Review by Mark Stevens Resistance is invisible, internal, implacable, impersonal, infallible and insidious. Resistance, as Steven Pressfield points out in The War of Art, never sleeps. “Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was seventy-five,” writes Pressfield. “In other words, fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist…
Tag: Books
Oh Those Wonderful Librarians!
Remember those days as a kid, wandering into the library and being guided to a book by the librarian? I have very fond memories of both school and public librarians of my childhood years. Their recommendations provided me rich rewards and a deep appreciation for books. At the end of May, I had the honor…
The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Rebecca Taylor
By Rebecca Taylor Yesterday, I uploaded my most recent book, The Exquisite and Immaculate Grace of Carmen Espinoza, to Kindle—Yes, I self published it. And as I, only hours later took it down to make changes (I suspect it won’t be the last time) I wondered: Why don’t more writers make the leap into self-publishing?…
Alice Kober Has Your Reading Covered
As authors, we have a certain obligation to become “super readers,” which are readers, according to Alice Kober of the Arapahoe Library District, who read at least eleven books a year. If this sounds like your kind of goal, then you are doing well. But Alice may have you beat. She tries to read approximately 100 books each year.
Early Influences
By Katriena Knights I’ve been watching a lot of retro TV lately, as I mentioned in some of my earlier posts. I’ve also been reading books I read when I was in junior high (shut up—that’s what we called it back then…) and high school. To my surprise, I’ve been enjoying most of it,…