Gisele Grayson

Like many parents out there, I love Halloween as much as I dread it. The joy the kiddos get from the costumes and candy is balanced by what comes after: the fights and negotiations that go along with trying to limit their sugar intake.

Thus was born my candy buyback ...

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

Gentlemen (and ladies), cue your clackers. Tom Hanks plans to share with the world his not-so-secret obsession: that elegant, ungainly machine, the typewriter.

Hanks — yes, that guy — plans to publish a collection of short stories. ...