Music and Book Reviews

You may have read by now in one of my interviews how fond I am of classical music. In fact, I usually listen to Classic FM all day long. Another thing I love is reading the Economist. I may disagree with half their editorials, but they’re always well-written and...

Life Before and After the Internet

As you know, I just came back from holidays and had over 1,000 emails to sort through.  We had booked a nice place by the sea, which advertised free wi fi on all premises.  As you have gathered from this blog post  –and from the impressive amount of emails that piled...

5000 Thanks!

This week has been a strange one: I passed the 5,000 followers’ mark on Twitter, and the 500 one on this blog and on my Facebook author page. Image: iblogo.com Image: sessuologiacagliari.blogspot.com I’ve also been nominated for two blog awards: a Very...

Boredom, Relaxation and Single-Tasking

Have you noticed how we never get bored any more?  We always multitask, rarely doing just the one thing.  Last week I came across a number of articles about boredom and how useful – and highly unusual, nowadays – it is.  I guess that is because of the summer. People...

How to Get your Kids to Read

I found a lovely post on Amazon by Jeff Gunhus, and just had to share! Jeff details how he started his Jack Templar book series as a way to get his two young boys to read. This is what he has to say: “My son Jack was smart and outgoing. He got great grades. But...

Thank you!

The new version of my sci-fi collection, The Power of Six, is now live.  There are a number of differences with the old one. The new subtitle explains the main one: the new version contains an extra story by Amos M. Carpenter, who is now a published author, as...