The Sunday Book Review
Talking about Immortal Have you read Immortal? Are you in the middle of it right now? Would you like to talk about it with other people? No? Okay, never mind. I kid There is now a place for you to visit if you’d like to talk about Immortal. The Sunday Book Review has set…
Read MoreImmortal: a detailed analysis (open discussion)
Deconstructing Immortal Today I would like to direct your eyes to– and steal some of your time with– a lengthy analysis of Immortal by author Jacqueline Lichtenberg. Jacqueline has some strong opinions about the novel, and approaches it from a different perspective. She also draws a few unusual (in my mind) conclusions. You can read…
Read MoreJanuary Blues
Sports Not I am a sports fan, but by the local standards I am not a very good one, which is to say this is a bad morning for me but it is not the worst morning of my entire life. That’s how a hard-core (aka a New England) sports fan would feel, even when…
Read MoreIMMORTAL on the Nook
Barnes and Noble steps up to the plate The eBook rollout proceeds apace, with Immortal now officially available on the Nook. If you have an eBook reader, you are very nearly out of excuses not to pick up a copy. All that’s left is Sony, which powers the Borders e-reader, and from what I’m hearing…
Read MoreWorking it out
We keep it in the basement We have an unfinished basement in our house that is decidedly awesome because, A: it is utterly dry, all the time, B: it is easily the largest single space in our home, C: it has no heat, finished flooring walls or ceiling, so the city’s property taxes ignore it.…
Read MoreIMMORTAL on iBooks
EBook empire expands I was greeted this new year by the discovery that Immortal is officially available directly from iBooks. Or rather “…directly from iBooks!!!” because that IS exciting news. (Forgive me; I’m fighting the flu right now. The plus side is, I can manage deadpan humor without trying AT ALL, but the downside is…
Read MoreParis bucket list
If you can’t give bad advice, what’s the point of giving any advice at all? Daughter Becky has a friend who is on her way to Paris for a semester abroad. On Facebook, she was tasked with drafting a “bucket list” of things her friend had to do while she was there. Perhaps foolishly, she…
Read MoreRinging in the New Year
It has been quite a year I have a bad habit of focusing on things that haven’t happened yet rather than stepping back and looking behind me at what has been accomplished. This tunnel vision quality is sometimes very useful, such as when I’m writing a novel, but maybe less useful in other settings, such…
Read MoreBlog Review: Immortal
New blog review The latest review of Immortal comes from fellow novelist Spencer Seidel: Immortal’s fast-paced plot and collection of interesting and surprising characters will have you turning pages. It’s a hard book to put down and one of those books that make you wish the story was real… Read the full review here
Read MoreMerry Writer's Christmas
Riting iz easy A while ago a distant relative of mine contacted me with some questions as to how he might go about making a living as a novelist. He was not at that time a writer, but liked to read and thought it might be a good way to make a living. I didn’t…
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