(Rick Kleffel) “…when you got the other person’s new chapter you had no idea what it was going to be…” —David Hayward Lisa Lutz and…
(Rick Kleffel) 10 Rules for Writing When I first told Capitola Book Café that I had snagged Jasper Fforde as a guest for the March…
(Rick Kleffel) “I didn’t want her to think that there was anything she had to do because she was a girl.” —Peggy Orenstein Peggy…
(Rick Kleffel) “…this character just started yelling at me from my sketchbook…” —Daniel Clowes Daniel Clowes strikes me as the sort of writer who might…
(Rick Kleffel) “I write in order to see what comes next.” — T. C. Boyle T. C. Boyle is a wily guy. He’s a smart,…
Sat Feb 12 11, Capitola (Rick Kleffel) “Esmerelda is in an underground extreme food training ground compound in Marin …” —Matt Stewart “This will not…
Thur Jan 27 11, Santa Cruz (Rick Kleffel) “Soldiers like to tell stories, and I’m a good listener.” — Siobhan Fallon I have spent a…
Sat Jan 8 11, Capitola (Rick Kleffel) “If you had to choose between heaven and hell, which would it be? Can you be sure about…
Fri Dec 10 10, Santa Cruz (Rick Kleffel) “..this young suicide bomber, I asked, ‘Are you ready to die?’ and he said, ‘Absolutely.’” —David Rohde…
Fri Nov 12 10, The Agony Column (Rick Kleffel) “…corrupt left-wing intelligentsia … baby-boomer parasites who have been feeding off the fat of the land…”…