Bill's Super Secret Blog!

Reading the novels isn’t enough? Don’t worry, I post updates…

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Can Bill finish his next novel in the next FIVE WEEKS??

Can fun novels actually help you … grow?

So I went through this iffy period awhile back where I was reading all these classic Agatha Christie mysteries. (Maybe you can relate.) And somehow, she kept harping on the “green-eyed monster.”

Does your spell checker hate you?

Of course, yes, I’ll freely admit that the Squiggly Red Line saves my literary neck all the time. In fact, I just managed to mistype “squiggly”. But what about this whole ideal of “perfect” spelling being moderated by a computer? Let’s face it: making up words is fun.

Hilarious Cozy Mystery Alert: Gertie Johnson in Murder Passes the Buck

For me, this first adventure of Gertie Johnson, a sharp sixty-six-year-old widow in the wacky wilds of Michigan’s UP, hits all the right notes.

When Do Your Fellow Readers Quit Reading a Novel?

You know why YOU quit reading a novel … but what about everyone else? Their secret “rules” may surprise you….

When Do You Quit Reading a Novel? (+ a Movie I’m Glad I Finished)

Do you have particular triggers that make you quit? Cursing? Violence? Sex? Gratuitous brand names?