Amazon sales ranking
My wife found an article that tries to explain the inexplicable means by which the Amazon sales rankings are calculated. Confused? Me too.
Is “Something Missing” a bestseller yet?
Many people, friends, and strangers, via email, Facebook, Twitter, and in person, have asked me how the book is doing in the bookstores. Unsure myself, I asked my editor, who…
My favorite words
Inspired by the Guardian’s piece of words that poets hate, I posted my list of words, along with my wife’s least favorite word: Moist She’s not alone. According to a…
Is there an aesthetic to the written word?
Bonnie Trenga, guest-writing for the Grammar Girl podcast, recently asserted that the standalone use of a "which" clause is acceptable when the author attempts to slow things down and create…
