Every good writer is first a voracious reader. These posts celebrate the reading life — the books that shape a writer, the joy of reading widely, and why time spent reading is never time wasted.
EbooksNobody reads anymore is the most confident wrong thing people say about books. Roughly three-quarters of American adults read one in a given year, a figure Pew has tracked as basically flat for over a decade, with print still leading…
JulyJuly 30 is Paperback Book Day. A 113-book author on why paperbacks changed publishing and why physical books still matter.
AugustEvery year on August 9th, book lovers celebrate the written word. Here's why this day matters, ten must-read books, and a nod to the writers behind the scenes.
Critical ThinkingBooks carry ideas, and that is exactly why people keep trying to burn them. From Socrates to Harry Potter, the impulse to ban runs straight through history. Here is where book banning came from, the motivations that keep it alive,…
Reading LifeSeptember is National Library Card Signup Month. Why every writer needs a library card and how libraries shaped one author's career.
Character DevelopmentThe wall behind my desk holds books I use, not books I display. Each one earned its spot by getting pulled down mid-project, while I draft novels, ghostwrite for clients, or build handbooks. This is not a best-of list scraped…
GhostwritingAsk what shaped my writing and people expect a stack of craft books; they get 1970s science fiction and a couple of rule-breaking memoirs instead. Rama taught me plot, Riverworld character, Schwarzenegger autobiography, Foley humility. After 54+ ghostwritten books, these…
Political BooksWhy does America still vote on a Tuesday? Because in 1845 most people were farmers, harvest finished by November, Sunday reserved for church, Wednesday for market, Monday for the trip to town, which left Tuesday. That 180-year-old logic still rules…
AudiobookA car loses half its value leaving the lot; a book loses 90 percent before you finish the first chapter. Last week a $32.99 hardcover sat three aisles over, used, for $4.95, identical words, a fraction of the price. It…
DialogueSeptember 6 is National Read a Book Day. A 113-book author on why reading is the single most important thing a writer does besides writing.
Reading LifeJuly 20, 1969: eight years old, black-and-white TV, Walter Cronkite's voice cracking as the Eagle touched down. I did not fully understand it, but I understood people were on the moon. That night lit a lifelong obsession with space and…
Critical ThinkingOn trigger warnings, both camps are half right and neither is listening, protection on one side, censorship on the other. The real question is quieter: should a book tell you what is inside before you open it? Having ghostwritten memoirs…
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