D.W. St. John
Author profiles are written by the authors themselves. Did you know that? That's why in author bio's, authors never 'live' anywhere---they 'reside.' Sounds more profound, doesn't it? But, honestly, they just live somewhere.Authors are neither more clever nor more interesting than you are, they...
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Author profiles are written by the authors themselves. Did you know that? That's why in author bio's, authors never 'live' anywhere---they 'reside.' Sounds more profound, doesn't it? But, honestly, they just live somewhere.Authors are neither more clever nor more interesting than you are, they just have to pretend to be, because who would pay to read a book by someone as ordinary as they are?Why do we write? Every writer has a different reason.We want people to think we're smart.We're not comfortable talking to people directly. We can write all the clever stuff we could never think of in real life. We want to share our dreams.We want to make a few shekels.The more naive of us may want to change the world. That's all.Be well and may reading be a great joy to you.
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It had its moments, but I abandoned this book halfway through. I enjoy satire as much as the next person, but this ultimately became overbearing and flat, never really escaping the most basic level of sarcasm. Simply lampooning popular publishing myths -- consistently adopting a stance opposite of w...
"Gary Stu + major ranting = this not-a-story"The purpose of this book seemed to be to advance the author's negative opinions about our current education system and not to tell an engaging story. I finished the book, but I admit that I ended up skimming over many scenes where characters were going on...
I hate to say this, but this book is probably the worst I've read in a long time. The story is confusing, the narration is disjointed, and the tension is intermittent at best. In other words, don't bother.
I won this as a First Reads giveaway, and I was really excited to read it. I consider myself to be a forward thinking, open minded sort, and the thought of reading the "lies" that Americans must tell themselves in order to be "Good" Americans was interesting to me. I was interested in this because I...
All this book is a list of debatable statements. That's it. No justification or research, just a list.In the introduction the author says the book isn't aimed to convince anyone of anything and that if we want to find evidence to back up his statements we should look on the internet.What the fuck ...
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