This one is interesting to me – I don’t know that I can pin a major change to a single book. It’s more the accumulation of readings that help me set a path. How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. – Heanry David Thoreau Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by West Metro Mommy. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! My teaser this week comes from Mending… Read more
This is a simple, profound state that expresses my opinion so exactly! “We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.” – B. F. Skinner Read more
And to prove it, here’s Amy Adams on the set of her new movie, Big Eyes. Can you guess what she’s reading It took some zooming and some Googling, but it’s The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my teaser is from Me… Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by West Metro Mommy. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How… Read more
Hey, it’s Friday and I am letting authors do the work today! I’ve got a great guest post from Ron Chepesiuk, author of Black Caesar: The Rise and Disappearance of Frank Matthews, Kingpin. I asked about what it was like to research a book like this – digging up old stories, talking to reluctant witnesses – and here’s what Ron had… Read more
You know, I read that George Clooney is single again. I rather like that sort of serial monogamy – he seems to trade in girlfriends every couple of years. I wonder if I could get on his schedule for 2015? In the meantime, he and I could talk books, I’ll bet… Read more
A lot of people think that erotica is the easiest thing to write. Just slap down a description of your last orgasm, and Bob’s your reader. Wait a minute. . .that doesn’t sound right. Uh—nevermind. The fact is, though, that erotica has to be better than a lot of other writing. An erotica writer is on the make, a seducer… Read more