Finally, An Impalement Story With a Happy Ending
If only Septimus Warren Smith had had the Affordable Care Act.
Sawing the Book In Half
Wherein an editor shows a novice author that sometimes, in novels, as in films, television shows, and any dealings with salesmen, shorter is better.
Q&A Group for Dismantle the Sun Readers
Now that Dismantle the Sun's been published, there is a serious danger that someone might actually read it. So if you, as that someone, read the book and afterwards want to…
This Morning’s Sobering Thought
As I think I mentioned earlier, traditional publishers released slightly over 300,000 books last year. It's a bit sobering to think of Dismantle the Sun, which I sweated over for nearly…
Wrapping Up the Night
Didn't catch too much of the Democratic National Convention tonight, but I saw Michelle Obama deliver one hell of a speech. I spent six years in Utah. In high school, I…
Here Be Pirates II: Electric Boogaloo
RJ Ellory, thriller writer, pulls an Orlando Figes on Amazon.
Here Be Pirates
That a service like the one described in the New York Times article "Book Reviewers For Hire Meet a Demand for Online Raves" exists doesn't surprise me. Traditional publishers released…
Tonight’s Non-Literary Diversion
I preformed some surgery on my PS3 game console, to replace a cancerous hard drive. We'll soon know if the patient survived.
Upcoming Projects
Now that Dismantle the Sun is out and available for purchase, you might think of me as The Great Author, perched on a throne in a Brobdingnagian abode on an Olympian slope,…
Movies of the Weekend
Seen this weekend: Panic (2000): William H. Macy plays a hit man whose visit to a psychologist puts him in direct conflict with his capo father, played by Donald Sutherland.…