Browsing all posts in October, 2012.

David Stone: Superb Writing in Thrillers

David Stone is, for my reading taste, one of the best writers on the planet in any genre. His ability to use the best possible words to evoke a mood, describe a character or set a scene just resonates with me … and makes me envious as hell. Below are a few of my favorite […]

No Vaginas Allowed!

  Christian publishers and book stores have a problem with vaginas. Maybe the owners were all born by Caesarean section or there are a lot more messiahs running around than we ever imagined. We guys who have assisted with the birth of our children know it’s a painful, messy (and awesome) process, which is why […]

Vonnegut For President

Vonnegut for President! Platform: Cat’s Cradle. Slogan (from Chapter 4): “All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.” Clearly a man of his word! He has my vote!

Take THAT! Paul Ryan

And the meme goes on! Actual weight 45 pounds (four 10-lb plates plus bar. Since I don’t have those cool House of Reps gym barbells, I must assemble my own from what’s around my garage gym. And … I’m just funnin’ here. This is not an endorsement or a put-down. I’m a registered Democrat who […]

Ku Klux Klan Taliban & The Evil of Muslim Silence

In my last two books I spent a lot of time wrestling with the issue of God, faith and why good people do bad things — or allow evil to continue. Why did good Germans tolerate Nazi atrocities? Why did good Southern white people tolerate the Ku Klux Klan and institutionalized racism, lynchings and other […]

Giant Legacy Publishers Screw Libraries: Only Amazon Can Stop Them

Big publishers are screwing public libraries, but here’s an idea how Amazon could put a stop to them — and help readers,  authors and itself at the same time. PROBLEM #1: Some big publishers — Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin — refuse to sell  any ebooks to libraries. The excerpt below, from an open […]

8 Great Philosophical Questions We’ll Never Answer

This blog post on io9 is an awesome one: 8 Great Questions We’ll Never Solve. We’ll never answer them, but there is an existential imperative to keep asking them and to wrestle our own private angels (or demons) for an answer. If you’re an atheist, wrestle because you can prove the answer. Otherwise, wrestle because […]