Interview with Mike Phillips author of "Hazard of Shadows": "Success comes every day with a well written paragraph, a good joke, a snappy comeback, or a villain getting his or her just deserts."
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Interview with Jane Tesh, author of ‘Butterfly Waltz’
Interview with Jane Tesh, author of "Butterfly Waltz": "The creative process is something that I can’t resist or understand. I can’t explain where my characters come from. They are imaginary friends who never left me."
Read More »Book Review: ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll, 150th Anniversary Edition Illustrated by Salvador Dalí
It's a great pleasure to rediscover Lewis Carroll's classic in this modestly priced new Princeton University Press edition, with marvelous illustrations created by Salvador Dalí for a long out-of-print 1969 printing.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ by Hilary Mantel
“The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher” may not be Wolf Hall, but what is?
Read More »Interview with Rick Gillis, Author of ‘Promote!’
"We are taught at a very young age not to brag, but we're never untaught that message — and unless we inform our superiors and bosses of our accomplishments, we may be in danger of losing our jobs, or being passed over for that next promotion."
Read More »Book review: ‘Promote! It’s Who Knows What You Know that Makes a Career,’ by Rick Gillis
Rick Gillis’ "Promote!" is a must for furthering your career. It makes the case for adopting an accomplishment-oriented mindset that doesn't shy away from stating your value to employers and colleagues.
Read More »Interview with James DeVita, author of ‘A Winsome Murder’
James DeVita, the author of A Winsome Murder, talks art, craft and how the sight of a wheat field inspired this spine-tingling adult thriller. DeVita's background in Shakespearean acting also gave him particular insight into why a hard-boiled detective might approach crime-solving by quoting the Bard.
Read More »Book Review: ‘ Confessions of an Imaginary Friend, A Memoir by Jacques Paper,’ As Told to Michelle Cuevas
Confessions of an Imaginary Friend is just a wickedly funny and fun look at what happens when the imaginary discovers that they are imaginary.
Read More »Interview with Linda Lucretia Shuler, Author of ‘Hidden Shadows’
Interview with Linda Lucretia Shuler, Author of "Hidden Shadows".
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Light of Hidden Flowers,’ A Novel by Jennifer Handford
Handford takes us into the psyche of a young woman who has grown up in a sheltered world and been in the background of her father’s life, unwilling to move from the protection.
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