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Six on the brain

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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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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The six best novels of 2007

September 21, 2007

Mmmkay. That’s headline’s not entirely true. It should read, “The six best novels I read between January and June in 2007.”
But let’s face facts here: that one was too damn long, and it’s really not very good.
I’m hoping the list is. And, by the way, these are in a particular order.

THE LAST ASSASSIN, by Barry [...]

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The top six blogs of writers you probably don’t know (or don’t know you know)

September 13, 2007

I’ve got deadlines out the yingyang this week so I’m a day late on this week’s SOTB. My apologies to the handful of people who wait with bated breath.
Now that that’s out of the way, here’s a double scoop of links… specifically, it’s a half-dozen blogs from writers you probably don’t know. That was rude… [...]

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Six surefire ways to boost writing productivity

September 5, 2007

After last week’s doozy, I figured I’d tee up a couple of softballs out of the gate for the resurrected SOTB.
I’d like to say that I can sit down to write anywhere and any time. I do know some writers who can pack up the laptop and head to the busiest coffee shop in the [...]

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The top 5 reasons I’ve been blogging less (and one way I plan to change that)

August 29, 2007

It used to be that I was putting up stuff here constantly. Between regular weekly Six on the brain posts and reviews for the books I was reading, I’d sometimes get several things per week up on the ol’ blog.
Then things slowed down a little before finally coming to just a trickle.
Not that many of [...]

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