Author Archives: Bill Peschel

Life of a Modern Author: The Hershey Public Library’s Family Festival

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Bill Peschel

It was a great weekend if you were a cold germ. A few billion of them took up residence on a short-term lease in my sinuses this weekend, leading to numerous doses of medicine and nights of sleep interrupted by … Continue reading →

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Claire Messud is Deeply Sorry You Bought Her Last Book And Wishes You Didn’t Buy Her New One

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Bill Peschel

Literary writers seem to lead a charmed life to those of us who scribble for our daily bread and read posts about how to sell a lot of books. It must be wonderful to care more about the intellectual quality … Continue reading →

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Spending Sunday in the Field Selling Books

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Bill Peschel

There’s a story Stephen King tells about his son. When Joe was a boy and his father was preparing to go out on a book tour, he was asked if he knew what his father was going to do. “Sure,” … Continue reading →

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Building an Online Readership in the 2010s, or What a Neil Gaimalanch Looks Like

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Bill Peschel

ONE OF THE PLEASURES and pains of this writing business has been filling out the weekly report. Every Saturday, I fill out a form that charts ebook sales, website visitors, RSS subscriber feeds, and a other things. I’ve been doing … Continue reading →

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Caroline Leavitt On Being Brave, Taking Risks and Terrible Recipes from the 1950s

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Bill Peschel

Losing your job does have one big advantage: It gives you more time to do all those things you wish you had time for when you weren’t spending all your time working. On Sunday, I went over to the Hershey … Continue reading →

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Scott Lynch is my newest favorite writer, even though I haven’t read any of his books

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Bill Peschel

And it’s not just because he has awesome hair that’s a brush-up and a bit of Aquanet away from becoming sentient. Scott Lynch writes a sci-fi series about pirates on an alien world, and some nutbar who only read excepts … Continue reading →

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Warner Bros. Overreaches with William Faulkner

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Bill Peschel

Found this in a Warren Ellis email blast to his fans. It’s a photo he shot on the Warner Bros. lot in Hollywood, California. Which kinda chafes me a bit, because behind the iron words is also a memorable quote … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Peschel Report, Your One-Stop Linkbait Shop

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Bill Peschel

I’ve had this itch that always needs to be scratched. I’d read an article, an essay, a great post, and I’d want to tell people about it. Tug their digital shirtsleeve and say, “This is a really cool piece of … Continue reading →

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Top Links for the Week on the Peschel Report: March 10-16

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Bill Peschel

It’s been a fun week over at the Peschel Report page. We have a lynch mob of scientists going after one of their own, ESPN going after one of their own, a “new” play by Nabokov and a variation on … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Narrator George Guidall’s Visit to Hershey

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Bill Peschel

On Sunday, audiobook narrator George Guidall spoke at the Hershey Public Library, talking about the craft of narrating a book, his acting career, and the fan mail he’s received. Given his extensive background as an actor, it’s not surprising that … Continue reading →

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