3.9.10: The Attraction Distraction

I attended a writer’s conference recently where almost every seminar had something to do with building your “brand,” building a “platform,” starting a blog, or the merits of social networking (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.). Now, these were not suggestions or recommendations. They were presented to attendees as the essential tools for every [...]

3.9.10: Finding the Balance in Book Reviewing by Joseph Arellano

A book reviewer needs to find a fine balance in approaching a new work of fiction, although the reviewer is not always going to deliver the product that each reader is seeking. A reviewer should, perform a service by answering the question, “Is this book worth my money or – even more importantly [...]

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3.8.10: Dear Hoops
Greetings again book people! Can you believe they keep asking me to send in more and more advice to be posted here? I should start by thanking those of you who have written in to dearhoops@gmail.com with questions because you’re the ones who are making this happen! [...]

3.6.10: The Violent Art of Reading

As the perfect wife to my grandfather, Cornelio, who was a lawyer, and as a home economics teacher at the nearby school where I went, she took joy in teaching me many practical things: the proper order of manually washing the dishes (no dishwashers then), the right way to perfectly iron clothes, and how to [...]

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