Featured Books

2012: The Rise of a Third Party in the U. S. by Joseph Gorski
All of Us Warriors by Rebecca Whitehead Munn
Anyone's Son by David Meischen
Arizona Water Bar, The by Drew Aquilina
Art of Forgiveness, The by Carolyn CJ Jones
Art of Symeon Shimin, The by Tonia Shimin
Baptism by Fire by Abraham Moreno
Bargain$, Budget$, Discount$, and Deal$ by Brian M. Mich
Brainwashed by Ramdyal Bhola
Budaniel: and Simba the Toy Lion by Susan Kapanke
Bug's Journey, The by George Wheaton
Camelot Revisited by R. L. Greenwood
Careering by Tamara S. Raymond
Childhood Memories by Ronald Mortenson
Chronicles of a Marine Rifleman by Herb Brewer
Circle of Life, The by Frank Natale
Credit the Crocodile by Godfrey Harris
Crimson Red by Pichui
Cromby's Axiom by Gary J. Kirchner
Dark Legends by Josh Stevens
Darkness at Dawn, The by Pamela Roberts Lee
Dead Horses by David E. Knop
Dementia, A Love Story by Stephen Lewis
Devil’s Bookkeepers: Book 3, The by Mark H Newhouse
Discovering and Embracing Your Life Purpose by Paul Peters
Earth As It Is  by Jan Maher
Eban and the Dolphins by Carolyn Davis
End of Aphrodite, The by Laurette Folk
Entanglement by John K. Danenbarger
Flynn And Miranda by Joseph B Wallenstein
For All Eternity by J. C. Gottlieb
Government 2.0 by Joseph Gorski
Grownup Guide To Effective Crankiness, A by Steven Joseph
Harnessing the Power of Grief by Julie Potter, MSW, LCSW
Heart Wood by Shirley DicKard
Helen's Orphans by Ron Fritsch
Here with the Winter by J. Penrod Scott
Hero in the Footnotes by Michael Etches
Housing Security by Carol Lamberg
How Willie Wombat Won the Race by Sandra Swain
Icon of Strength by J.C. Henry
In the Aftermath by Beth SK Morris
Inspired by the Holy Ghost by Aimee Cabo
It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay
It's You by Dee Dee Welch
June Bug Catcher, The by Heather Ball
Last Dance, The by Fr. Eddie Martin
Last Lumenian, The by S. G. Blaise
Last Moon, The by DeAnn Lubel
Life of a Nurse by Alice Marlett
Lost Child of World War II, The by Leonida Clarete-Watson
Love For A Deaf Rebel by Derrick King
Maker Messiah by Ed Miracle
Meet God by Greg Carman
Mental Telepathy Affair Diary or Tides of Fate by David C. Fitch
Merged by Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl
Michael’s Place by Gerald Myers
Migratory Birds by Melda Sherman
Miss Claus and Her Bunnies by Dr. Barbara ten Brink
Molly’s Song by Lee Hutch
Mothers of Pine Way by Corrine Ardoin
Mrs. C: A Holiday Fantasy by S.P. Perone
No Fear No Doubt No Regret by Robert Omilian
Ophelia's Room by Michael Scott Garvin
Origins of AIDS and Autism, The by Ronald Besser
Persistence of Memory and Other Stories, The by Jan Maher
Poems to Ponder by Francis Rawlinson
Quickies by Don P. Marquess
Reckoning Book Two, The by Jeffrey Pierce
Rendezvous to Remember, A by Terry Marshall and Ann Garretson Marshall
Rescuing General Patton by Curtis Stephen Burdick
Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories by K
Runnin’ with FROGs by George R. Worthington
Santa Fe Tom by Rachel Bate
Seriously! Are We THERE Yet?! by Paolina Milana
Seven Papers by Dan M. Mrejeru
Shandy & Orion by Kathy Rocus
Starlight in the Dawn by Naveen Sridhar
Tara's Treasures by Betty Elza
Through the Rainy Season by Adam Martinez
To Bury the Cloud by Leah Margolis
Training Wires of the Soul by David Solomon and Delynn Solomon
Trials of the Cave People, The by R. L. Greenwood
Twelve Gifts from the Garden, The by Charlene Costanzo
Under The Divi Tree by Michael Solomon
Visit to the Kingdom of Camelot, A - Series 1 by R. L. Greenwood
Visit to the Kingdom of Camelot, A - Series 2 by R. L. Greenwood
Way to the Shining City, The by Elaine Stienon
Wheel of Time, The by D. W. Kreger
Whispers of the Sidhe by C. L. Roberts-Huth
Who's Controlling You? by Mardi Harjo
Why Are There Monkeys? by Brooke Jones
Woven Flag, The by Margaret Fourt Goka
         
 
 
 
 
The Book Killers: Poor Revisions - Executing the Process
In this ongoing series, Christopher Klim, author and senior editor of the US Review of Books, takes a look at common errors that undermine books.

All fine writing is the result of rewriting. I don’t know who coined that phrase, but it is certainly a fact. The first draft is the art of writing. The revision process exists to recognize mistakes and mop up the mess, and readers never witness the accident. Readers seek the ease of flawlessness.
 
EXECUTING REVISIONS
The four level revision process in Write to Publish a top down approach. Work the levels in iterations. Be comfortable with the work at one level, before moving onto the next. This builds the structure of the story before fixing the mess wrought by the construction. It also saves time. Why perfect a scene or paragraph that might not remain in the finished version? Upon passing from level two to three, a solid story stands in place. All scenes will remain on the story line and in their current position. It is now a matter of making them resonate in the reader’s mind. ...
 
