Patti Abbott asked me to blog about a forgotten children's book, but I wasn't big on reading until high school. The first books to pique my interest were To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye, hardly forgotten.
So I'll blog about the first extracurricular reading I did, The Fifth Profession by David Morrell. The cover touted Morrell as the creator of Rambo and its synopsis grabbed me.
Ex-Navy SEAL-turned-professional bodyguard Savage is hired to rescue beautiful Rachel Stone from her abusive husband. Teaming with fellow bodyguard and modern samurai Akira, Savage plunges into a globe-trotting adventure with surprising psychological depth.
Two months after reading The Fifth Profession, I got hooked on Robert B. Parker's Spenser and his similar dynamic with Hawk, and the rest is bookshelf history.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Burn Notice: The Book
Tod Goldberg, author of the upcoming Burn Notice tie-in novel, The Fix, talks about his process bringing Michael Westen to life on the page.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
"F---ing Tomatoes!"
The entry title is my way of announcing my two latest poems at AsininePoetry.com, "George Carlin Goes to... ?" and "Tomatophilia". Be warned, the Carlin poems contains one of the seven words he made famous.
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