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A BABY TO DIE FOR by Mike Slosberg: A Novel Worth Reading

The exposé/advocacy novel has a long and successful history in bringing to the world’s attention the cruelty of entrenched injustice. Mike Slosberg’s “A Baby To Die For” fits squarely into that tradition.

What Upton Sinclair did for the meat slaughtering industry in his novel “The Jungle,” what Mary Jane Ward did to expose the horrors of insane asylums in “The Snake Pit,” and Harriet Beecher Stowe did to indict slavery in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” Mike Slosberg in his latest novel “A Baby To Die For” takes on the horrors of the black market adoption racket.

In a deft and suspenseful story, Slosberg deals with every aspect of this subject from all points of view in order to illustrate the corrosive and corrupt practices of what has become a vast worldwide industry operating just under the radar.

His story moves briskly with a colorful cast of characters, a fast-pace plot, and shifting points of view; We hear from the anguished couples who cannot conceive, from the lawyers and their middlemen who profit from baby mills where innocent young women conceive babies as cows produce calves which are sold as commodities to the highest bidder, from the young women coerced and captured by ruthless predators and forced to produce this human product, and from the entrepreneurs and their lackeys who use violence and intimidation to keep the production line operating.…

Why Do Women Read More Novels Than Men?

There is ample statistical evidence showing that adult women read more novels than men, attend more book clubs than men, use libraries more than men, buy more books than men, take more creative writing courses than men, and probably write more works of fiction than men. If, as a demographic, they suddenly stopped reading, the novel would nearly disappear.

A recent perusal of the New York Times fiction best-seller list, scoring sales of print and e-books combined, showed that of the fifteen titles listed, eleven were written by women. Indeed, women are the bulwarks of the novel trade. Those statistics could lead one to also believe that the reason for such disparity is that stories told in novels, the characters, plots, insights, inner thoughts, experiences and wisdom offered are skewed to reflect a female point of view.

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The Fate of the Novelist: A Reality Check

The war between Hachette and Amazon was inevitable. Now authors have joined the feud. Authors who are attached to major publishers are on the publisher’s side, while self-published authors, many of whom have been rejected by the traditional publishers, are siding with Amazon and other digital publishers. A recent petition signed by many traditionally published authors appeared in a double spread in the New York Times. With the exception of a few of those authors, many do not make a full-time living off their books. Self-published authors are even worse off financially.

It’s all about money. Mostly the publishers’ money. Whatever the resolution, the author will be screwed.

Nobody Gives a Damn, But…

I wonder how many tunnels for illegal trade and immigration have been dug between Mexico and the United States.

To work my way through college one of the jobs I had was selling shoes at Macy’s.

I am not a great believer in the star rating system method of choosing books or movies via Netflix and Amazon. Aside from the question of authenticity and possible fraud, quality and popularity are often in conflict.

My mother made the best egg salad sandwiches on the planet.

Remember when Milky Way was a nickel?

I thought Woody Allen’s latest film “Magic in the Moonlight” was one of his best. I loved it. One of the rare films for adults this summer.

Sometimes I think that the most crowded spot on the planet is Times Square.

If terrorists are so proud of their destructive work, why do they wear masks?

Hands down the best book for writers – A.E.

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My Watergate

Up front let me say that my relationship with the Watergate scandal, which happened forty years ago and brought down Richard Nixon has always been peripheral; my role, merely, the typical fly on the wall observations of a novelist in search of a story to tell.

I do admit that my strange relationship with this national trauma prompted me to produce a novel entitled The Henderson Equation, which in retrospect might have unwittingly struck a vein of hard truth about this seminal event not apparent at the time.

Nobody Gives a Damn, But…

For those of you who got a kick out of my first Nobody Gives a Damn, But... column, inspired by the great sportswriter Jimmy Cannon, I offer thanks. The initial traction encourages me to keep at it...Writing is my life and most of the time I’m deep into novels, plays, poems and essays. But like a busman’s holiday I enjoy sounding off and apparently millions of people have the same urge, especially in the free for all of the internet. Hell, it’s a Tower of Babel out there. I’m just offering my squeak and hope people get it.

Right You Are…the Past is Prologue

To my mind Jimmy Cannon was the greatest sports writer who ever lived.He died more than forty years ago. He made it to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. I read his columns in the New York Post avidly and religiously. When he wasn’t writing about sports he was musing, offering his personal, mostly one or two liner opinions, about anything that hit his off-the-charts observant eye. Most had little to do with sports.

Warren Adler’s THE WAR OF THE ROSES is Coming to Broadway for the 2015 – 2016 SEASON

Acclaimed Novelist Warren Adler’s play based upon his novel, THE WAR OF THE ROSES, is heading to Broadway late next year and is being produced by Tony Award winning producers Jay Gutterman, Cindy Gutterman, Cathy Chernoff, Carl Moellenberg and Wendy Federman. Jay and Cindy Gutterman won Tonys for the 2014 season with their producing partner Cathy Chernoff for “All the Way” starring Bryan Cranston, and previously for both “Spring Awakening”, and “Glengarry Glen Ross”.

Warren Adler’s THE WAR OF THE ROSES is Coming to Broadway For The 2015 – 2016 SEASON

Acclaimed Novelist Warren Adler’s play based upon his novel, THE WAR OF THE ROSES, is heading to Broadway late next year and is being produced by Tony Award winning Producers Jay Gutterman, Cindy Gutterman, Cathy Chernoff, Carl Moellenberg and Wendy Federman. Jay and Cindy Gutterman are six-time Tony Award-nominated producers, winning three times; once this season with their producing partner Cathy Chernoff for “All the Way” starring Bryan Cranston, directed by Bill Rauch, and previously for both “Spring Awakening,” directed by Michael Mayer, and “Glengarry Glen Ross”, starring Alan Alda and Live Schreiber, directed by Joe Mantello.