Pat Holt, who is now my favorite reviewer, bar none, has just written up the third post in her series about DIY authorship and my own road in particular. This post also includes mentions of JA Konrath, JC Hutchins and newbie Erin O'Briant.

Pat's main point here is that things are changing, but she also talks about how it still comes back to the writing, its quality. That's where this piece gets special for me. Here's what Pat has to say about JACK WAKES UP:

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Click here to listen! Check out this interview to fill up your ear-pieces for a bit. I'll be back next week...

The Essential Art: Making Movies in Your Reader's Mind

Fiction and nonfiction are at their best when the sense of reading falls away, when we find ourselves immersed in the book's action, as if we were watching a movie, our heart tied to the narrator's struggle, swooning with vertigo from the top of a tall building or wincing from a cutting remark. Such writing...

And yet, this is the track that our boy DOOM (the original all caps) chose to title his latest album AND put on the attached track. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN.

And we'll continue the conversation started...

air and light and time and space
 
"–you know, I've either had a family, a job,
something has always been in the
way
but now
I've sold my house, I've found this
place, a large studio, you should see t...

I also want to up you on a whole big list of free movies that you can watch online without any sign-ups, memberships, nothing! Thanks to our friends at OpenCulture.com, I'm happy to present this list of 

FREE MOVIES ONLINE: Classics, Indies, Film Noir and More! Have a look, check it out, don't forget to tell them who sent ya!

This little homie right here is D.W. Lichtenberg and, though I love the guy, I've got to say it: "I can't believe I lost to him!" But the facts is the facts and I got way out-ironied and out-wandered here at Literary Death Match on Friday night. Check out this video [click here to watch:] to see my reading.

If you want the full rundown of the night, check out Evan Karp's awesome write-up at the SF Examiner.com. You can find more videos, all the readings, opinions, thoughts, how LDM works,

Now here I am sitting down with Cornelia to talk it all out:

Q&A for Berkeley Mystery Writing Intensive

Q: So, tell me a little bit about this workshop. Who's going ...