New book deal sums up why I don’t read parenting stuff
Either I’m a horrible parent or parenting writing is too predictable. I recently wrote about how I don’t read any parenting blogs. I also don’t read any parenting books either. It’s not that I’m uninterested in the subject, I just find that they are limited to either Frantic-Exhausted Parent Voice or they are Wonder Years…
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Is He Really Making a Grand a Day?
It’s damn near impossible to get an accurate gauge of writing finances. As a whole, writing isn’t a highly paid profession. And let’s be honest, the writing community can be a tad gossipy and snarky as well. Which makes everyone get all coy when money comes up, as opposed to say professional sports or the…
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No Vikings in Hawaii
Wells Tower exploded onto the literary scene with his 2010 short story publication Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned that featured mundane domestic trivialities set in unusual locations and time periods. Most notably, he had a great group of Vikings sitting around, bitching about having to go plundering again, not terribly different than dudes today griping about…
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Atkins and White Team Up for Workshop
Okay, so I’m biased here. But Ace Atkins has been a longtime favorite around these parts, and since I originally crossed paths with the former newspaperman, he’s gone on to even greater accomplishments in the literary world. Today, in addition to writing his own books, he also makes the bestseller lists as the writer for…
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Sad Weekend for Rockers
This past weekend was a somber one for guitar fans. First, on Saturday, news came about the passing of Chuck Berry. We don’t often reference Berry in casual conversation. But talk to any guitar player and you’ll immediately learn of his importance. Journalist Neil Strauss got one of the last truly in-depth interviews with Berry.…
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