This article over on The Bookseller website is really interesting to me and I certainly hope it’s not a harbinger of things to come. Some literary bigwigs are frothing at the mouth about it though, so perhaps it will come to nothing in the end. Let me sum up: Basically, The Wylie Agency has decided [...]

So JD Salinger has died. Can’t say he didn’t have it coming, he was 91 years old. That’s a ripe old age and if you’ve got to go (and you do) you may as well go with 91 years under your belt. Stephen King wrote a couple short paragraphs on his passing over at his [...]

I’m a big fan of horror fiction. It’s a guilty pleasure dating back to when I was old enough to read. It’s worse than scary movies because with a movie you can cover your eyes until the bad parts are past. But with novels — well, it’s a bit difficult to read with your eyes [...]

i’ve written scads of most excellent books in my day. well, not so much written as thought about it. well, not so much thought about it as i’ve come up with really excellent titles for them. i come up with all these awesome book titles and i get a glimmer of an idea for the [...]

my love affair with books began so long ago i can’t even remember. it seems as though i came out of the womb reading and devouring everything with words. for me reading isn’t a hobby. it’s a necessity. when i read a book i develop a friendship with the author. i become intimate with the [...]