I am not sure about you, but in recent weeks I’ve received a flurry of emails from very enthusiastic book club organizers and book promoters who profess to really like my novels (even though they often get the titles and subjects very wrong) and who, presumably for a small fee, want to invite me or… Continue reading A writer writes back to his book promotion pursuers…
Tag: fiction
Oh the horror! The horror! A literary writer’s appreciation of Stephen King
I came to Stephen King late in life and indirectly: through his non-fiction. Growing up, I had the usual literary reader’s snobbish (and clichéd) attitude to the horrormeister. Literary readers and writers love to hate Stephen King, and I think he loves to be hated. It’s not just part of his image: it’s partly how… Continue reading Oh the horror! The horror! A literary writer’s appreciation of Stephen King
Why men don’t read fiction, but should: Part 2
In my last post, I wrote about the many reasons men don’t read fiction. For many men it comes down to one reason: they believe they can learn more from a work of non-fiction than from a novel, which, as we all know, is made up. So, as a sort of public service announcement dedicated to… Continue reading Why men don’t read fiction, but should: Part 2
Why men don’t read fiction: Part 1
If these words were the start of a novel instead of a blog, chances are you’d be a woman. At least according to studies cited on the Internet indicating 80 percent of all fiction is purchased by women. These studies are so often cited that despite the fact it is difficult or impossible to actually… Continue reading Why men don’t read fiction: Part 1
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