Here’s what I think about at some point of every day: What is going on in this world that would lead so many men far, far away from reading modern literary novels? I’ve written here at this blog and in […]
The Future Book Market for Us All
My latest Talking Indie column is now posted at Talking Writing Magazine. The title is “Why Aren’t More People Reading E-Books?” We did a heck of a lot of research on available reading preference statistics to come up with this piece. […]
Kindle MatchBook: Read More and Live Free
At the end of the summer, Amazon offered to let all of us authors and publishers in on their new Kindle MatchBook program. MatchBook is an interesting deal. It’s set up to allow readers to get the e-book edition of […]
The Effect of Staring at Screens: an essay on Alt Lit, Tao Lin, and Marie Calloway
I’ve spent a good amount of time over the past few months really trying to understand this whole new Alt Lit approach to fiction. There are some links at the end of this essay if you want to explore this […]
What We Mean When We Say the End of Books is Coming
Seth Godin is one of the most insightful mainstream bloggers you can find on the Internet. His fame comes from popularizing, among other things, the ideas of “Permission Marketing” and Internet “Tribes.” The dude has been involved in marketing, development […]
The Rhythms Fall Slow
A friend recently sent me a link to a very moving first-hand remembrance of Jeff Buckley called “Be Your Husband” from over at PurpleClover.com. The piece stayed with me all day until I recalled an alternative prologue to my novel Beyond […]
A Click Away: Where the Good Stuff Is
We go to people’s websites and blogs following a link from somewhere else. Usually we don’t so much read an article, post, or essay as we absorb it. I have to tell myself to slow down ten times a day […]
Read “Nirvana” – An Esquire short story by Adam Johnson
Rarely do I bump into a short story in a mainstream publication that knocks my socks off. The last time that happened was about twelve years ago when I read Anthony Doerr’s “The Hunter’s Wife” in The Atlantic (that was […]
2013…(The Merman Turns Again): My Undercover Soundtrack
I’ve got a guest post called “Sex, Drugs, Metaphysics, and Rock ‘n’ Roll” over at Roz Morris’s website My Memories of a Future Life. It’s a quick-read, but provides a tour of some of the recordings that influenced me as I worked […]
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