I am not really a short story person. I don’t have a lot of experience with the format and, although I have begun to read more short stories, I just don’t find it my preferred form. But I figured I should sample widely so as to try and gauge what is out there. I am [...]
Leftist platitudes dressed up as destiny.
Interesting article in the New York Times about authors whose “adult novels” books get picked up by YA imprints. The author, Margo Rabb, speaks from experience: When my agent called to tell me that my novel, “Cures for Heartbreak,” had sold to a publisher, she said, “I have good news and bad news.” The good [...]
The latest addition of books to come my way via the US postal system.
Why should we bail out people who took a big risk or made bad choices?
Do we need to know how fiction works? Is theory ultimately of no use because fiction/novel “is corrosive to systematic thought”?
Richard Lewis has become one of those authors whose books I read as soon as they are released. Every since his first book, The Flame Tree, I have enjoyed reading his intelligent and unique take on the young reader genre. I have enjoyed interviewing him via both podcast and email. And I check in on [...]
–> Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry by Matthew Randazzo V Publishers Weekly In June of 2007, the professional wrestling community was rocked by the suicide of wrestler Chris Benoit, after murdering his wife and seven-year-old son. In this wide-ranging expose, crime reporter Randazzo demonstrates [...]