Still reading and loving “When Graveyards Yawn,” a conglomeration of hardboiled detective pulp with an original twist on the zombie apocalypse — plus horror-clown imagery, in yet another wholly original twist. This was written in 2002 and, apparently, never saw print. Why it wasn’t printed is a puzzle, since it’s on par with the best…[Read more]

I adore zombie ANYTHING. I think that there is so much to talk about regarding what zombies represent, how they have agency, etc. Interesting stuff. Have you seen the Walking Dead series at all, based on the graphic novel?

That is a shame – a good editor is worth their weight in gold. Plus I firmly believe in the necessity of a beta readers.

Oh I can’t take Nicholas Sparks. I read the Notebook, and that was enough. Too girly for me.

Ooh, I do. Sounds good.

Normally, the religion stuff would turn me off, but this sounds interesting. When do we start?

Hi Doug (and Essie and Maggie). I realize this was posted just over a month ago, but is there a group or forum space here to discuss it?

I run into this problem as an author. Sometimes I know the author so I don’t want to leave a bad review. Your best bet might be to either not review it at all or leave a 3 star review and only point out the small parts that you did like. I hope this helps

I have the same hesitation about reviewing a book that I don’t like – but the truth is what the authors want, right? I hate to be critical of something that someone worked hard on.

They take up so much less room on my Nook, but certainly don’t look nearly as impressive!

I haven’t been able to organize an effective book club yet. I’ve tried about 3 or 4 times and we just never stick it out to the end of the book.

Before, we picked apart books chapter-by-chapter from a writing perspective to figure out what the author was doing. I think it would be effective if we assigned sections each week and on a weekly…[Read more]