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Should I ever take a review personally?

I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine, (it is funny  how many blog postings come of discussions), and an interesting question came up: Should you ever take a review of your writing personally? This question reminds me of what a friend of mine who has spent a career in the restaurant business [...]

Why I as an Author do Book Reviews

An author explains why he regularly does book reviews for other authors.

Not all my Readers are Crazies!

I was pleased today to see a well thought out reader’s review on my book Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness. Up until this point I get lots of e-mails about my book but have had not so many reviews. That isn’t so curious for me due to the fact that it is easier for [...]

LA Times – Taking a Step Backward!

This morning I read the very unfortunate news in Publishers Weekly that the Los Angeles Times would no longer be running their standalone Book Review section.  This is to me much more a reflection of where we are going as a society than the sad picture that can be painted of the Los Angeles Times. [...]

How do you read?

Me?  A voracious reader?  Some call me that but the truth of the matter is I read when I am at home, which is not often due to my social life and business activities.  But I have been working recently to become more efficient in my reading.  Of course, I am read up on the [...]

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