Posts Tagged ‘otherwriters’

  • Your Top Three Books Of The Year?

    Your Top Three Books Of The Year?

    December 26th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 46 Comments

    Let’s assume that now that the holidays have largely come and gone, folks have received e-readers aplenty. I don’t have data on this, but I’m guessing it’s true — I bet the Kindles were flying out of the Amazon warehouses. Seems like a good time to revisit the books you read this year.

    Read More

  • Let The Carousel Of Pimpage Go ‘Round And ‘Round

    Let The Carousel Of Pimpage Go ‘Round And ‘Round

    December 8th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 77 Comments

    Internet Ubermeister John Scalzi said, “Hey, come here to parade your traditionally-published books, come here to parade your self-pub works, come here to tell us about your other awesome arts and crafts.” Awesome for him to open his blog that way. Here I’m reminded — hey, I have not done that in a while.

    Read More

  • The Five, By Robert McCammon

    The Five, By Robert McCammon

    June 28th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 36 Comments

    This tale of “The Five” — Nomad, Ariel, Mike, Terry, and Berke — takes those same trips down dark alleys, concerning itself less with a mechanical thriller-slash-horror plot and more with the nature of these characters and the power and madness of rock-n’-roll in this day and age. THE FIVE is McCammon’s ULYSSES.

    Read More

  • Your Own Shelf Of Writing Advice

    Your Own Shelf Of Writing Advice

    May 26th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 48 Comments

    I love what other authors have to say about the writing process. How about you? What books of advice do you have on your shelves? Why are they there? Any books you didn’t like? Feel free to extend this out to blogs, too. I’m curious: where do you get your advice, and why?

    Read More

  • Shake Them Pom-Poms, Cheerleaders

    Shake Them Pom-Poms, Cheerleaders

    May 18th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 81 Comments

    As you may know, once in a while I like to open up the Circus of Pimpage — I undo the ropes, open the tent-flaps, and let the drunken elephants in velvet robes and grill-mouthed clowns with ruby-encrusted pimp cups come tumbling out. (That sounds like a creepy sexual metaphor. I assure you, it is not. Button up your britches.)

    Read More