Fifty Shades of Greenbacks
Late this afternoon, Forbes writer Luisa Kroll estimated that Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James is on pace to secure a spot on next year’s top earning writers list. The article points out other estimates that claim James is raking in as much as $1.3 million a week. While the layperson reader sees these…
continue readingLiving in The World Without You
In The World Without You, Joshua Henkin explores the different ways in which family members grieve after a journalist is murdered in a warzone. The novel centers around the Frankels, a financially comfortable Jewish family from Manhattan who spend the weekends and summers in their Berkshires country house. The clan is composed of Gretchen, a…
continue readingPower Chord Booksignings Scheduled
My guitar hero book, Power Chord is being published on July 31. Be sure to follow along with all the high volume fun by ‘liking’ the official Power Chord page on Facebook or checking out the book’s website. More information is being added all the time and it’s going to get hectic in the next…
continue readingCountdown to Calipari Book?
One of my favorite pastimes is guessing which celebrities and public figures are going to be next in the publishing queue. Maybe some day, I can get Vegas to start setting odds on my little parlor gam. So this morning, I’m wondering how long it will be for University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari…
continue readingRealistic Absurdity in a Compelling Read
In My Date with Neanderthal Woman by David Galef, there’s an intriguing amount of absurdity and fantasy that remains rooted in reality. Winner of the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Competition, the book plants outlandish situations into normal, mundane circumstances to which we can all relate. [Disclosure: Galef sat on my thesis committee in graduate…
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