Category Archives: Books, Publishing and Writers

In that book I eventually want to write about the milestones you reach on the path to publication, there has to be one about the people you meet. There number is legion. They’re the people who dream impossible dreams. They … Continue reading →

Back in the day, I used to review books for the newspaper I worked for. I put a lot of them up on this site. That means I get a lot of emails asking me to review books. Generally, I … Continue reading →

When it comes to correcting the delusions of others, I try to leave it to the experts. When it comes to publishing, self-publishing and making money at writing, for example, I point to Dean Wesley Smith, a best-selling writer with … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Salon’s resident Dear Abby, Cary Tennis, printed a letter from a fellow living in Tokyo who had let a cousin’s friend and his wife stay at his place for a week. He had given this fellow, a university professor from … Continue reading →