Some stories require a willing suspension of disbelief. Others, like Daniel Palmer’s DELIRIOUS, grab you by the throat and give you no choice but to be immersed. They make you look over your shoulder and under your bed…and it’s glorious.DELIRIOUS isn’t really the kind...
Find me a brand or a marketer, and I’ll show you someone who is keen to jump up and holler, “I know my customers! I love my customers!”But most don’t.Just look at Groupon and Borders. While their businesses are in wildly different places at the moment, they share a...
If you did well in geography, when you read “Davos” you think “Switzerland.” If, however, you follow global financial and technology news, Davos is synonymous with the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum.For those not familiar with it, the WEF is a...
I was not going to read THE CYPRESS HOUSE because when I read the “coming attractions” brief description, it said something about supernatural, and that turned me right off. Supernatural just is not my cup of tea. Or coffee.Having now read it, I understand why the...
Twitter is many things to millions of people, especially marketing people. And most of them are too busy thinking outside the box about their leading solution to use it in a manner even vaguely resembling useful.I have heard Twitter alternately described as a:News...
I’m a big advocate for FridayReads. FridayReads is a social community endeavor that started as a Twitter hashtag, and has evolved to include a Facebook page that comes alive each week and a blog where we post the Best Read List, which reflects what the...
If you know me, you know I’m not a fan of anything News Corp. does, and damn if they didn’t set up a hole though which I could pilot a semi when they launched their app, The Daily, while likely the biggest global news story of 2011 unfolded in Egypt. But this...
Notes on book reviews: I’m going to forgo synopses in these because there are more than enough of them out there, and others are more adept at writing them than I could ever hope to be.It’s unlikely I’ll ever be asked to write a blurb for a book cover, but I’m...
Brad Parks’ new book, EYES OF THE INNOCENT, is now available. If you’re not familiar with Brad, suffice to say that he’s won a bunch of well-deserved awards.Here are 5 reasons you should read EYES OF THE INNOCENT:The cover art is excellent. Simple,...
When it comes to Ireland, I’m nothing if not biased. I was named after the country; my dad was writing his Master’s thesis about WB Yeats when I was born, and chose a name that honored his family’s heritage and couldn’t be transformed to a nickname,...
