Following my completion of reading Three Cups of Tea, I found it unfortunate that people would so vehemently attempt to derail such a brilliant project, while ignoring all of the noble progress which has been documented.
Jerry Byrne is the rare Wall Streeter who has gone to jail, and went there for a crime that involved less money than Lloyd Blankfein's chopper bill.
If you are new to the short story, if you think them above or beneath you, if you've never given them a second thought, think of this as an invitation to a genre that will certainly surprise you.
Let's just say at the outset that, in my opinion, Meghan Cox Gurdon has an agenda. And to be fair let's also say that, in my opinion, so do I.
Big box stores are vanishing like dust in the wind, to borrow the title of the hit by the group Kansas. Remember Circuit City, Linens 'n Things, and all those Blockbuster stores? Gone, gone and gone. Borders this week became the latest to turn to dust.
Among the guiltiest pleasures of reading are time-travel novels. These books can be hokey and hard to believe, but they sure are fun. I've compiled a top-10 list in this genre.
Earlier this year, I experimented by serializing chapters of my new novel. One email I received in response was from a couple. They have written, illustrated and constructed a full website for an online serial called Impeccable Petunia.
In the wild world of publishing (both indie and traditional), the Holy Grail has always been finding an audience (or conversely, having an audience find you).
Years ago a novelist friend told me that the only thing worse than not being published was being published. I had no idea what he could mean. That was before I had my first wrangle with a copyeditor.
Parentheses seem ordinary, don't they? Boring, even. So why the hell would I waste a perfectly good column discussing such a mundane topic? Well, I'm glad you asked, because, as it turns out, parentheses are pure evil.
If you've ever considered testing the limits of your mother's love, I highly recommend writing a memoir.
And hundreds of thousands of U.S. taxpayers have yet to understand how the Wall Street business model collapsed in 2008 and why they were called upon to bail out the firms.
I sat down with one of my favorite Bay Area writers for a chat about reality TV in space, NASA's branding problem, and why there are no all-female astronaut crews.
When it comes to the way we choose to live our lives, how free is our will, really ... and how much has to do with the way mom lived hers?
The sixties were the decade of change, the decade of cool, the decade of excitement... and the decade of hype.
Was it worth the wait? That is likely the most burning question facing readers of George R. R. Martin's mammoth Song of Ice and Fire series regarding its fifth and latest installment, A Dance with Dragons.
These are certainly wonderful times for Armistead Maupin -- and imagine the tales he'll be telling a year from now.
On average, the media rejects 95% of pitches they get. How can you become part of the 5% that get picked up for a story?
I've seen the movie Salvation Boulevard five times. Why have I seen it five times? Why do I care? I wrote the book that it's based on.
Chris Crutcher, 2011.07.21
Dave Astor, 2011.07.21
