MJ Rose the author of THE HALO EFFECT did a virtual book tour earlier this week. She is interviewed herewith. CM: Welcome to Collected Miscellany. Can you tell us something about your background? M.J. Rose: I’m the author of five novels, Lip Service, In Fidelity, Flesh Tones, Sheet Music and most recently The Halo Effect. [...]
This coming Friday I’ll be attending a Writers Conference. If you’ve never attended one, you should know that conferences are the wellspring of great literature. Badges are color-coded. Editors and publishers are the rarest form of life at these things; there may be a half dozen of them and several hundred writers. To control the [...]
Sorry about the general lack of quality content around here (at least from me). I have just not been up to posting intelligent thoughts for some reason. I need to focus more on writing – which is why I got into this blog thing in the first place – but that also takes concentration and [...]
Time to organize our thoughts, preview coming attractions and reassemble the well oiled machine of reviewing, interviewing, and recovering from the political moment. Simon Kernick, interviewed earlier this week, is expediting the delivery of THE CRIME TRADE for review. Simon and I have exchanged numerous emails, covering a prodigious eight time zones and I’m looking [...]
The fun continues here Collected Miscellany Silly Quiz Headquarters: You speak eloquently and have seemingly read everybook ever published. You are a fountain ofendless (sometimes useless) knowledge, andnever fail to impress at a party. What people love: You can answer almost anyquestion people ask, and have thus beennicknamed Jeeves. What people hate: You constantly correct [...]
Without being able to explain why, two news items have coalesced in my mind and require further review. On the one hand we have John Kerry’s ceremonial first pitch last weeked at Fenway; on the other the impending release of Pamela Anderson’s novel entitled Star. Kerry took the mound and threw a fastball into the [...]
Due to a variety of factors I have been uninspired of late so in the long tradition of blogging I offer this quiz as a lame substitute for content: be sorted @ nimbo.net I am not sure what it means that I was sorted to the same house as Harry Potter and Ron Weasly but [...]
So, I’ve been diligently reading away, trying to find a book that inspired as much positive emotion as Time Traveler’s Wife inspired negative. I have failed. Since my last review, I have read Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan, The Archivist by Martha Cooley and Grass for his Pillow: Tales of the Otori, book two by [...]
Last week it was Kevin Wignall. Today we have Simon Kernick author of THE CRIME TRADE. Simon offered to answer some questions. Thanks for your patience. Here are the answers to your questions: Let’s start with your bio. I’m a 38 year old former software salesman, currently living just outside London with my wife and [...]
Ben Arnold’s latest release is an eclectic blend of catchy pop tunes, rocky blues jams, and melancholy ballads