Celebrating Independent Authors
Annarita reviews “Outcome” by Barbara Ebel
Big Al takes on Nancy Brophy’s “The Wrong Brother”
Boekie’s Book Reviews gives 4 stars to “Sweet Light” by Jen Wylie
Jonathan Gould’s “Doodling” earns high marks from Cath ‘n’ Kindle
Sue Palmer reviews my book, “Upgrade” (Awesome!)
Sue Owen’s book, “Wizard of Time” earns a recommendation from Wistfulskimmie’s Book Reviews
Somebody please get my son a job writing installation and repair manuals. This is how they should all be written.
“Even my own masterful man skills couldn’t save me every weekend from the webs spun by the chore master. The fight wore on for some time but I am beginning to think I may have lost. My skin is pasty and white, my eyes are permanently adjusted to the grey air of the garage and tool shed. When did I become this thing you may ask. I suppose if I had to narrow it down it was probably around two children ago.”
Read the rest on Garrett’s blog, I Am The Man Letters.
A while back, I was reading a novel written by a best-selling and highly acclaimed author. I had in my mind an image of the main character. Suddenly, the author decided to just tell me his main character looked like Denzel Washington.
As a reader, I felt insulted. Worse, I was robbed of part of the experience of reading because the author insisted I see this character exactly the way he did. He was evidently too lazy to describe Denzel Washington and let me come up with that image on my own. He wasn’t taking any chances that I might “cast the role” with someone else. Continue reading “And Now—the Airing of Grievances”