Pirates Aren’t Always in the Form of Johnny Depp
Contrary to popular opinion, writers aren’t writers because they have nothing better to do and are merely killing time until they end up at the cemetery. The majority of us who toil with the pen (and...
View ArticleAmazon Book Reviews: Pure as the Driven Snow?
If you’re an author, you have a certain expectation that your work will, at some point, be noticed and reviewed. And with online booksellers such as Amazon allowing for the bibliophile equivalent of...
View ArticleSelf Publishing: Good or Evil?
Mwah-ha-ha! I guess that depends upon whom you ask… An interesting debate is going on about the issue of self-publishing. Now I’m not referring to vanity press publishing, I’m referring to bypassing...
View ArticleThe Writer’s Life (A Case for the Humble Bin Man)
There’s a lot to be said for being a bin man. Now I’m not trying to use sexist terminology here, but I’ve yet to see a lady bin man. Anyway, “bin man” has a better ring to it. So, for aesthetic...
View ArticleFairy Tales Can Come True (Well, Maybe if They’re in a Book)
Mitzi Szereto's "In Sleeping Beauty's Bed: Erotic Fairy Tales" You know that expression “it ain’t over till the fat lady sings”? Well, I don’t even give her a chance to open her mouth! I apply this...
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