Dale T. Phillips' Rounded Corner

Today we're talking with John Radosta, co-author of  Bob Dylan in Performance: Song, Stage and Screen , a lovely new book that describes...

A few authors and an interested and interactive crowd came together to make a mystery. This was hosted in a joint effort by the Somerville L...

I’ve been to some great conferences for mystery/crime writers and fans: notably our local, beloved Crime Bake (which I’ve compared to Bri...

Well, of the things that could have started the year off, most of us didn't expect the spate of mortality among the arts. The loss of a ...

This post marks the 500th one done here. Holy cow, can't believe it! Most blogs fall off after a while, due to the poster getting busy o...

Was having a rotten day yesterday, and was feeling depressed. Re-read the JA Konrath timeline of the work he was doing when he was breaking ...

We lost a great light when Pete Seeger left this life. His music and work resonates across this country, and the world. He was the cultural ...

A couple of great perspectives here on modern publishing, both in one day! First is Hugh Howey . Who's he? Merely a guy who was writin...

Ironic story seen today. On The Passive Guy site, a great place for publishing news and links, had a story about a former opponent of self...

Neil Armstrong has passed away, the first known human to set foot on the Moon. Let's just take a second to appreciate the extraordinar...

Debbi Mack , NY Times Best-selling author (Least Wanted, Identity Crisis, and the new Riptide), is one of those writers who gives back to ot...

There was a recent terrible tragedy, where one person perpetrated an act of absolute brutality, ending some lives and destroying others. T...

Great post by Seth Godin on the chance of a lifetime: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/12/the-chance-of-a-lifetime.html What wil...

Seven years ago, I stood in the Alumni building at the University of Maine at Orono, where I got my college degree, and saw a few shelves of...

Just attended a wedding today for an old friend. Haven't been to any for awhile-- with our crowd of mostly older folks, weddings are rar...

Today I'm posting someone else's words, not because I'm lazy, but because she says it better. This is from Holly Lisle , one of...

It's been an inspiring week, which is much needed to keep me going through the mountain of hard work and issues of life. Being able t...