Come Listen To Us Read

Filed under: News, Word Pirates — joy at 9:14 am on Tuesday, February 6, 2007

I’m in the process of re-designing this site. So you may have to look at some weird things for awhile, like the current banner, for instance, until I have time to make a new one. In the meantime: You’re coming to my reading, right?

My writing group, Word Pirates, is holding its first, and possibly only, reading at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma. I will be reading for 7 minutes or so, a short story called Search of the King Cobra. Also reading: Morgan Elliott, Robin Cadogan, Noelani Price, Marcia Simmons, Steve Reid and Lindsay Riddell. There will be artists, cupcakes, swashbuckling and more!

SkinMeElmo.com Launches!

Filed under: News — joy at 7:26 am on Monday, January 22, 2007

What kind of man am I married to? I am married to a man who skins a TickleMeElmo Doll and puts it on the Internet for all to see.

Haven’t you always wanted to see what the robot under the TickleMeElmo looks like? Well now you can! Complete with videos!


Elmo Stabs!

Word Pirates Interview Creative Nonfiction

Filed under: News, Publishing, Read This — joy at 4:05 pm on Monday, October 16, 2006

Word Pirates have another interview up. This time it’s with Creative Nonfiction, one of my favorite literary journals. From their website:

Creative Nonfiction heightens the whole concept and idea of essay writing. It allows a writer to employ the diligence of a reporter, the shifting voices and viewpoints of a novelist, the refined wordplay of a poet and the analytical modes of the essayist.

I know I definitely learned a thing or two reading this interview. Check it out if you are so inclined.

Reprint: Tick Talk

Filed under: News, Joy's Work — joy at 11:12 am on Friday, June 30, 2006

My article on Lyme disease, which ran in the North Bay Bohemian, was reprinted in Metro Silicon Valley. I guess the article is getting quite a bit of positive feedback from Lyme disease sufferers. It’s always nice to know people like your work.

In other news, Kyle and I are going to Seattle for the next five days to visit his Dad. From there, we are going up to Victoria BC, which I have always wanted to see. Canada, ho!

Article: Here Comes the Bride

Filed under: News, Joy's Work — joy at 8:49 am on Friday, June 23, 2006

In keeping with the wedding theme, my article on wedding tourism was published in the June issue of North Bay Biz Magazine. As anyone who has been through one knows, weddings are big business. This article looks at the financial impact of weddings in Sonoma, Napa, and Marin counties.

Article: Tick Talk

Filed under: News — joy at 8:21 am on Thursday, June 22, 2006

I have a new article in this week’s North Bay Bohemian. Did you know that Lyme disease has tripled in the last year in California? Read all about it.

Ubuntu Hacks is out!

Filed under: News, Kyle Rankin — joy at 6:53 am on Monday, June 19, 2006

My husband Kyle Rankin’s fourth book Ubuntu Hacks is out. He co-wrote it with several other people, including his boss Bill Childers.

Ubuntu is a distribution of Linux. According to Wikipedia, a rough translation of the African word Ubuntu means “humanity towards others,” or “I am because we are.” The Ubuntu distribtution wants to bring “the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.” I’m just glad it’s not Windows XP.

Ubuntu Hacks

Coming soon to a bookstore near you.

Update: Ubuntu Hacks got 9 out of 10 points on Slashdot!

Update: Ubuntu Hacks is now the number 1 top seller for Computer and Internet books on Amazon!

First Post

Filed under: News — joy at 5:45 pm on Tuesday, May 9, 2006

For a long time now, I have wanted a place where I could report on what’s going on with my work and put up my thoughts about reading, writing, and art in general. Although I have had several websites in the past, I haven’t gotten around to building the professional site, primarily because it’s a lot of work to get one to the point where I’m willing to let it represent me as a writer. But here it is at last, and will be added to regularly, so please keep checking back.

And to start my blog out, I have a little bit of good news. My chapbook The End of the World as We Know It won runner-up in the Michael Rubin Chapbook Award at San Francisco State University. Although I didn’t win, it’s nice to have a nod of recognition. In addition, I have upcoming pieces coming out in Bust, North Bay Biz Magazine, and North Bay Bohemian.