 
Reviews for August 2021
2012: The Rise of a Third Party in the U.S. by Joseph Albert Gorski
Around the World in Five Lines by James B. Anstead
Art Improv 101 by Carolyn V. Hamilton
Baptism by Fire by Abraham Moreno
Bargain$, Budget$, Discount$, and Deal$ by Brian M. Mich
Basa by William Jakab
Brainwashed by Ramdyal Bhola
Bug’s Journey, The by George Wheaton
Camelot Revisited by R. L. Greenwood
Childhood Memories by Ronald Mortenson
Chronicles of a Marine Rifleman by Herb Brewer
Conversation with an Angel, A by Jan Cooper
Crimson Red by Pichui
Dark Legends by Josh Stevens
Discovering and Embracing Your Life Purpose by Paul Peters
Earth As It Is by Jan Maher
Fairies and the Global Tree to the Rescue by Carol Trembath
Faith in Action by Lois Lund
Family Trip to Magical Madagascar and Beyond by Nicki Geigert
Farm Shop, The by Devon Avery
Fetal Right to Life Argument, The by C. Paul Smith
Flynn And Miranda by Joseph B Wallenstein
Government 2.0 by Joseph Gorski
Grownup Guide To Effective Crankiness, A by Steven Joseph
Harnessing the Power of Grief by Julie Potter, MSW, LCSW
Here with the Winter by J. Penrod Scott
Hero in the Footnotes by Michael Etches
Hold On by Ann Anders
How Willie Wombat Won the Race by Sandra Swain
I, Tarzan by Jean-Philippe Soulé
Icon of Strength by J.C. Henry
It's You by Dee Dee Welch
Last Lumenian, The by S. G. Blaise
Last Moon, The by DeAnn Lubell
Life of a Nurse by Alice Marlett
Little Ones by Lori Cameron
Lost Child of World War II, The by Leonida Clarete-Watson
Me, Cancer and Dr. Blue Eyes by Liz M. Mendoza
Meet God by Greg Carman
Mental Telepathy Affair Diary or Tides of Fate by David C. Fitch
Michael’s Place by Gerald Myers
Migratory Birds by Melda Sherman
Miss Claus and Her Bunnies by Dr. Barbara ten Brink
Origins of AIDS and Autism, The by Ronald Besser
Poems to Ponder by Francis Rawlinson
Quickies (Don't You Just Love Quickies) by Don P. Marquess
Raise Your Consciousness by Sujata Gorai
Reckoning Book Two, The by Jeffrey Pierce
Rocky Comfort Ranch by Joann Klusmeyer
Runnin’ with FROGs by George R. Worthington
Seven Papers by Dan M. Mrejeru
Shandy & Orion by Kathy Rocus
Sunrise, Sunset a Book of Poems by Nichola K. Wallace
Tales of Southernere: Volume I by Indra Zufayri Hamdan
There Is all of Forever by Thomas Fondy
Through the Rainy Season by Adam Martinez
To Bury the Cloud by Leah Margolis
Under the Divi Tree by Michael Solomon
Visit to the Kingdom of Camelot, A - Series 1 by R. L. Greenwood
Visit to the Kingdom of Camelot, A - Series 2 by R. L. Greenwood
Way to the Shining City, The by Elaine Stienon
World's End and the Sea Angle by Yank Shi
Zodiac Revisited, The, Volume 1 by Michael F. Cole
 
 
 
 
Focus Review
 
The Future of Buildings, Transportation and Power
by Roger Duncan and Michael E. Webber
 
"Moreover, we believe that the increasing interconnections of energy and information in these sectors present a fascinating story about our future."

As the title aptly indicates, this volume explores the possibilities and probabilities of future technologies in building, transportation, and power infrastructure. The topics focus upon the increasing exchange of power and information among these systems and the energy requirements necessary to manufacture and sustain these networks. Authors Duncan and Webber are well equipped to lead this discussion as academics engaged in university research and education concerning energy resources, energy efficiency, energy policy, and environmental sustainability. They are also involved outside academia in various activities related to energy and the environment.. ... (read more)
 
Recommended Reviews
All of Us Warriors by Rebecca Whitehead Munn
Anyone's Son by David Meischen
Arizona Water Bar, The by Drew Aquilina
Art of Symeon Shimin, The by Tonia Shimin
Budaniel: and Simba the Toy Lion by Susan Kapanke
Childhood Memories by Ronald Mortenson
Crimson Red by Pichui
Darkness at Dawn, The by Pamela Roberts Lee
End of Aphrodite, The by Laurette Folk
Farm Shop, The by Devon Avery
For All Eternity by J. C. Gottlieb
Heart Wood by Shirley DicKard
High Creativity Unmasked by William A. Therivel
Housing Security by Carol Lamberg
June Bug Catcher, The by Heather Ball
Last Dance, The by Fr. Eddie Martin
Love For A Deaf Rebel by Derrick King
Maker Messiah by Ed Miracle
Mastering the Lost Art of Oratory by Robert A. Babcock, MSEd
Merged by Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl
Molly’s Song by Lee Hutch
My Physical And Spiritual Journey into Truth by Ainsley H Chalmers
No Fear, No Doubt, No Regret by Robert Omilian
Ophelia's Room by Michael Scott Garvin
Persistence of Memory and Other Stories, The by Jan Maher
Rectified by Pollyanna Porter
Rendezvous to Remember, A by Terry Marshall and Ann Garretson Marshall
Starlight in the Dawn by Naveen Sridhar
Training Wires of the Soul, Volume II by David Solomon and Delynn Solomon
Trials of the Cave People, The by R.L. Greenwood
Why are There Monkeys? by Brooke Jones

 
 
 
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