Word Clouds Created From My Novel The Protectors

Thursday, September 29, 2011

... perhaps the word cloud cool factor has faded but...

ome word clouds based on my novel The Protectors. View album here.

Posted 2011/09/23 at 15h13ET in The Protectors (A Thriller).

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Please, Please, Please, No More

Saturday, October 8, 2011 ... what is the best way to start your novel ... C ount them. One. Two. I downloaded two thriller e-books from amazon.com, both published by the author, and they both started the same way: the character waking up and going about some morning ritual. Both books were in the top 100 bestsellers of Mystery & Thrillers Fiction. Both had many positive reviews. Those facts seemed encouraging, but once I read the opening scene, I stopped. I did not continue. But James that seems harsh? Perhaps, yes, but the writer is sending a signal with such an opening. It says, I have more to learn about writing thrillers for today’s audience. Why do I say that? Because a waking-up scene is mundane. It’s ordinary. It happens to us everyday. We don’t read thrillers for the mundane and ordinary. We read them for the extraordinary. We read them to live vicariously through the characters. We read them to be entertained. There is nothing in those waking-up scenes th...

Analysis of Amazon E-book Fiction Bestsellers (Week #1)

Sunday, October 30, 2011 ... trying to make sense of the amazon bestsellers and pricing for e-books ... E ach hour Amazon updates its bestsellers lists. I have taken a daily snapshot of the top 20 bestsellers in the e-book fiction list for the past week. See here . What can be learnt from these data? 1. 4 out 5 of the bestsellers are from print or traditional authors. Most are brand-named authors who dominate the print bestsellers. 2. Almost all of the authors have multiple titles to their credit. The author of The Help is a notable exception. 3. The e-book prices of indie authors are substantially lower than print authors. For the most part, their titles are priced at $0.99. 4. The books on the list fall into four categories: (i) pre-release from brand-named authors, (ii) new or recently released titles (iii) long-term bestsellers (greater than one year), (iv) backlist titles. Indie authors fall into (ii) and (iv). 5. The indie authors includes authors who ...

The Heiress (1949)

Sunday, March 8, 2009 The Heiress. Feature film. (1949, 115 mins) IMDB ... One of the greatest endings to a film ... T HE HEIRESS is a classic, must-see film. It has a big time director in William Wyler, big stars with Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift, an intriguing story line and one of the best endings of any movie. You won't forget it. de Havilland plays Catherine, an unmarried woman living with her father, who is a physician, in the wealthy area of Washington Square, NYC. Her mother died some years ago and left her a yearly allowance to live on. It's a substantial sum of money, hence she's the heiress. Her father has his own wealth and may or may not leave it to her when he dies. The reason she's unmarried isn't looks or money, it's her personality. She's bashful, shy, awkward. It's impossible to have any conversation with her. Enter a suitor played by Clift. He's incredibly handsome, charming to the point of f...

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