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HOW TECHNOLOGY DISRUPTED TRUTH: PART 3

Recently, the British newspaper The Guardian ran a long story on the impact technology is having on our perception of truth. It was a thoughtful, informative piece that pointed out how social media are not only disrupting but corrupting journalistic integrity and honesty world-wide. We are seeing that happen in the United States with an ... Read more...

HOW TECHNOLOGY DISRUPTED TRUTH: PART 2

Recently, the British newspaper The Guardian ran a long story on the impact technology is having on our perception of truth. It was a thoughtful, informative piece that pointed out how social media are not only disrupting but corrupting journalistic integrity and honesty world-wide. We are seeing that happen in the United States with an ... Read more...

HOW TECHNOLOGY DISRUPTED TRUTH (Part 1)

Recently, the British newspaper The Guardian ran a long story on the impact technology is having on our perception of truth. It was a thoughtful, informative piece that pointed out how social media are not only disrupting but corrupting journalistic integrity and honesty world-wide. We are seeing that happen in the United States with an ... Read more...

BOOK REVIEW: “Life Expressed in 25 Words or Less: Distilled Wisdom for Life”

Before I get to the meat of my review of this splendid little book of anglicized Haiku I need to explain why I was drawn to it. I have never met author Jack Cantwell, but I was fascinated to learn that we were both living in Tokyo at the same time—from the mid-1980s to the ... Read more...

Two New Reviews of Finding Billy Battles & The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles

Just released by Donovan’s Literary Services, two reviews of Finding Billy Battles & The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles. Diane Donovan is a senior reviewer for Midwest Book Review. Established in 1976, the Midwest Book Review is an organization committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. The Midwest Book Review has contracted with Gale ... Read more...

The 100 Greatest Books of All Time

Earlier this week I wrote a post about the ten most banned and censored books of all time. Today’s post takes a look at the 100 greatest books in the world as chosen by W. John Campbell, a writer and literary critic. In his The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics, ... Read more...

It’s Banned Books Week: Read a Banned Book!

Like a lot of people, I wasn’t aware that there was a week devoted to banned books. There is. It began Sunday and ends this Saturday, October 1. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 by the Banned Books Week Coalition in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in ... Read more...

The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles wins New Apple E-Book Award

I am proud to announce that The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles was just selected one of four books in the Action/Adventure category for the 2016 New Apple Summer E-Book Awards. You can check it out at: http://newappleliterary.com/2016ebook... The book is also one of five finalists for the United Kingdom’s Diamond Book Award. As Billy would ... Read more...

GUEST POST: Should you go back to school to learn to be a writer?

The following post comes from author Marylee MacDonald, author, writing coach and speaker. Her most recent book, Bonds of Love & Blood, is a collection of short stories about misplaced or displaced people that has garnered literary prizes and glowing reviews. She is also the author of Montpelier Tomorrow, the story of a mid-life mom ... Read more...

Trust in News Media Sinks to New Low

A new Gallup poll has just confirmed what most Americans have known or at least suspected about America’s mainstream media for the past couple of years. The news media have lost credibility at an alarming rate, and confidence that the news is being impartially reported has dropped to his lowest level in Gallup polling history. ... Read more...