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 Axie Barclay | Nov 25, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
A Different Kind of Holiday By Axie Barclay Warning: if you’re a lover of holidays, this article may offend you. The Spousal-Type Creature and I were out shopping one night, browsing Halloween costumes to see if anything caught our eye for the two-year-old Offspring....
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 Axie Barclay | Aug 5, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
The Wandering Cow Axie Barclay Regardless of how you read your books these days (or book reviews for that matter!), whether on e-reader, smartphone, piped into your ears with a set of headphones, or in a printed hard copy, things that won’t change are the demand for...
by Site Owner | May 27, 2014 | Words from the Root Cellar
Pet Peeves (the worst kind of domesticated companions) By Axie Barclay I’ve been reviewing books since 2010 or thereabouts, and have started editing professionally as well for a romance press. I have an English degree and have been an avid fiction reader since...
