4.12.10: Funny thing at Skylight Books: I'm reading with Joyce Maynard, at an event hosted by Canteen (a wonderful San Francisco-based literary magazine), and then competing with audience members in a short, spontaneous fiction-writing contest. How terrifying. But come anyway—it's Canteen's first L.A. event and they want to meet you. Skylight Books is at 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027. The reading starts at 7:30 PM.