Disney produces fabulous movies around certain characters, and then they commercialize that engagement through toys, books, cruises.
The 370-year-old antique shop Trifles and Folly is the heart of 'Deadly Curiosities,' my new urban fantasy novel from Solaris Books.
Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
I didn't read a lot of comic books. But I was into 'Dandy and The Beano,' which were like a weekly pulp fiction that featured characters like Desperate Dan, Dennis the Menace, and Billy Whizz - pretty simplistic stuff but very entertaining.
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game.
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions.
Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.
A writer's definitive death is when no one reads his books anymore. That's the final death.
While I've never asked my publisher to pull one of my books off the shelves, I have deleted tweets or blog posts that have drawn criticism.
I'm constantly obsessing about brand. I think of my books in terms of brand. I think of my blog articles in terms of branding. How does it fit my branding? I think in terms of demographics.
Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.
I grew up in an apartment that would have made a trailer look really decadent and nice. Pretty much the only dependable thing I had was books.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
A high percentage of each of my books has been written in Des Moines.
I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned my craft from these guys.
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
I'm used to comic books being reimagined, different takes on some of our beloved superheroes.
