This month I’m going to talk about reviews. And yes, this is a completely unsubtle plea for you to leave (honest!) reviews of the books you’ve read. Books are… weird. An author pours months of work into one, inevitably injecting Read more
One question authors get often is “Where do you get your ideas from?” The answer is… everywhere. Everything we see, hear, and dream about is fair game. But some particular things can be especially inspiring. My upcoming book, for instance, Read more
I have now been on hold with an airline for an hour and forty-five minutes. This is a stream of consciousness post. If teleportation really existed—maybe beaming up, a la Star Trek—how much would it cost? Would we trust companies Read more
I’m an author, so it’s no surprise that I sometimes muse on the power of language. Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the effects of word choice. With over a million words, English has a particularly rich vocabulary, partly Read more
Today is Mother’s Day in the United States. My younger kid is still away at college, but the older one is taking me to brunch at a lavender farm, which I’m really looking forward to. But the current state of Read more
Reviewed by Sadonna TITLE: Firestones AUTHOR: Kim Fielding PUBLISHER: Tin Box Books LENGTH: 35 pages RELEASE DATE: May 2, 2022 BLURB: Born with a deformed foot and abandoned as a young child, Brand spent his youth in indentured servitude Read more