When and how do you decide if a book is worth finishing or not? I’m in the middle of “Life of Pi” and it hasn’t really engaged me, but since it was so highly recommended, I keep on reading, determined to finish it. Actually I’m not reading at all, but listening. I bought it from… [Continue]

As I watched the American Idol premier last night, I thought of the study done at Cornell University in 1999 by Justin Kruger and David Dunning. In four separate studies they proved that the clueless and untalented routinely overestimate their abilities, and smart people underestimate theirs. But we already knew that, didn’t we? Web Search… [Continue]

When questioned as to my occupation, my husband Howard usually answers “syndicated columnist.” That’s a good answer, because it is something that almost everyone can understand. The truth, however, is that my weekly newspaper column is just a small part of my publishing business, which includes this newsletter, several websites, several ebooks, a membership site… [Continue]