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July 4, 2015
Sick In The Head By Judd Apatow Review
Sick In The Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow binds together interviews that Mr. Apatow conducted over the course of his life. At 15, a young Judd Apatow, was already enamoured with the comedy world. Using a Continue reading
June 28, 2015
Losing The Signal Review
The reason I chose to read Losing The Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff was not just about learning what happened to BlackBerry but what happened to a community. BlackBerry was the Continue reading
June 22, 2015
Two Sides To A Story
Thanks to Christian, a long time reader who offered to do a guest post, he has a great blog where he does rants on his point of view on the recent news that comes out of the various newspapers each Continue reading
June 19, 2015
Review: The Winter Family by Clifford Jackman
When I started reading The Winter Family by Clifford Jackman I had some idea of how dark it was. I was told by a colleague that this book would probably scare the pants off of me. That Clifford Jackman wrote Continue reading
June 15, 2015
Leadership Edge
It takes a lot to be a leader. Being a Leader It's not anyone who can lead, and in an industry which expects bestsellers and popular writers and everything in between, it can be harder to find a person who 'leads' in this industry. There is simply too many people who want to be number one. Leadership isn't about being number one, or having a best selling book. It's about changing how we 
June 13, 2015
Long Term Challenges of Book Publishing.
You're about to have a book published. Are you ready for this event? You might be thinking at the moment, the book is finished, it's been edited, it's been re-edited and then it's been looked over by others, and the cover looks great and it's all done. It's easy right? Wrong. There is more to a book than simply getting your book published. If you're a self-published author, there is 
June 9, 2015
Are You Making Money Writing Blogs?
Writers need to have a blog in this age of the Internet. It's the law of the jungle that the more you have the easier it becomes. This is true when it comes to selling your self-published book, or when it comes to writing in general on the web. The next question most people ask is are you making money writing blogs? That's generally not a hard answer: no, not really. I'm sure 
June 8, 2015
Book Review: In the Unlikey Event By Judy Blume
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume takes the crown ofby far the most captivating read that I have read in my lifetime. Like any young woman I was introduced to Judy Blume through her young adult novels. The first one that I ever read was Blubber. Even though I was the resident "skinny" kid in my class I could relate to the main character, Linda. Where she was teased about her weight, I
June 4, 2015
Book Review: Nice is just a Place in France by The Betches
When I worked in a bookstore Nice is just a Place in France by The Betches flew off the shelves. Masses of twenty-somethings, all looking like extras from the movie Mean Girls, pouted when the shelf was bare. Yes, they pouted. This humor book, based on the website Betches Love This, but Nice Is Just a Place in France should only be read as entertainment value. The reason I say this, if
June 3, 2015
What Are the Benefits of Social Media?
Every writer dreams of the day when their books become best sellers. That's fine so what does this have to do with social media? Don't have a blog- build one. Enter the blog. Your blog will do, and you will be fine. It's after all a blog post right? Not quite a blog is a type of social media, and the benefit to social media is that you are out there in the great wide Internet. With 
