A Year of Doing What You’re Supposed to Do
I enjoy these books where someone “does something.” Even when they do it for a specified period of time, which occasionally makes it seem more like just a way to get a book deal as opposed to actually exploring something important in their life. I like the work of AJ Jacobs, I enjoyed Pete Jordan’s…
continue readingBest Book Designs of 2008
The Book Design Review selected the best book covers from 2008. Check out the covers and see which ones you liked best. I believe my favorites from this list are Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me and Company of Liars.
continue readingA Guitar Kind of Week
This week has been more about strings than pages for me. So my focus has been on guitars as opposed to books recently. It started with a visit to Cleveland, Ohio to see an all-star tribute to guitar legend Les Paul. The culimination of a week’s worth of events comprising the American Music Masters series,…
continue readingArtie Lange is Too Fat to Fish
I’ve had a super-busy handful of days recently. But I did manage to read Too Fat to Fish by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, Bozza has become a friend over the time since I first interviewed him for Slushpile.net. So take these comments with a grain of salt…
continue readingFreelancer Collection Attempts
Ed has an article about the difficulties collecting payment for freelance writing. In this case, it looks like it might work out well in the end. But the experience is still infuriating. The difficult economic times are putting a toll on everyone. But freelancers getting stiffed isn’t a recent phenomenon. Even during the good times,…
continue reading