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Two new reviews are singing praises for “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” — one at the Joy of Sox blog, another at IndieReview.com. The Joy of Sox (an excellent Boston Red Sox fan blog) has this to say: For anyone that likes mysteries, I can’t imagine The Green Monster not being a satisfying [...]

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Cover of Twilight Fall: A Novel of the Darkyn Recently, there’s been a good discussion about profit and publishing, much of it emanating around the disclosures made by Lynn Viehl, the best-selling author of “Twilight Fall.” According to Viehl, she’s made only $25,000 or so from her book, once expenses for her agent, the writing [...]

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  Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing RJ Keller, author of “Waiting for Spring,” a great novel about a woman in Maine dealing with divorce, rediscovery, and reinvention. The interview can be found at Backword Books, where she and I are part of a consortium of independent literary authors. Not only is the interview [...]

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Another strong review has appeared for “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery.” I’m especially happy with this one, since it’s from a reviewer who praised the first book as well. With a series, you want to keep improving, and it seems I’ve been able to do that: In “The Green Monster,” Johnny Denovo takes [...]

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Image via Wikipedia As readers of “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” have been discussing the book with me, one consistent topic emerges that I find myself toying with — casting the role. If any cinematic treatment of these stories emerges, people have nominated a few actors/celebrities who could play Johnny: John Cusack, for [...]

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Image via Wikipedia With changes to the US tax laws being implemented, it’s worthwhile taking an inventory of the metaphors used by those involved. In some cases, taxes are metaphorically linked to health, as in “tax relief” (pain relief) and “tax burden” (disease burden). There is even the “death tax,” as if wealth could indeed [...]

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Hiding behind movie metaphors only showed that Blago had something to hide.

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Stephen Colbert proves he’s a master of metaphor in an interview with poet Elizabeth Alexander.

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