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Blurbs!
In case you’re interested in what happens between selling a book and the publication of the book, I’m happy to enlighten you. Being a seasoned veteran of the industry for the past 18 minutes, I feel eminently qualified to do so. This and future blogs will answer many of the questions you may have on…
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Make Me Laugh
“What is the funniest book you’ve ever read?” Book club members often ask me this question, given that my book falls within the literary humor category. And it’s a question I enjoy, because it’s a genre I love. I figure that a book that elicits any emotion – be it discomfort (suspense), dread (detective or…
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Art and the Doorman
At the book clubs I attend for Doorman Wanted, one topic invariably comes up: the role of art within the book. One reader asked the question in this form: Clearly, you love art. Were you an art history major? That did my heart proud. But, no, I was not an art history major (Economics!). I…
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The New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Hello, friends: There’s been a lot of buzz regarding the New York Times’ list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Now that the full list has been revealed, I’ve been enjoying emails and texts from friends who have been commenting about those included and those missing. That’s the nature of a limited…
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Ten Years
When friends ask me how long it took to write Doorman Wanted, I’m mildly embarrassed to give them the answer: ten years. Actually, truth be told, that’s slightly misleading. It took more like fourteen years, but I fudge a bit with the math around the global pandemic period. I don’t really count those “lost years”…
Glenn R Miller 