I’m just now getting around to this. These are the ten books I read when I was young. I’m going to do this a bit differently, and limit my list to books that influenced my writing as well as my tastes. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien I grew up near these amazing woods. They were my woods, and with their remnants of stone walls, giant oak trees, and a Read more…
We’ve been writing this song for a long time. Often the solitary one finds grace for himself the mercy of the Lord, Although he, sorry-hearted, must for a long time row by long strokes along the waterways, along the ice-cold sea, tread the paths of exile. I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger I’m traveling through this world of woe Yet there’s no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright land to which I go I’m Read more…
I’ve been drafted in the Amazon-Hachette war. But I’ve decided to be a conscientious objector to Amazon’s attempts to put me on the front lines. Here is my response to the Amazon [this link goes to the company’s Investor Relations page] letter that arrived in my in-box: Dear Kindle Support team, In a word: No. While you have a lot of convincing arguments — the paperback argument, the “books compete with other forms of media” Read more…