By Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson439 typewritten pages, held together by a long loopy rubber-band, arrived in the mail a few days ago. The typed cover-page identifies the work as The Winds of Dune. I will be interviewing the authors tomorrow morning. I’ve talked to Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson before – Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been to Idaho a few times. I just get into trouble. Not going back. Probably not. It’s just that kind of place where there isn’t enough to do. But Keith Lee Morris manages to make a terrific book about a guy just playing darts in a bar. The Dart League King happens all in one night. There’s sex and murder, old friends and disloyal fathers, and Read the rest of this entry »
By Maryanne ComarotoMaryanne and I met when she was on her book tour for Skinny, Tan, & Rich . Connected — at a deep level — instantly. We share the same kind of hyper-sexual, violent background. Sisters. After the interview, when we parted, she gave me a red, alligator-skin belt bracelet with letters that said SHOMI — show me. I kept the bracelet on till its little belt wore out, and it fell off my wrist. I figured that was a sign Read the rest of this entry »
First, park your belief system outside the door. Second, open Michael Gerber’s newest book. And, third, wake up.
His powerful The E-Myth Enterprise: How To Turn a Great Idea into a Thriving Business is genius. There’s only one change I would make. Read the rest of this entry »
By Sasha FentonThe pages are a sleek white. The font, an easy san serif. Even the feel of the book contributes to its message — balancing. Smooth. Lovely. Simply Chakras by Sasha Fenton makes familiar, the mysterious. Which is good, because I have a mystery I want solved. Read the rest of this entry »
By Nancy O’HaraThere is a square-yard space in my house that I avoid. It beckons to me. When I grow increasingly stubborn, it taunts me. I know what it’s doing. And yet there is nothing in that space. Not a desk. Not a book. Not a word.
Join the 20-million people on Twitter. It’s come on like a storm, and Joel Comm says Twitter isn’t going away. I talked to Joel today about his book Twitter Power. He was one of the early adopters in 2007, and now, he says, he’s an evangelist for the social networking tool.
“Is Twitter a fad?” I ask. Read the rest of this entry »
By Helen B. McIntoshQuiet for a moment — whose voice are you hearing in your head, and what is it telling you? You’re a good person? You screwed up again? If it weren’t for your mother, father, boss, best friend when you were a kid…then you would be….? If you want to change that self-talk Read the rest of this entry »
By Brad MeltzerI’ve been interviewing Brad for a dozen years — and he always, so sweetly, brings up the fact that my interviewing him about his first book The Tenth Justice for AP Radio Network led him to the bestseller list. Like I said, he’s sweet.
So, I’m listening back to the interview I did with him about The Book of Lies today for my Monday radio show. The book is just out in paperback, so you really should stuff it in your beach bag and take it along with you. And for the first time, I’m hearing – really hearing — the story of how Superman came to be. Read the rest of this entry »
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