I shared some initial thoughts on this topic a few weeks ago in Part 1. Today I’d like to finish up these musings by sharing a few other temptations I (and likely many other authors) struggle with. The temptation I’d like to talk about today comes into play when dealing with criticism or a lack of …
Note: in case the title isn’t obvious enough this review of Star Wars the Force Awakens contains major spoilers about the movie. I shared my general, overall thoughts about the movie in another post. When I first heard about Star Wars being sold to Disney and the series being rebooted sans George Lucas I was skeptical. Not …
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A quick note. This review is spoiler free. Star Wars the Force Awakens has some pretty major plot twists and I talk about those in the spoiler edition review. Be sure to check back for that once it’s out as I share some additional thoughts and observations about the movie that are not included here. Anyone who has read my …
2015 As the sun sets on 2015 I thought I’d take a moment and look back at year 3 in the books. This has been a tough year for my writing career, no two ways about it. I didn’t get anything published and my existing books have not done well. It’s tempting to pin this on …
Here in the United States it’s Thanksgiving season. And there is so much I’m thankful for in 2015. Particularly with respect to this website I’d like to give a heartfelt thanks to all of the people who have shown an interest in my work or even just the things I’ve shared here. Writing is a …
Here’s a quote that certainly resonates with me. Too many good books? Not so, says Martin Luther. This is one of the reasons why I feel compelled to take up the pen and write. Here’s the actual Luther quote on books along with a graphic I put together to display it. There never yet have …
Onward we go with this week’s installment of Six Degrees of Kool Books, our madcap literary trail, bouncing along the backs of fictional characters from one book to the next. For the full list of all the books, as well as details about what the rules are for writing your own posts in this series, …
Welcome once again to Six Degrees of Kool books, the series/game where we look for connections between the characters of disparate books on a serendipitous, literary trail into the unknown. If you’d like to find out more about how it all works and the list of all the past books in this series, check out …
