Reviews
Review not a writer; read, analyze and understand its writing, which also mirrors and reflects its thoughts and persona.ย Ehsan Sehgal Reviewed By Kenneth Salzmann for Readers Favorite – ๐๐๐๐๐ The more than two dozen short stories in Victoria Rayโs intriguing and inventive collection, So Absurd It Must Be True, undoubtedly deliver aContinue Reading
Author Interview – Jessica Bakkers
LET THIS NOVEL HAUNT YOU…ย 1.ย Iโm so excited to get to talk to you aboutย Guns of Perdition (Armageddon Showdown Series), Jessica! This is your debut novel, and itโs haunting, gorgeous, and dark. Congratulations!ย What can readers coming in fresh to your work expect from this book? Thanks so much for having me, Ray!Continue Reading
The brilliance of D. H. Lawrence: a pornographer or a genius?
I can’t bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel, or a man in the crowd. Writers are often perceived as strange people because of their lifestyle and sometimes because of their writing style. D. H. Lawrence was a British writerContinue Reading
Literature is not innocent
โWhen one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, โWhat does it mean?โ It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable,โ said Rene Magritte about his painting The Lovers.ย As you understand, weโll talk about surrealism, but not about Rene Magritte in particular, althoughContinue Reading
Author Interview – John W. Howell
We chatted with John W. Howell about his new novel Eternal Road: The final stop, the transformation of the heroes, and the meaning behind historical and supernatural elements. 1. What is the significance of the book’s title Eternal Road? The title came to me one day while I was writing one ofContinue Reading
Aspects of the Novel
No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, itโs meant to make you jump out of bed in your underwear and run and beat the authorโs brains out. Bohumil Hrabal, Czech novelist Thereโs a book called Aspects of the Novel, a series of lectures from E. M. Forster,Continue Reading
Author Interview – Sabina Gabrielli Carrara
I spoke with Sabina Gabrielli Carrara, the author of The Last Witch, about herย tricky plot progression, whether she hates this century or no, and what comes next.ย CAUGHT BETWEEN MYSTERY and CRIME 1: We tend to know you as the author of the blog Truly Madly Ordinary and thriller/crime novels Field ofContinue Reading
Book Review. Eternal Road: The Final Stop by John W. Howell
Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.ย There is none to count thy minutes. Rabindranath Tagore The idea of eternity as it relates to God is an essential concept in any religion. We all know that God is eternally existent = God exists outside the human concept of time, but alsoContinue Reading
The Season of Weltschmerz vs. Your Creative Force
A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. ย John A. Shedd Autumn is here, pitch-black evenings and mornings, the true season of Weltschmerz. The darkness is not the only reason to feel despair, isolation, or angst. The stream of political and healthcare crises is destroying the worldContinue Reading
Book Review. My GRL, by John W. Howell
Editorial reviews: When life lands a hammer blow in your face, the best way to respond is to buy a book by John W. Howell. Or all of them! Swipe-Up Dallas Review The bodies of the three men were found in my apartment yesterday. Iโd like to invite John W. Howell toContinue Reading