I’ve just received the review for Bridge Across the Ocean I commissioned from BookLife, a service provided to authors by Publishers Weekly magazine. Needless to say, I’m sharing this advance review to interest you in reading my novel about bicycling, innovation, Taiwan, business espionage and falling in love. It’s going to be published by Brilliant […]
I’ve just finished listening the Audible version of Andy Weir’s new novel, Project Hail Mary, which weighs in at just over sixteen hours in length. Pretty long. Ray Porter turns in an exemplary voiceover—he doesn’t just read, he lives in the roles of our two intrepid characters. Hats off to him for an excellent performance. […]
Four Questions for You (and Me) Q1: When you read a book, do you review it? Q2: When you write a book, do you ask for reviews? Q3: When you’re looking for a book to read, do you read reviews as as aspect of your book selection process? Q4: When you see reviews for your […]
How can I, merely mortal (not even an ant), write an expository of just a few hundred words to describe a 705-page (roughly 246,707 words) novel which has utterly changed my view of the world? Of my life? Of my own writing? How can this long, rich, powerful novel, Antkind, not do so? Would not […]
Any author, whether for their literary agent or publisher or simply for themselves, needs to understand the market for their book. This means searching for books similar in key aspects of plot, character, and genre. It was while performing this interesting task—and finding a number of books which I’d like to read—that I came across […]
I’m taking a slightly different direction with today’s review of Sunshine Blues by Bob Calverley. He and I met virtually a few years ago when he reviewed my Vietnam-era novel, Wild Blue Yonder. We’ve kept in touch and over the intervening years, Bob has written three novels of his own. I thought his backstory might […]
After decades of pursuing the pleasures of cycling, I’m convinced that riding with an intent, an objective of some sort, adds meaning and value. This conviction is clearly shared by Sara Dykman, a serious cyclist, a concerned environmental scientist and a damned good storyteller as well. And it’s clearly in evidence in the story of […]