My monthly royalty payment from Amazon came in yesterday. I was pleased to see it was the same as last month. A total of $2.57 was directly deposited into my checking account. I am not sure how many book sales… Read More ›
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HEMINGWAY- MAN AND LEGEND – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Hemingway was my first literary hero. He wrote the way people talked. Brief, blunt and brave. I consumed his novels as a teenager the way I would finish off a pizza. I couldn’t put it down. “The Sun Also Rises”… Read More ›
EARTH ABIDES: WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED
Modern readers. Well. They don’t know who Douglas Adams is — not Brits OR Americans. Terry Pratchett is unknown. I haven’t checked, but they probably wouldn’t recognize Heinlein or Asimov or any of that early American group of authors. Today… Read More ›
THE UNREALITY OF FINDING YOUR WAY HOME – By TOM CURLEY
I’m not a Douglas Adams fan, I’m a zealot. I’ve read all his books. Listened to all the BBC radio series. And watched both movies of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.” The first one done in the ’80s with… Read More ›
REVISITING JAMES BOND
For some reason, Audible has been offering versions of the original Ian Fleming “James Bond” books at a low prices, like two or three dollars per book. The last time I read these books, I was a freshman in college…. Read More ›
HOLLYWOOD WILL CALL, SOMEDAY (BUT IT BETTER BE SOON)
My monthly royalty payment from Amazon came in yesterday. I was pleased to see it was the same as last month. A total of $2.57 was directly deposited into my checking account. I am not sure how many book sales… Read More ›
CENSORSHIP BY ANY OTHER NAME
Fandango’s Provocative Question #204 How do you feel about book publishers altering the language in classic books to “sanitize” them by eliminating or changing words, phrases, and sentiments that some readers might find upsetting? Is it wrong to rewrite the words… Read More ›
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED By JOHN BOLTON – Marilyn Armstrong
I expected it to be dull, but it wasn’t dull. I think I’d describe it as “dry.” Not unlike the material I wrote for many years. I wasn’t going to read it, but I decided my curiosity was stronger than… Read More ›
NEWS AND NONSENSE: June 2020 from LAURIE R. KING
Source: News & Nonsense: June 2020 From Laurie R. King whose next book is about to appear: Dear friends, the world is exploding—and here comes Laurie with cheery news about her novel? That is so wrong, I can’t even begin… Read More ›
THE BOOK WORLD AND MEMORIES THEREOF – Marilyn Armstrong
I usually say I wouldn’t want to ever work again, but I got to thinking about that. I realized if I could get back my job as an editor at Doubleday? I’d do it in a heartbeat. How many jobs… Read More ›
HAPPY 187TH BIRTHDAY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT – Marilyn Armstrong
In an alternate universe, Louisa May Alcott would be 187 today. In my alternate universe, we all live — as a matter of course — to at least 200. And because of our extended life span, we are better custodians… Read More ›
THE UNREALITY OF FINDING YOUR WAY HOME – BY TOM CURLEY
AND because this is absolutely relevant to the previous story … here’s one by Tom Curley. I’m not a fan, I’m a zealot. I’ve read all his books. Listened to all the BBC radio series. And watched both movies of… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 