Author: G Robert Frazier
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Sports media has lost its cool over ‘deflategate’
New England Patriots players Friday said they have faith in quarterback Tom Brady and support him completely, despite the sports media who would just as soon as string him up by a noose without a trial. Thursday’s Bellichick and Brady press conferences were media circuses, and no matter what either man…
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Book Review: The Accident makes mistake of being too wordy
I like short, snappy sentences and paragraphs. And lots of white space. Stories read faster. Your eye swiftly races through the action, reading from left to right, from top to bottom, the pages turning. James Patterson novels are a perfect example. Most of his books feature paragraphs of two or…
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The Martian is smart, often tedious, tale of survival
by G. Robert Frazier The Martian by Andy Weir isn’t lacking for quality reviews on the Internet, so it was a little surprising to find the book was available for a free read in exchange for an honest review on Blogging for Books. Already a New York Times Bestseller, the…
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Join the ranks: Nashville Film Fest looking for a few good readers
Since it’s Giving Tuesday, I thought I should share a unique way for you to give back: You can be a volunteer reader for the Nashville Film Festival’s Screenwriting Competition. This is my second year as a reader for the competition, wherein I get to read dozens of scripts and…
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Authors & Artists Assemble! Making comics takes teamwork
If you grew up enjoying comic books like me, you probably have entertained the notion of writing or drawing your own comic book one day. It’s a thrilling and unique medium, and it clearly takes a team effort to bring the adventures of your favorite super-heroes to life month after…
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Beware of frozen food cups and bare feet
They should put a warning label on those new Stouffer’s Cheeseburger Mac cups. One that reads: Caution, Frozen Mac and Cheese Cups Can Cause Physical Injury if It Should Roll Out of Your Freezer and Drop on Your Bare Foot. Ouch! That’s what happened to me this morning as I opened…
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Physical books are more fun to read than their digital cousins
As an author, I welcome the opportunity to reach a wider audience by publishing in multiple formats, including audio, print and online. But as a reader, I clearly prefer being able to hold a physical book in my hands. Of course, I am biased. I was born in the sixties…
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Everyone’s an expert on writing, or so they think
How-to articles on the writing craft are a dime a dozen. They’re all over the internet, in my email’s inbox daily, on my Facebook feed, and in the dozens of Writer’s Digest magazines and writing books in my personal library. And everyone is an expert, or so they claim. Today,…
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Review: Sleepy Hollow novel fills void until new season starts
Besides The Walking Dead, there’s one show I’m looking forward to more this season than any other: Fox’s Sleepy Hollow. The first season, in which Colonial soldier Ichabod Crane finds himself thrust into the present to do battle with the Headless Horseman and other no-goodniks, was both smartly written and…
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Picking up where I left off…
Earlier this year I began work on a mystery/thriller novel. I created character sketches and bios. I filled up a corkboard with sticky notes describing key scenes and character arcs. I invested in Scrivener and learned enough about it to actually start using it. I wrote about 18,000 words. Then,…
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