by Axie Barclay | Mar 24, 2015 | Columns, Words from the Root Cellar
Where Have All the Good Books Gone? By Axie Barclay This article, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/11470185/Why-great-novels-dont-get-noticed-now.html, caught my notice recently. And it hit upon something I’ve been noticing for a while. Now,...
by Site Owner | Oct 21, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
E-books vs. Print Books: Where Do You Stand? By Axie Barclay In the recent Amazon vs. Hachette controversy (which I have all but ignored without impunity), it is again brought to our attention this clash between e-books and print books, indie publishing vs....
by Site Owner | Aug 12, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
Does Genre Matter? Axie Barclay Growing up my dad had a saying: a good horse has no color. I remember instantly loving this idea, but also being rather disconcerted. If a good horse has no color, then how do you judge a good horse? By other means, he seemed to be...
by Site Owner | Apr 28, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
Treat Others How You Want to Be Treated By Axie Barclay The last couple months we’ve focused on relationships and positive ways to build and maintain them. To wrap, here are some ways to kill relationships deader than my baby tomatoes that got frosted by a freak April...
by Site Owner | Jan 17, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
On Having It All (Just Not All At Once) By Axie Barclay I used to hate platitudes. “It’s always something.” “It is what it is.” “It was (or wasn’t) meant to be.” And, my personal favorite, “You never run out of work on a farm.” My grandmother is most notable for...
