From the monthly archives:

October 2007

And, now, a word from Gomez Addams

October 31, 2007

Here it is, ten days since my last post. It’s a violation of terms. A broken pact.
Meanwhile, I’ve got a couple of books to review and a few other updates that have to happen to get me up to date here. That said, it’s been a while between posts for a good freaking reason: I’ve [...]

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6 book-to-movie adaptations that rock

October 21, 2007

Sitting in the theater over the weekend, watching GONE, BABY, GONE—Ben Affleck’s solid directorial debut—I couldn’t help but think that, without books, Hollywood would be screwed.
Quite frankly, and without a doubt, the best movies come from books.
I remember watching flicks as a kid and being surprised that the movie I just saw was based on [...]

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GONE, BABY, GONE, by Dennis Lehane

October 17, 2007

38 I picked this book for two reasons:

Lots of crime fic readers—Lehane fans a given—recommended it highly.
I knew the movie was getting lots of advance buzz, so I wanted to read it before I saw it.

That said, I waited to write this review (which I’m doing on November 11th… the post date says October 17th) [...]

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Download an intro to Holly Lisle’s CREATE A PLOT CLINIC

October 15, 2007

It’s FREE!
First off, I’ve written before on what I like in books about writing. And if I had to re-write that post, I’m sure I’d be inserting CREATE A PLOT CLINIC, by Holly Lisle, into the mix somehow.
I have to admit that much of the first part of the book was covering the basics for [...]

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The Nobel Peace Hoax?

October 12, 2007

Great.
Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fomenting hysteria, shrieking “global crisis” when it’s impossible to know whether one actually exists.
George W. Bush gets pummeled for waging war in Iraq, shrieking “WMD” when it’s clear none existed.
If you ask me, one’s as bad as the other.
What say you?

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Six ways writers can profit from THINK AND GROW RICH

October 4, 2007

If you delve into the crazy world of online entrepreneurship—a place where copywriters seemingly only sell copywriting courses and everyone is raking in six-figure Google AdSense checks—chances are good you’ll come across someone attributing at least some of his or her success to Napoleon Hill’s classic book, THINK AND GROW RICH.
This thin little abridged treasure, [...]

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