by LB | Jul 14, 2013 | John Warren Wells, LB's Afterthoughts
I can explain. And I think I’d better. Let me begin by telling you, Gentle Reader, that the book you just read, the script and production diary of the 1970s film Different Strokes, is nothing but a pack of lies. No such film was ever produced, and all the engaging...
by LB | Jul 2, 2013 | Chip Harrison, John Warren Wells, Newsletter, Short Stories
Here’s a newsletter that went out to subscribers a few hours ago. Some of the material will be familiar to followers of this blog—but not all of it. There are, for example, three books free to Kindlers for the next several days, and the lowdown on Smashwords: I...
by LB | Jun 21, 2013 | Books, John Warren Wells
Launching the 18 John Warren Wells books as Kindle Select titles has allowed me to give some away periodically, so that y’all can see if they’re your cup of tea (or 5-hour energy drink). But that meant leaving out all the Nooksters and ApplePickers and...
by Admin | May 3, 2013 | John Warren Wells
Over the years, a few booksellers and collectors have tried to locate a Dell book listed as Their Own Thing—but no one has ever seen a copy, or heard tell of one offered for sale. My friend Lynn Munroe, paperbacker extraordinaire, reports a solution to the mystery:...
by LB | Apr 4, 2013 | In Collaboration with Donald Westlake, John Warren Wells, Keller, Matthew Scudder
Here’s a newsletter that went out to subscribers yesterday: “LB’S NEWS OF ALL MEDIA” Well, that’s an exaggeration, isn’t it? There’s a medium or two of which I have no news to report. Skywriting, for example. T-shirts with...
by LB | Mar 1, 2013 | Commentary, John Warren Wells, Keller, Short Stories
It’s the first of the month, and it’s my habit to mark the occasion by making “Rabbits, rabbits” my first utterance of the day. This is supposed to bring good luck for the new month. I can’t say it doesn’t work; those months that...