Books
Teaser Tuesdays: In the Eye of the Beholder
Last week, I started reading I See You by Holly Lisle. I still am reading that book, and loving it. The entire story so far has been written at least competently, and in some instances, Holly has excelled. I totally get her characters, even when they don’t make normal sense, because she shows me who [...]
Teaser Tuesdays: I See You
I just finished Taxed to Death, which actually did get better near the end. I’ll post a better review later. For now, I need to pick a next book to read. Now, I did download a number of ebooks from Smashwords, where numerous authors (including yours truly) are offering their titles at 25% off, 50% [...]
Interview with Author Jess C Scott
I’m sitting here in my virtual living room, talking to indie author Jess C Scott, who wrote EyeLeash: A Blog Novel, which I just reviewed a couple weeks ago.
Hi, Jess.
Hello there!
Now, EyeLeash is your first book.
It’s my first published book. I have another two or three that literally “see the light of day” on an [...]
7 Reasons eBooks Should Be Almost Free
If you want to understand why I think eBooks should be almost free, let me start by telling you a little story (first related by Peter Drucker in his classic Innovation and Entrepreneurship on pp. 33 ff.):
Some decades ago, the chairman of Macy’s became disturbed by a trend he saw in his industry. Most customers [...]
EyeLeash: A Blog Novel (Book Review)
Not too long ago, Jess C Scott sent me a PDF of her first indie novel EyeLeash: A Blog Novel, to kick off a series of book reviews I’ve wanted to do, of indie and mid-list novels and memoirs.
EyeLeash is the private journal of Jade, a 17-almost-18-year-old girl, who recently graduated from an all-girl high [...]
Christian Fiction, What’s Wrong with It?
Sunday, a friend of mine in church was wearing a T-shirt from a band I didn’t recognize.
I asked, “Who are they? Is that a Christian band?”
“Well,” he said, “they’re a bunch of Christians who are in a band, but they’re not a Christian band.”
I understood immediately. “Like I’m a Christian who writes novels, but I [...]
A Young Love Story: The Sister I Never Had
Just before my 15′th birthday, my father attended a weekend business meeting at a small college in Utica, NY, and the whole family came along for a weekend road trip.
Hung up on a girl I had met in school, before I had left for Utica, she and I argued. Words were spoken. Angers flared. Drawing [...]
A New Bunch of Books to Read
I agreed to get ahold of a copy of a book written by a fellow-author, and the only place I could get one was from Amazon. That left me with a bunch of dollars left over to spend in order to get free shipping. So I used the excuse to load up on Holly Lisle [...]
Praise for the Love-Idiot Book; Tuesday Teaser
I got a wonderful email this week from Carrie L., who just recently read Love through the Eyes of an Idiot, my short, romantic memoir about YA angst and unconditional love. Carrie’s email I just had to share. (With her permission, of course.)
Friday Fun & Snippet: Starting a New Business
Remember when I used to post Friday Snippets here? I used to enjoy reading what other writers were writing. Unfortunately, the meme faded out of use. But that doesn’t mean I can’t still post a snippet here.
This is the opening scene in From the Ashes of Courage (my newly released novel, which you can download [...]