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A fascinating article on creativity can be read at the Chicago Chronicle website.

And, I’ve learned that a good friend and great writer, Jim Tomlinson, has just been awarded an NEA Fellowship for 2008!!! The news today keeps getting better and better!!! Here’s the list of prose fellowships, FYI. Congratulations, Jim!!!

Laura has just been announced as the winner of the 2007 Dzanc Prize! You can read more about this at Katrina Denza’s blog. Laura is a great writer and a fine human being–what excellent news!

Here’s an interesting article on dolphin food-sharing behavior. Tampa Bay Newspapers

There’s an interesting article in the journal Nature that talks about how important parrot fish are to the health of a reef (they dine on the algae that can kill reefs) and why they should be placed on the protected species list. A summary can be read here: BBC News.

Most of us have heard by now about mercury in tuna, but there is another reason to eat tuna in moderation: declining fish stocks (primarily from overfishing) that could lead to extinction. You can read about it in this BBC article.

I have a cover design! The non-fiction book that I’ve written with my co-author, Andrew Bienkowski, is due out in March, and the editors and design team have come up with a fantastic design! I couldn’t be happier.

My dear friend Paul Yoon just had his short story collection “Once the Shore” accepted for publication by none other than the elegant and classy Sarabande Books!!! Paul is such a wonderful, hard working writer, and such a genuinely nice guy. It seems like a marriage made in heaven–I couldn’t be more thrilled!

It’s the second anniversary of Big Lonesome’s publication, and Jim Ruland is blogging about the origins of his stories and other interesting tidbits. You can check it out here.