Category: On Reading
Seventeen years ago, the hubby and I bought a 5-speed manual Jeep Grand Cherokee. Great car, but finally, after all these years of loyal service, we’re ready to say good-bye. The engine’s gonna die and it’s chewing through gas. You…
If you don’t know this outstanding British magazine, the current issue’s a great place to start. Published twice yearly, Crimewave is more book than magazine: a luscious collection with some really intense, cutting-edge stories, many of which end up in…
So I’ve been thinking a lot about war lately. Part of that’s because I’m working on the sequel to ASHES, and the book most definitely revolves around war against and between all kinds of enemies: the self, one’s brother, the…
Is the publishing industry crashing? According to Mike Stackpole’s latest Huffington Post blog, it is–and he even gives a time-line: 2012, he figures, and June, to be exact. Why then? Because that’s when Apple makes iPhone OS 4.0 available which,…
Or not . . . Good article in the New York Times about this. I’ve written about this before, but I continue to think/worry about this. The kind of sustained attention/concentration you need to read a book–to really lose yourself–is…
So, they’re at it again. Nice article this morning in the New York Times on the battle between Amazon and Apple over e-book prices. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that I favor competition and freedom of choice,…
Once more into the breach: struggling with a short story while pondering this article from the NYT, I have to admit that while I can see the argument–I really can and Mike Stackpole had a great breakdown on the costs…
I’ve already commented about this Huffington Post article on my Facebook page, but I’ll reiterate here: Uh . . . YEAH. Helllooooo, editors are the people who find you the books you’re hot to read. As a writer, I can…
Douglas Preston on consumers, entitlement and e-books: “The sense of entitlement of the American consumer is absolutely astonishing,” said Douglas Preston, whose novel “Impact” reached as high as No. 4 on The New York Times’s hardcover fiction best-seller list earlier…
So I had a really interesting evening earlier in the week. A teacher-friend invited me to speak to her class on teaching fiction to school kids (all ages), and they wanted someone to talk about sf and fantasy. Now I’ve…