N. Frank Daniels wrote a new blog post: East Garrison by G.M. Weger

The more self-published books I read, the more despondent I get over the state of what now appears to pass for “writing” in general. With some (OK, most) of these books, you are sometimes forced to wonder if it isn’t a case of reader bias brought [...]

  11 months, 1 week ago · View

N. Frank Daniels wrote a new blog post: No Mad by Sam Moffie

Sam Moffie’s No Mad (get it?) is (unfortunately, because I really was ready to like this novel) a perfect example of why self-published books are generally given a bad rap. This book is a mess. I suppose it could be left at that and No Mad [...]

  1 year ago · View

N. Frank Daniels wrote a new blog post: The Travels of Annie T. Hastings – Edited by Michael Hastings

The Travels of Annie T. Hastings purports to be the true-life journals of the editor’s mother. Without any background information other than what is offered within the book itself, one must take this claim at face-value, I suppose. Which may be its Achilles heel. More [...]

  1 year, 1 month ago · View

N. Frank Daniels wrote a new blog post: Guest Post: N. Frank Daniels

On November 11, 2006, I wrote an article for Susan Henderson’s lit website LitPark, titled “After the Goldrush.” The article was a death knell for my pursuit of a writing career and a salute to all of us who have this same affliction. I’d doggedly [...]

  1 year, 8 months ago · View