Category Archives: Reading itself

The 50-page Rule

Posted on February 7, 2015 by admin

I am about halfway through Elizabeth Baxter’s Everwinter, Book 1. I should already be done with it, but I violated the 50-page rule early on. What’s this rule, you ask? It’s a personal one: when I pick up a book, I … Continue reading →

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Thomas Wolfe was right.

Posted on September 30, 2014 by admin

Every five years or so, I pick up Thomas Wolfe again…no, not that Tom Wolfe, the other Tom Wolfe, the one no one remembers or reads anymore. It takes that long between reads because, well, he’s not exactly easy going. “Turgid” would … Continue reading →

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It’s “Read an EBook” Week: 2-8 March

Posted on March 3, 2014 by admin

In celebration, get Partholon for 75% off. Go here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/355550 or click on the image below. Enter the code: REW75 See why John Rashkil is having a very bad day.

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Goin’ Nuclear

Posted on December 7, 2013 by admin

A story of mine made it into a new anthology: Check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Town-USA-Adam-Millard/dp/1494346893/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386431575&sr=1-1&keywords=nuclear+town+usa

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Interview with J. H. Bogran, bon vivant and international master spy.

Posted on September 21, 2013 by admin

Okay, he’s not an international master spy. At least, that’s what he says. But he IS an author, his most recent novel, Firefall, can be found on Amazon. Without further ado: 1. Congratulations on the release of your new book, … Continue reading →

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R.I.P., Richard Matheson

Posted on June 26, 2013 by admin

I first heard about Richard Matheson back in the 60’s, when I watched a Saturday afternoon TV showing of The Incredible Shrinking Man. I was ten or so, and the cat scared me to death, ditto the spider. But, that ending…I was blown away, … Continue reading →

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My Top Five Favorite Books

Posted on June 7, 2013 by admin

I turned 58 years old the other day. The horror, the horror. So, I gots to thinkin’ about which of the millions of books I’ve read (and it depresses me that phrase doesn’t read the “millions of dollars I earned” … Continue reading →

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