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I was paid $12,500 to write my book. Here’s why I’m revealing that
The more we know about what other people earn, the more we can understand our own circumstances I was paid a $12,500 advance to write my book, Open Up. Sharing this publicly, even as the author of a book about our emotional relationship with money, was initially petrifying, but I ended up revealing it in the book – it’s there on page 17. When I got the book deal, I’d excitedly tell people and they’d…
April 4, 2019 -
Should You Feel Embarrassed for Reading Kids Books?
Read whatever you want. But you should feel embarrassed when what you’re reading was written for children. Reprehenderit tempor aliquip dolor eiusmod nostrud quis ipsum qui aliquip nostrud tempor aute tempor commodo. Nisi irure aliqua do anim cupidatat et ullamco non sit deserunt aliqua mollit nisi amet. Sit pariatur non aliquip non sint non. Pariatur sint ut consequat et est reprehenderit eu non incididunt nulla. Esse sint esse ad ad aute excepteur cillum non sit…
April 4, 2019 -
Digital vs. Print: The Book Battle Rages On
As the holiday shopping season swings into full force, it’s interesting to watch people buying books. Many a wish list has everything from the latest by Stephen King to an Amazon Gift Card (an actual card or via email) to a new e-reader device. Yet the battle for which is more popular is truly running neck and neck. No matter who you ask, the answer is always different, and usually very passionate. Christine Donovan, from Deerfield…
March 27, 2019 -
A New Restaurant & Bookshop Opens in Raleigh
Kalium Bookshop, a restaurant in downtown Raleigh offering craft beer and dim sum, plus a flower shop and bookstore, opened last Wednesday, the News & Observer reported, noting that the bookshop and floral shop inside will initially operate according to restaurant’s evening schedule, but “eventually will be open during the day to coincide with the brewery and restaurant’s expanded hours.” The bookstore in front has a collection of 400 to 500 books on art, food, travel and literature.…
March 15, 2019 -
New & Noteworthy Books
JUNK, by Les Bohem, read by John Waters. (Audible.) Waters, a Hollywood veteran both in front of and behind the camera, narrates the Emmy-winning screenwriter’s epic story of an alien takeover of Planet Earth, set in present-day Los Angeles. TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH, by Andrew Rannells, read by the author. (Penguin Random House Audio.) The star of “The Book of Mormon” and “Girls” on HBO recounts his coming-of-age from a sexually confused Midwestern teenager to finding…
March 14, 2019
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