Mira Grant,NOOKbook (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Orbit on 04-18-2011 On my Nook this showed up as 28 pages total, I thought “cool, a sweet short story.” The story was only 10 pages, don’t get me wrong it’s a good story but the rest of the pages were the first pages from “Feed.” I have “Feed.” [...]

by Freeman Hall Quick light read. Amusing for anyone who’s worked retail. A few annoying typos and hanging sentences. Favorite quote: “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, get me a JD on the rocks and make it a double.”

by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortes This looks like a children’s book. It reads–almost–like a children’s book. But it’s not for children. It’s for all the frustrated adults who get to deal with children at bedtime who don’t want to go to sleep. I recommend this one for anyone with kids, contemplating having kids, [...]

Brett Battles, Series: A Project Eden Thriller 1, English-language edition, NOOK Book (eBook) I received a ebook copy of Sick for review from Brett Battles. This fact has no influence upon my comments because if I don’t like something I’ll say so! Now for the fun. First, killer cover art by Jeroen ten Berg. The [...]

As a writer, I’ve often heard the advice “show, don’t tell.” None of those jokers ever showed me how to show, they just told me not to do it. Using Aesop to Saving Private Ryan and a ton of examples in-between, Brian McDonald shows in his book, Invisible Ink. He illustrates how to use exposition [...]