Writing and Creating Books
Stephen Colbert on Books
A book is something we used to have before the Internet. It’s sort of a blog for people with attention spans. — Stephen Colbert From your parents, you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened, you discover you have wings! — Helen Hayes, actress A book is something we used to […]
The BBC 100 Book List
The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books listed below. I decided to bold those I’ve read in part or in whole. It looks like I’ve read 47 of these books plus about ten or twenty more where I’ve seen the movie (does that count?). Plus my wife has […]
How to Create a Bestselling Novel (and Movie)!
Here’s a short story about Andy Weir, author of The Martian: He didn’t start out to write a book. He just started blogging some stories on what it would be like to survive on Mars. And people started reading those stores — and liking them. That’s how he began to build his author platform. Then […]
Change Your Mind, Change Your Direction
Your brain has the power to change the direction of this subway train, just as it has the power to change the direction of your life. Use your mind, and the train will change direction. Use your mind, and you can change the direction of your life. Use your mind, and you can change the […]