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Poetry and Passion
Writers get asked some very bizarre questions. Two I get asked a lot are: Where do you get your ideas, and, Do you write poetry. I have several ways of answering the first such as “The Muse leaves them under my pillow” or “I belong to the Idea of theRead More …
One Novella, One Book
I haven’t been doing any writing on writing in this blog since I forced myself off my overlong hiatus. That’s what the point of this blog was way back when; to write and, most times, to write about writing, either the world of writing or my own personal experience withRead More …
Thanks, Jon
I’m sending Jon Clinch an early thank you. The release of his novel Finn is still a week away and in preparation for that event I decided to reread The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It’s been like being reintroduced to a long lost friend. I ran withRead More …
Anansi Boys
Being the contrary person I am, I’ve been avoiding reading Neil Gaiman for much the same reason I avoided seeing the movie Jaws many years ago: Hype. When Jaws was released, it seemed like everywhere you turned, there it was; fin in the water, dum-dum-dum-dum echo in the air. Everyone,Read More …
Finn
Back when I was a wee lad, oh so many years ago, the nearest library was a mile away from my home, at the corner of Burt Road and Finkell Street in Detroit. In my child’s mind it was a vast stone building gleaming white as the heart of aRead More …
I Don’t Do Book Reviews
I don’t do book reviews. I might tout a book I really like, as I have from time to time in this blog. I’ll talk to the buyers at Indie bookstores, suggest books to my local library and talk my friends into at least considering the purchase of books IRead More …
The Historical Jesus
I am not a religious person. If asked, I’ll simply claim atheism. If pushed, I might note that my sympathies drift more toward the pagan side of the street than any other. But overall I’m an atheist. Which isn’t to say I have no interest in religion. It is, after-all,Read More …
Black Swan Green
So, I picked up a copy of Black Swan Green by David Mitchell. I pulled it off the shelf because it’s up against Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen for the Quill Awards and I thought I should check out the competition for that most favored of books. I knowRead More …
Jack Reacher Never Fails
Nor do Bosch or Cole or John Rain. Suspense/Thriller is the primary genre I read, with the occasional foray into most everything else. Well, I haven’t tried chick-lit yet though I did a run through a gay romance novel by my friend Marlys Pearson awhile back. It didn’t make meRead More …
Dialogues
I had thought when I started this blog that I wouldn’t push books up here on the front page. After all, that was what the WOM page was for. But this one blew me away and, after reading the less then flattering reviews from Publisher Weekly and BookList, well, allRead More …
D5 Creation