Serials: the Good and the Bad
by Raymond M. Coulombe Once again, I return to a pet peeve of mine. As readers you may have noticed that a lot of […]
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Visiting Old Friends
by Raymond M. Coulombe I’ve got a real hard time letting old books go. That may be why I have more books than the […]
The Disastrous Trip from Pulp to Film
by Raymond M. Coulombe John Carter is a 2012 film from Disney Pictures. It was mostly based on the old Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp series, […]
Summer Reading
by Raymond M. Coulombe I never put up a suggested summer reading list at the beginning of the season. It’s not too late to […]
Death by Amazon
by Raymond M. Coulombe Recently I received a panicky e-mail from a writer I sometimes follow. For reasons unknown, Amazon suddenly banned his books. […]
Just How Anti Do You Like Your Hero?
by Patrick LeClerc This is an important question, both for writers and for readers. The anti hero has gain prominence lately, and there are a […]
What I Learned from Anthony Bourdain
by Patrick LeClerc Anthony Bourdain’s death hit me hard. He was an inspiration to me, through his writing and his television shows, making an impression […]
Skill Sets
by Raymond M. Coulombe The publishing process is more democratic than ever before. It used to be a pretty high bar as publishing took a […]
Out of favor
by Raymond M. Coulombe There are a multitude of writers, good writers, who’ve fallen into obscurity. Others have fallen out of favor. Ernest Hemingway […]
Serialitis
by Raymond M Coulombe When is it time to end a book series? For example, did John Norman’s Chronicles of Gor really need thirty-four […]