by jeffrey | Jan 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have a pretty good run going here with the positive book reviews! The latest one is from San Francisco Book Review who gave it 4.5 stars. Thanks to Maggie Marshall for the good words. Here are some highlights: “…many fantastic qualities…weaves in...
by jeffrey | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hey everyone! Congratulate me today for being a winner in The Author Show contest, “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading.” The prize for winning is this cool red medallion graphic that you see here. Before you start fawning over me, clamoring for my...
by jeffrey | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
I read the NY Times runaway bestseller Gone Girl last month. There were plenty of other things I could have read. It’s not like I’ve read everything of note, every Murakami book that has been recommended, every Franzen, Eugenides, Eggers, Gaiman, Chabon....
by jeffrey | Sep 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
There is a running joke among authors. “Lookout, or I’ll write you into one of my stories! Ha ha!” I said it’s a joke. But for many authors it’s no joke. On October 19, 1998, The Author’s Guild held a panel discussion titled...
by jeffrey | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
An excerpt from The Former Hero. With a clamor she burst onto the bright doorstep, one hand across her brow. She strode out to the street and looked one way and then the other. Up and down the sidewalk she saw a long mural of pastel chalk drawings: a winged horse and...
by jeffrey | Aug 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you are like me and do not have your analytical faculties constantly running full bore, you may have looked at the movie trailer for Lucy and thought to yourself, “Hm. Looks cool. And maybe for once Scarlett Johanssen will have a role where she can show a...
