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Cecilia Valdes or El Angel Hillby Cirilo Villaverdetranslated from the Spanish by Helen Lane “Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in...

Nowhere Man by Miguel Mejides “Miguel Mejides is a Cuban novelist and storyteller who has been recognized as a major voice in Cuban literature.” —Brown University Akashic Books There...

my self-publishing journey In my previous column I noted how a single promotional site—Bookbub—helped set up the launch of my second book (Tommy Black and the Coat of Invincibility) by...

Reading John Cheever’s “The Swimmer” by Charles May may-on-the-short-story.blogspot.com Two of John Cheever’s best known early stories, “Torch Song” and “The Enormous Radio,” are outright fantasies. Later stories, such as...

my self-publishing journey Entering September of 2015, Tommy Black and the Staff of Light had sold less than 200 books and was sputtering along with no real hope for a...

my self-publishing journey In my last column I noted that traditional publishing marketing methods had turned out to be ineffective. I had sent out copies of the book to over...

Thoughts on the genre from J.K. Ullrich, whose Blue Karma is a finalist in the 2015 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Indie Book by J.K. Ullrich In the carnival...

Thoughts on “cli-fi” from the guy who coined the term by Dan Bloom What is climate fiction? Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood asked that question a few months ago, posing...

University of Virgina Presshttp://upress.virginia.edu Although Michael Crichton’s State of Fear is neither high literature nor scientifically accurate, it may well be the most important climate change novel yet written....