February 2014

What do bestselling writers like to read?

Writers are inspired and informed by authors they’ve read. I asked some best-selling authors what they like to read most. This week, I’ve asked two very different authors for their opinions. Best-selling Toby Neal is author of the Lei Crime series, set in her home state of Hawai’i; Russell Blake writes thrillers from his home […]

Independent novel review: An Unlikely Goddess by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar

Unlike most independent authors, Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, known on Twitter as @Moha_Doha, eschews genre writing. Her novels include elements of romance, but they do not follow the conventional girl-meets-boy story. An Unlikely Goddess is mainstream literature, and you can even look at it as part of the stream of books about the Indian immigrant experience, along […]

You just don’t see this anymore. Photo by Travis Ruse, cropped by Gallifreyan Postman at en.wikipedi alicensed under Creative Commons It’s fascinating to see a long-range social and economic transformation take place before your eyes. Particularly in as mundane a place as a city bus.    I believe in public transit, and I’ve used it regularly for years. Decades, […]