I support free and open speech … yes, for all! While online, so many don’t. There is no longer any option for debate in an online world. There is no longer any option to talk freely and discuss ideas, or have opinions in the online world, not anymore. The minute you say something the ‘woke‘… Continue reading
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Today’s Aside
Elsewhere around the Blog-O-Spehere: TOP TEN TUESDAY — Top Ten authors I automatically buy REVIEW: THE SILENCED — My thoughts on Anders de la Motte’s excellent novel LIFE AFTER DEATH — An article on Medium, about the passing of my parents AUTUMN IN QUEBEC CITY — Thoughts and photos from autumn last year GAIL Z…. Continue reading
I Swear by God!
My poor suffering partner goes to work every day, next door, in our crowded little office. And spends their day working in Microsoft TEAMS, doing meetings with people who are supposed to be AGILE working in a SCRUM, finding solutions for problems usually caused by someone’s lack of knowledge in any given area. And it… Continue reading
Book Cover Creativity
I love creating book covers for work I’ve yet to finish … it gives me a goal to work towards. What do you think, worthwhile finishing writing these two novellas for these covers?
Busy, Busy Bee, Building …
Well, I haven’t been building a hive or a nest, but if you’ve wondered where I’ve been these last few days—aside from couch surfing after a nasty fall—I’ve been re-building the BOOK BLURB website. Yes, again. I’ve decided after much deliberation to put all my book reviews and have all my book-related posts over there,… Continue reading
Book Review: Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
Title: RESURRECTION BAY Author: Emma Viskic Publisher: Pushkin Press ISBN: 9781782273622 Genre: Mystery | Suspense BACK COVER BLURB Caleb Zelic can’t hear you. But he sees everything. CALEB ZELIC IS ON THE HUNT FOR HIS FRIEND’S KILLER His childhood friend has been brutally murdered—fingers broken, throat slit—at his home in Melbourne. Tortured by guilt, Caleb… Continue reading
Book Review: Inside Out by Barry Eisler
Title: INSIDE OUT Author: Barry Eisler Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 9780345505101 Genre: Thriller BACK COVER BLURB Torture. Ghost detainees. And a massive cover-up that continues even today. Marooned in a Manila jail after a bar fight fatality, black ops soldier Ben Treven gets a visit from his former commander, Colonel Scott Horton, who explains the… Continue reading