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It has always bothered me when a new actor is brought in to replace another actor who has already been established as a franchise character. I don’t think I’m alone in this viewpoint. The first time I noticed this occurrence was when I was a child and Sarah Chalke replaced Alicia Goranson as Becky (otherwise known as the “two beckys”).

Tuesday’s writing tip for authors Have you been concerned with the economic news lately? It’s hard to avoid, isn’t it. “Stock rise!” one day, “Stocks fall!” the next. Gloom and doom headlines seem to be everywhere. As the world economy enters an “age of uncertainty,” It’s easy to find reasons to become discouraged about becoming a published author in your field.

Satyajit Ray, the mastermind of the Indian film industry needs no introduction. The Bengali gem started his career as a commercial artist and was fascinated to by film-making. Once, while designing the cover and making illustrations for the famous Bengali author Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay’s novel

Ridley Scott has acquired the film-rights to Joe Haldeman's magnificent, Hugo-award-winning classic science fiction novel, The Forever War. This is one of the great anti-war novels of all time. As I wrote about it in 2003, "I picked up a copy of Joe Haldeman's classic novel The Forever War last night as a gift for a friend, but I'm going to keep it.

This past week was busy, as you can tell by my busy face to the left…because obviously your face gets smaller and your hat bigger when you are so busy. I was busy with a midterm, reading the pseudepigrapha for my independent study course, working on the Hebrew computer code for Accordance Bible

Admittedly, chapter 9 has some filler. I still don’t get Pony’s little poll about why each of them fights. I finally eliminated questions about that from my quizzes. Unlike almost everything else in the novel, this feels tacked on, maybe just Read More......(read more)

Editorial Reviews Review “…rich in stories…rich in insights” (The Economist, 26th November 2005) The Foreword by renowned marketing guru Philip Kotler sets the stage for a comprehensive review of the latest strategies for building, leveraging, and rejuvenating brands.

From a consumer’s point of view the cost of ebook purchases are undeniably less expensive than their paper counterpart. Many of these ebooks can be downloaded to portable devices allowing consumers to read the material virtually anywhere they go.

My review of the gritty viking adventure The Whale Road was just posted over at BlackGate.com this weekend. This was a fantastic book, full of slick action sequences, vibrant details, and terrific prose. It’s told with one ear aimed at the poetry of the sagas, and the other at the modern military or adventure thriller.

From a consumer’s point of view the cost of ebook purchases are undeniably less expensive than their paper counterpart. Many of these ebooks can be downloaded to portable devices allowing consumers to read the material virtually anywhere they go.