separated at birth?, written 1 week ago, With profuse apologies in advance, I would like to make the case that our very own J. Tucker has an hyperinflationary alter-ego... You be the judge.Exhibit A:Exhibit B:Video source:

A Library clerk ('drone') writes about interesting, unusual and noteworthy books which have recently passed under the scanner.

Bits of the Hurricane Seem to be Reaching us, written 4 weeks ago, There is a wind and rain advisory here in the midwest. It is nothing compared to what those in Texas went through but it is still a bit spooky, with high winds and lots of rain. All my garden pots are . . .

Writing Websites: Current Practices, written 7 hours ago, Last month when I wrote about how to have better websites for a book, yourself and your writing, I listed some of the components that enable attracting visitors, capturing their attention to keep them browsing, and causing them to return to y...

Follow-up Interview with Jeffrey Overstreet, written 6 days ago, I interviewed Jeffrey Overstreet, author of Auralia's Colors last year. Now, with the release of Cyndere's Midnight, the second book in the Auralia Thread, I had him answer a few more questions. The Keeper is seeming a bit more Yahweh-...

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Welcome to the world of important things, Bob, written 7 hours ago, Bob Schwartz, the South Dakota blogger formerly known as South Dakota Moderate and who then moved his blog to Politics and Hypocrisy, has made a new move. It's a move I congratulate him on as it means he may have joined my camp (to ...

Love in Pyrghos, written 4 days ago,

Interviewing Teresa D'Amario~, written 19 hours ago, I am so pleased to bring you our first author interview with the lovely Teresa D'Amario. As many of you might recall, I am a huge fan of Teresa's and have reviewed SheWolf on my author site and Tigress by the Tail here on the Girls on Books. My ow...

The Future of Reading, written 4 days ago, We've talked quite a lot in one of my library classes about how we think about reaeding.  As, I've said before here, we fussbudgets like the ultraportable codex that fits in your hand and in your bag, even before the ebook.  But as a future librarian and ...

Saturday Notes, written 2 days ago, I'm among the Americans who have never heard of Le Clézio. In trying to find something beyond the rah rah press reports I found this note by Pierre Joris, which might be enlightening given the latest (silly) dustup on American versus European authors. &...

A couple other non-quote things..., written 3 weeks ago, The book just came out in the UK -- how cool is that!  They've changed the subtitle to "A Modern Woman's Search for Happiness, Fulfilment, and Her Very Own Mr. Darcy" Also, I'll be speaking Monday, Sept. 22 at the Ge...

The game's afoot as Scott Monty writes about the world of Sherlock Holmes. Quick, Watson! Subscribe!

Anthems in New Tongues I Hear Saluting Me, written 7 hours ago, "Prayer of Columbus" by Walt Whitman A batter'd, wreck'd old man, Thrown on this savage shore, far, far from home, Pent by the sea and dark rebellious brows, twelve dreary months, Sore, stiff with many toils, sicken'd and nigh...

Peter Schiff on the Economy, written 2 days ago, Here's a video from 2006 where Peter Schiff predicts the current crisis. It's funny to hear the other guy telling Peter how stupidly wrong he is. Guess who looks stupid now! Peter's latest newsletter makes the following chilling prediction, some of wh...

Friday Miscellany, October 10, written 3 days ago, Flashlight Worthy ("Handpicked book recommendations on hundreds of topics") asked me to contribute a list; it's here.The Guardian asks "Is it wrong to judge a book by its cover if it means more people might read it?"Penguin has c...

Hustler Days - R. A. Dyer, written 1 week ago, I was shelving books on Saturday morning and found myself picking up this book again and again. I don't know if it was because I had just heard about the death of Paul Newman, who's portrayal of Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler was one of his most memor...

Do you find it difficult to publish your book, then use self publishing, written 3 weeks ago, When an author prints, designs advertises and publishes the book he has written himself, it is termed as self-publishing. When an author decides to print, design and advertise and publish and market his own...

The final blog post - concerning Ivan Drago, and an accounting of the similarities between myself and the real Caravaggio, written 1 week ago, In Rocky IV, Rocky Balboa is in Apollo Creed's corner watching Creed get absolutely pummelled by Ivan Drago, a stone cold Russian killing machine. Creed is u...