I believe this quote should make writers realize the importance of the writer-reader relationship and that we don't disrespect that connection. "What disrespect we writers have for the people who read our work. Our readers don’t expect perfection every time we publish...
Book Review 43: The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith AKA JK Rowling
by MHill | Aug 23, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
I had made it a personal policy to not read and review for this blog the hottest or most publicized novel of the year. However, I did almost break my policy last year with Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. But, I decided against it. Well, my resistance has finally dropped...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.29: How Do I Write A Novel?
by MHill | Aug 18, 2013 | Writing and Publishing Resources
This is the best writing advice I've ever read how to write a novel: "So how do you write a novel? Simply do the best you can every day during the writing, finish the book, fix the mistakes a trusted first reader finds, and mail the thing or publish the thing...
Book Review 42: A Mind To Murder by P.D. James
by MHill | Aug 11, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Adam Dalgliesh Novels, Book Reviews
P.D. James has been given the unofficial title, Queen of Crime, and after reading A Mind to Murder showed why she has earned this moniker. A Mind to Murder began with the murder of Enid Bolam, the administrative head at the Steen Psychiatric Clinic in London. She had...
Book Review 41: Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
by MHill | Jul 27, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
Middle Passage is the story of Rutherford Calhoun, a free black man, living in 1830's New Orleans. Rutherford is a thief, hustler, and womanizer who has lived a nomadic, vagabond life and somehow stayed out being sold into slavery. Well, there's a prim and devout...
Penguin Random House Merger Helps Author Solutions Exploit Writers
by MHill | Jul 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is an insightful article on how traditional publishers are making money of the self-publishing business and tricks they will use to get gullible authors published. A good warning to aspiring authors who choose the self-publishing route.
Book Review 40: Cold Fire by Dean Koontz
by MHill | Jul 18, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
A little over a decade ago, I went on a Dean Koontz reading binge. I read at least ten or eleven of his novels and I couldn't get enough of them at that time. However, my reading tastes has changed quite a bit over the years and I really didn't have a desire to go...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.28: 25 Things A Dad Should Teach His Son
by MHill | Jul 14, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I just saw this list today and I thought it would be good to share. These twenty-five things are not the final word on what a father should teach his son. If there are others I've missed, please reply and add them to the list. Also, if you as father (like myself)...
Quotes 80
by MHill | Jul 12, 2013 | Quotes
"Reading is a collaboration between the writer and reader. Both parties must keep that in mind when dealing with a work of fiction." {Guy Gavriel Kay}
Quotes 79
by MHill | Jul 6, 2013 | Quotes
"Even a good person doesn't want to read a novel about good people." (Issac Bashevis Singer) That's an interesting quote. It is really true?