Strong Female Character

I’m still feeling very raw, angry and uncool. I think I need a little bit more time offline.

I’ve got this new book coming out next March and it would be swell if everybody preordered the shit out it.

Love, Christa

You know what to do.

(If you don’t see your favorite indy bookseller on that list, contact them directly and let them know how bad you want it.)

I’m turning 55 tomorrow and I have BIG FEELINGS about everything right now. I’ve spent the last few days sorting through, paring down and organizing the dregs of my former life in LA. Everything is in flux and I have no idea what my future holds.

I’m currently surrounded by artifacts of the past and it’s making me feel compelled to let go of nearly everything. The older I get, the fewer material objects I want in my life. I had to go through and deal with mountains of quirky and sentimental possessions after Pop Faust and my stepfather died, and I have no interest in imposing that excruciating duty on anyone when I die.

What really matters to me now, what I really want to leave behind after I’m gone, is my writing. As a child-free person, my stories are my legacy. They’re like little packets of creative DNA with the potential to inspire future writers.

I have a Very Important (to me anyway) Book coming out in March of next year. A deeply personal and difficult book that has been a long time coming. I also have a new topic crush that is currently fueling a weird and wild project that is giving me life. I may not know exactly where I’ll be or what I’ll be doing a year from now, or ten years from now, but I’m writing my way through it.

L to R the birthday boy, Paul Michael Glaser, Johnathon Schaech and Adrian Brody.