Opinion: Nook or “Real” Book?
I had an interesting conversation the other day in my doctor’s office for a routine physical. While the nurse was doing the usual pre-exam tests, she saw my Nook sticking out of my bag. She asked me...
View ArticleOpinion: Favorite Read–Novel or Short Story?
It’s often said, in the writing world, that it’s harder to write short than long . . . which leads to the question, Is it really harder to write a short story than a novel? To carry that thought out a...
View ArticleOpinion: E-Pub or Print:What’s Ahead in Publishing?
There’s a good deal of interesting conversation going on among the chattering classes in the publication business, be they writers, editors, e-publishers, self-e-publishers, or those working in what...
View ArticleMemorial Day—A Parade, a Cemetery and a Memory
The parade was the thing When I was a youngster in a small town in northern Ohio, every Memorial Day there was a parade. It had all the characteristics of a good parade–bands at the front, middle, and...
View ArticleOpinion: What Makes a Good Review?
There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of people who review books for publication in magazines and newspapers, many more who review books on the Web. If you add in those who review magazines, newspapers,...
View ArticleOpinion: Is Good English Dying?
Yesterday, I came across weird uses of English, among them the following . . . During a TV newscast, the news reader reported that “they distriBUTed the product”; By email, I was informed that “Joe...
View ArticleTwitter–from Tweetspeak to Babytalk?
My opinion: Twitter is quick communication on the fly, but using it effectively requires some thought to shorten the ideas so they can be properly and fully communicated in 140 characters. Not thinking...
View ArticleWhat the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures; Essays by Malcolm Gladwell
If the publishing business had a genre of “indescribably delicious” I would put Malcolm Gladwell’s book there. I don’t recall today what product was advertised years ago with that tagline, but it was...
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