Sometimes I think my wife and I are the kiss of death to TV shows. Whenever we really get into a new one--canceled. (Don't get me started on "Emergence ( Read more... )

The way I want to celebrate the end of my vacation is another vacation, but the next best thing is to have three--count 'em, three--new book reviews! (That's more than twice as many as one.)

The two things authors need most to advance their careers are sales and reviews. Caffeine comes in a close third. From what I've been hearing, sales for ( Read more... )

Book Review

Rendezvous With Rama

by Arthur C. Clarke

Many years ago I had a bedtime ritual: Prop myself up on some pillows and read a chapter or two of a book, while eating a Nutty Bar. Don't judge me, Nutty Bars are yummy. One particular evening I started a ten year old novel by Arthur C. Clarke, for a little reading time before sleep.

Only I didn't ( Read more... )

BOOK REVIEW:

Shadow of Oz

by Nick Damon

We all know Dorothy Gale of Kansas, although you probably imagine her as a teenage Judy Garland, while I picture her as a blonde eleven year old. (There were all these books, you see, and ... oh, never mind.)

In Shadow of Oz Dorothy is all grown up, and now a drone office worker in New York City (apparently in ( Read more... )

I just added in the vampire part, but if you want me to write a book with vampires, hey -- I'm game. Not literally game. I suppose I should specify, with vampires.

But seriously, this is a call for all of you who've read our books to please, please, give us a review. Amazon, Goodreads, wherever--authors these days live and die by reviews, and hey--I ( Read more... )

A few days ago I rushed out a link to a review of Radio Red, over at:

http://minothouseatpoohcorner.com/2017/09/28/radio-red/#.WdEoD-OO318.blogger

And thanks so much for it! Then things happened, and I didn't get it out on all my social media or get a chance to comment on it much. (I think the original post was what ... Sunday? Lots of bad has ( Read more... )

Any author will tell you their success at finding readers lives and dies on reviews. Well, and sales. That's a given.

Actually, not all writers will tell you that. Stephen King doesn't worry about reviews so much. Neither does Rowling, these days. Come to think of it, these days they don't have to worry about sales so much, either.

Still, for most of ( Read more... )

Three Hoodies review The No-Campfire Girls. Or possibly the author of Three Hoodies Save the World reviews it … it gets confusing in the world of fiction writing.

http://threehoodies.blogspot.com/2015/04/no-campfire-girls.html

All six Amazon reviews of the book can be found on-well, on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/No-Campfire-Girls-Mark- ( Read more... )

I know what you want: You want to know what other people have to think about Slightly Off the Mark: The Unpublished Columns. And who can blame you?

What, you don’t want that? You want … brownies? Well, okay, go get a snack and then come back.

Here’s a review by author DM Yates, who’s more than just a trophy wife:
https://dmyatesjournalings. ( Read more... )

I know what you want: You want to know what other people have to think about Slightly Off the Mark: The Unpublished Columns. And who can blame you ( Read more... )