaRLyJhhZUI/AAAAAAAAAAo/cG0KXt2WoZI/s1600-h/DreamHouse+hc+c.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_slEzz7hjF7M/SaRLyJhhZUI/AAAAAAAAAAo/cG0KXt2WoZI/s320/DreamHouse+hc+c.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306449585871349058" /></a><br />For those of you playing along at home, here are some recent news items about Dream House: <div><br /></div><div><a href="http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2009/02/23/dream_house_a_nightm.php">Review of Dream House in the Badger Herald 2/23/2009</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/view_le.php?articleid=656">Interview on WUWM's "Lake Effect" 2/19/2009</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/vlaken.html">Q&amp;A with OnMilwaukee.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20256820,00.html">Brief Review in Entertainment Weekly </a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/books/19newl.html?_r=1&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=%22valerie%20Laken%22&amp;st=cse">DH Among New Releases in the New York Times</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=55032791769&amp;h=CeiTC&amp;u=Q8ZsX">Feature by Mary Beth Lewis in the Ann Arbor Observer</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=51481660974&amp;h=c7BEo&amp;u=t0Gn6">Q&amp;A with Boswell Book Co.'s Daniel Goldin</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/39868422.html">Feature by Geeta Sharma-Jensen in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Check back for more updates soon, and thanks for your support! </div><div><br /></div><div>Especially big thanks to all you fine crazies who turned out last Thursday night at Schwartz Books in Milwaukee!</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1293908863937274315-5243367833572012001?l=keepingahouse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Valerie Lakenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11359182742265561278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293908863937274315.post-9879094756330936902009-02-22T17:23:00.000-08:002009-02-22T17:49:39.900-08:00What I've discovered since launching this blog (technically if not actually) is that I have a powerful fear of this blog. I have opened it up many times, blinked at it warily, as at an aberrant, unnamed circus animal inadequately restrained behind its few rusting metal bars. I turn away, check back later, peek through the cage, then leave again.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1293908863937274315-987909475633093690?l=keepingahouse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Valerie Lakenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11359182742265561278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293908863937274315.post-34877398928072476362009-02-02T00:30:00.000-08:002009-02-02T00:37:58.218-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slEzz7hjF7M/SYaw1aIUr1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/a54Qs067Ss8/s1600-h/DreamHouse+Cover.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298116443241754450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_slEzz7hjF7M/SYaw1aIUr1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/a54Qs067Ss8/s320/DreamHouse+Cover.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm doing it. I'm actually, truly starting a blog. But not tonight. Check back in a day or two and I'll try to have something worth reading here.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1293908863937274315-3487739892807247636?l=keepingahouse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Valerie Lakenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11359182742265561278noreply@blogger.com1