Review: Shovel Ready

by Andrew | Feb 1, 2015 | Media, Writing

Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m a native New Yorker, although I haven’t a lived there since the turn of the century. There’s no doubt that the city has fundamentally changed over the last 30 years. It was once a far...

The Cruel Book Summer

by Andrew | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured Articles, Featured Post, Fiction, Media, Publishing, The Fool, Writing

I wanted to let everyone know about an exciting event that I’m going to be a part of tomorrow (Friday 6/13): it’s called the “Cruel Book Summer”, and it’ll be a virtual mini-convention on Facebook. A dozen Dark Fantasy, post-apocalyptic,...

5 Steps to Writing a Powerful Book Review

by Andrew | May 8, 2014 | Featured Articles, Media, Writing

If you haven’t written a web review before, don’t worry—there really is no wrong way to do it. Potential readers use your review to decide if a title is going to be their next favorite book, and to do that they need to know what you really think. It would be...

ICv2 – Nook Sales Plummet

by JeremyT | Mar 1, 2013 | Media, Publishing, Writing

ICv2 – Nook division sales dropped 26%, as digital book sales flatten....

It ain’t easy inventing heroes.

by Andrew | Jan 1, 2013 | The Society of Steam, Writing

This Pixar artist has come up with 365 new superhero designs. It took him more than year, but it’s still impressive. I have a Pugilist in the Society of Steam...

Books are okay, everyone!

by Andrew | Oct 26, 2012 | Media, Writing

One way that media gets to generate controversy where none exists it to  trick when an article deliberately misrepresents an issue so they can get the answers they wanted. Although there might have a hot minute when people were concerned if books could survive the...