Isolation
I’m on a new Saturday kick. Maybe — OK, I’ll admit it — maybe I overdid the monkey grooming videos, and I might have crossed a line with the squirrel … Continue reading
Take a walk on el lado salvaje
My Camino Walk: A Way to Healing by Timothy L. Phillips My rating: 4 of 5 stars I hadn’t heard of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain until Tim … Continue reading
Another “Book review of nonexistent books”
As if his last novel hadn’t done enough damage, Braith Pindrop is back with a new book exploiting the nascent national fad of ferret racing. As far as this reviewer … Continue reading
There’s sharks in these indie waters …
Maybe you’ve heard of BookLife, the division of Publishers Weekly that focuses on the indie market. I wish I hadn’t heard of it. The idea behind it is to promote … Continue reading
Another outlet for brain droppings?
The other night I dreamed that I founded a new literary magazine. To be honest, someone else in the dream was the true founder, but she asked me to give … Continue reading
101 “damnations!”
So this is what querying 101 agents looks like. I used to track this stuff on the computer, ultimately moving to QueryTracker (why not Query Tracker?), which proved to be … Continue reading
We all need to help one another
It’s the unlikely partnerships that have the greatest impact. I know there’s a political metaphor in here somewhere …
Perks for pervs
Is it a great time to be a man or what? Well, at least it’s a great time to be a Republican man who has a thing for underage girls. … Continue reading
Mistaken identity
I was minding my own business, emerging from my apartment in St. Louis’s hip Central West End, when, just as I was stepping off the curb to jaywalk over to … Continue reading
Who gets to write about what
This was an interesting piece by Francine Prose, about the Kirkus Review’s take-back of a starred review because of a “sensitivity backlash” (my term) to the YA novel, American Heart, … Continue reading
WHAT THE HELL 