by Andy Updegrove | Jan 19, 2015 | Book Reviews, SelfPublishing, Writing
It’s my pleasure this week to share an interview with career journalist, “hybrid” author, and most recently, illustrator Ian Probert. Ian’s latest genre (ad)venture is Johnny Nothing, a sly, riotously funny book written ostensibly for children...
by Andy Updegrove | Dec 21, 2014 | Book Reviews, My Writing, Promotion, SelfPublishing
I wanted to give a big Thank You to those readers who have recently posted reviews of The Alexandria Project. Where they are also authors, I’d like to also provide links back to their sites so that you can learn about them and their books as well. The first is by Ian...
by Andy Updegrove | Dec 15, 2014 | Book Reviews, Interviews, Nature
“The beauty of Brave New World by Aldus Huxley shows us that a dystopia can be packaged as a utopia” – S.G. Senan I recently reviewed Senan Gil Senan’s excellent dystopian thriller, Beyond the Pale, and subsequently asked whether he would be...
by Andy Updegrove | Dec 6, 2014 | Book Reviews
Beyond the Pale is a skillfully conceived and executed variation on the dystopian novel theme, echoing Aldous Huxley’s device of experiencing his brave new world through the eyes of a stranger. In this case, the protagonist is an “Outlander” named...
by Andy Updegrove | Nov 24, 2014 | Book Reviews
One of the significant advantages of self-publishing is that the author has the freedom to write the book that he or she wishes, rather than conforming to a formula that a publisher (rightly or wrongly) has decided the marketplace will buy. Felipe Adan Lerma has taken...
by Andy Updegrove | Oct 30, 2014 | Book Reviews, Writing
There is ample evidence that for some, the act of writing a book – indeed, book after book – seems to flow as effortlessly as a summer breeze. But we all know that for most authors, struggling to write too often leads to more pain than word-count gain....
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