Beauty and the Beast
The Gargoyle has been a most pleasant surprise. A surprise because the book was given to me with little advance press, it being a galley copy made available to librarians and book sellers prior to hitting the shelves. A surprise because this is a first time author and a Canadian one, to boot. Mostly, it [...]
Size Matters
Last time, I wrote about two-letter words. I subsequently came across this interesting entry, published back in June 2007 at Amazing Posts, which focused on words considerably longer. In fact the spotlight was on the longest words in the English language. The longest word ever to appear in the English dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis at 45 [...]
What’s On Your Bookshelf?
My wife and I have begun the process of de-cluttering our home. Going through old clothes is one thing, old books another. I have decided to take an hour or so every now and then to look over our various bookshelves…including the ones buried in the basement. You know…the ones that contain old text books [...]
It’s a Mystery
Everyone likes to cuddle up with a good mystery, right? Mysteries draw readers in by bringing suspense and intrigue to their already uncertain lives. Mysteries, like all genres, are formulaic. There is the creation of an ordered, sometimes very elaborate, universe to serve as the backdrop for the story. In a world of shifting time [...]
