We have reached the Elite 8 in the Sixty-Four Novelist March Madness Style Tournament to determine whom readers believe is the best novelist or the most beloved novelist. Here are the results from The Sweet 16 round in the Cormac McCarthy bracket: 1 seed Cormac...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.22: Who Is The Best Novelist? (March Madness Style Pt. 4-Sweet 16 Match-ups)
by MHill | Apr 1, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
In my last couple of posts, I revealed the authors who made the Sixty-Four Novelists March Madness Bracket Style Tournament to determine who is the best novelist or most beloved novelist in North America. We had thirty-two novelists in the Stephen King Bracket...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.21: Who Is The Best Novelist? (March Madness Style Pt.3-Sweet 16)
by MHill | Mar 30, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
In my last couple of posts, I revealed the authors who made the Sixty-Four Novelists March Madness Bracket Style Tournament to determine who is the best novelist or most beloved novelist in North America. We had thirty-two novelists in the Stephen King Bracket...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.20: Who Is The Best Novelist? (March Madness Style Pt. 2)
by MHill | Mar 21, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Who is the best novelist? Who is the most beloved novelist? Well in my last post, I attempted to get those questions answered by doing a NCAA March Madness Bracket Style for the best novelists in North America. I got a great response to my last post and I want to...
Quotes 78
by MHill | Mar 17, 2013 | Quotes
"Fiction is not Darwinian. Fiction is Creationist. When we make worlds, we become gods. And gods are responsible for the things they create, particularly when they create them in their own image." (Laura Hudson)
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.19: Who Is The Best Novelist? (March Madness Style)
by MHill | Mar 16, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Who is the best novelist? Who is the most beloved novelist? Well, I wanted to have some fun and see if I can get an answer those two questions. Since it is the month of March and the NCAA College Basketball Tournament is coming in the next few days. I thought of...
Quotes 77
by MHill | Mar 9, 2013 | Quotes
"Many modern artists, it seems to me, have forgotten the value that art has in itself. Much modern art is far too intellectual to be great art. Many modern artists seem not to see the distinction between man and non-man, and it is a part of the lostness of modern man...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.18: Resolutions Don’t Work!
by MHill | Mar 2, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I agree with this header. My 2013 Reading Resolution has changed significantly since I posted it at the beginning of the new year. My resolution got off to a bad start when I didn't finish reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell until the middle of January. And if...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.17: Reading Rules
by MHill | Feb 14, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Do you have reading rules? Are there guidelines that will make you decide on what you are going to read? I've noticed in the last few years that I have developed a certain pattern to my reading habits. 1) I Will Read From Any Genre: I have never understood folks who...
Wisdom of Kammbia 3.16: Do Book Endorsements Actually Convince You To Buy A Book?
by MHill | Feb 9, 2013 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
"I loved BAG of BONES. It's Stephen King for the new millennium, with all the heart and wit showing through the suspense." (Anne Rivers Siddons on Bag of Bones by Stephen King) "Greg Bear's most ambitious novel yet.....an extremely dense and complex work about nothing...