The Page 69 Test
Marshall McLuhan recommends that the book browser turn to page 69 of any book and read it. If you like that page, buy the book. It works. Following this theory,…
Marshall McLuhan recommends that the book browser turn to page 69 of any book and read it. If you like that page, buy the book. It works. Following this theory,…
I was programming my DVR to record the upcoming season of Hard Knocks, the behind-the-scenes look at an NFL training camp. As I was finishing up, Elysha walked into the…
Stephen King, in ON WRITING, writes: If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second to least of your concerns. The least of all: polite society…
My wife is much less of a conformist than people think, and sometimes she can be downright subversive. The only real difference between her and me is that she manages…
I’ve been writing some guest posts on other blogs around the Web in case you are interested in reading. For the Water Street Books blog, I wrote a three part…
Some of the entries in my recent “Write my author bio” contest were exceptionally well done but did not really qualify as true author bios in my mind. But they…
When I was a child, I had an imaginary friend named Johnson Johnson. My mother said that I probably derived the name from Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder (since renamed…
I have never liked the expression "creative juices." And the idea of "creative juices flowing" is even worse. I can’t explain it. It’s a gut thing.
After much deliberation and careful consideration of all ten entries in my “Write me a new author biography” contest, I have chosen a winner. Doing so was not easy. I…
Is it me, or is Tedy Bruschi starting to sound like a jackass? I like an opinionated host, but this is not analysis. This sounds like your average Patriots fan,…