Books In My DNA
It’s a challenge to lure people away from their habits. If you’re in the habit of logging what you read and writing reviews on Goodreads, for example, it’s not going to be easy to get you to leave.
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At the Top of Her Voice
It always surprises me when someone else is surprised by how seriously I take my voice. My whole life, I’ve made my living with it. Don’t accountants take numbers seriously? Doesn’t the artist learn all about paints?
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Too Much Knowledge is Not a Good Thing
Do you ever think that maybe we know too much? Besides the information we choose to consume, just the availability of it all is so much more than we’ll ever need. In my Canadian news feed do I really need a story about a Florida man who picked up a gator?
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Book Review: The High Road – Confessions of a Homicide Cop
Hank Idsinga’s book about his experiences as a Toronto murder investigator was hard to put down. Idsinga led Toronto’s homicide unit for five years after being a homicide detective. His team cracked the Bruce McArthur serial killer case. Under his supervision some big, cold cases were solved.
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The Audiobook Shop for Fans of Indie Bookstores
There’s a debate raging among bibliophiles. If you listen to an audiobook, is it the same as reading a book?
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We the Jury Find the Defendant….
My sister-in-law Barb has a knack for finding unusual activities.
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Sitcoms You Can and Can’t Go Back To
When they’re good, sitcoms are little time capsules. The best ones live in the moment, or recreate a moment. And they stay true to everything from slang to pop culture. I think that’s why so few of them hold up for re-watching decades later.
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The Write Stuff
I just finished reading Danny Trejo’s memoir. It’s an incredible story of redemption and how he went from shooting up heroin to shooting movies in Hollywood. I’ll tell you how I got it for $2.
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A Budding Novelist’s Update
“Tell me the secret to writing a book?” “Um, well, you sit down and write a book.”
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Tooting My Own Horn for Want of a Tooter
Marketing is difficult. Marketing oneself is a real challenge.
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Idea Review – I Haven’t Read the Book Yet
I’m politicked out. Yes, we had an election yesterday and yes, there will be another one in four years or less. It’s not that I don’t care – I care deeply.
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I Don’t Want to be A Trauma Doctor
I also don’t want to be a greedy lawyer. Or a sexist ad man or a person of nobility from 300 AC.
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