On a recent trip to South Carolina, where it’s warm in October, I spied a small lizard creeping around on the second floor of an apartment building. The lizard watched something from his perch behind a rafter, though I’m not sure what had captured his attention. His gaze was so intent that I don’t think he knew he himself was being watched. But I’m sure someone, somewhere, was watching me.

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On a recent trip to South Carolina, where it’s warm in October, I spied a small lizard creeping around on the second floor of an apartment building. The lizard watched something from his perch behind a rafter, though I’m not sure what had captured his attention. His gaze was so intent that I don’t think he knew he himself was being watched. But I’m sure someone, somewhere, was watching me.

And so it goes.

Now, here are a few links you yourself can watch, listen to, and read, if you like:

• An interview of John Sculley on Steve Jobs
• November is National Novel-Writing Month–here’s a How To
• This one is for listening rather than reading: The Snarky Avenger interviews horror writer Michael Arnzen
• Feel sorry for foreclosure mill owners?
• David Foster Wallace’s margin notes on Stephen King’s Carrie and C.S. Lewis’ first Narnia book
• investing in books: safe returns?

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• Five Slices of Death, my new horror short story collection, is available now