Author: Shiri Sondheimer

In no particular order: 1) The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker.  More exposition than I usually enjoy but the soft, fable like quality to the...

  Shiri’s Prediction: Stewart! McKellan! McEvoy! Fassbender! Jackman! Lawrence! Despite the mostly sausage-fest nature of the cast (don’t like Halle Berry as Storm, never have,...

  Shiri’s Prediction: I predict a fair bit of sincerely-sincere dialogue, bromance, brobreak-ups, a fair bit of Chris Evans looking constipated, and Black Widow striking...

Here at the Last Chance Salon, we like to have fun.  Words are fun.  Reading is fun, books.  Arguing about books.  Arguing about writing.  And...

(safe neither for work nor family gathering) Yeah, I know, it’s a couple weeks old.  But it will never, ever go out of style.  

Garner inspiration from this tumblr. 500 words. You may not write porn or erotica. You may not use any anatomical or euphemistic name for the...

Bags of weasels are opened. You know you want to hear that.

Proof that the Oxford Comma is necessary: Obama and Castro shook hands and are getting married. Grammar, kids.  Even on Twitter.

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First podcast goes live tomorrow at noon, kids. (that would be Episode One).  Get ready for: Luke and Shiri talking Neil Gaiman’s Ocean at the...