November 30, 2012 – 1:25 pm
You just went out and had a really nice meal at your favorite place to eat. It might be a local joint you’ve gone to for years. Maybe it’s an Italian or French bistro. It might be a chain or one of those local diners that’s been a legendary destination in your community for generations. [...]
October 3, 2012 – 3:18 pm
Greetings readers! During Banned Books Week, I’m pleased to announce a special guest blog (rap) by Sir Read-A-Lot. It’s best sometimes to just let your guest blogger take it away. So take it away Sir Read-A-Lot Oh. My. God. Becky, look at her book It’s so big She looks like one of those readers Who [...]
September 10, 2012 – 11:42 am
The comedian Louis CK has a hilarious routine about how we live in an amazing time with incredible technology and no one is happy. He talks about how we have phones that we carry in our pocket we can pull out and call China, but we complain when the reception is bad or a text [...]
May 12, 2012 – 1:20 pm
Hail Readers! Here at team Spradlin we are constantly working to bring you the best most fascinating books possible. Using the latest technology we look a variety of metrics, meta-data, verticals and other such buzzwords (and we have no idea what they mean) to bring you exciting stories, complex characters and books that will hopefully [...]
March 24, 2012 – 12:33 pm
I’m not going to see The Hunger Games movie. I haven’t read the books. Probably never will. I have no beef with them, I think it’s a great thing that a book has excited so many readers of all ages and a movie made from that book is selling out theaters and the media is [...]
February 9, 2012 – 10:13 pm
Greetings Readers… It’s hard to believe we are almost a month and a half into the year 2012. The last year of human existence if you believe the Mayans. Personally, I think they just ran out of space on the rock. I see it sort of like this. Two Mayans carving the calendar into a [...]
October 25, 2011 – 2:56 pm
Over the years, I’ve gotten hundreds of emails from Spy Goddess fans. Most of them begging me to know when the third book in the series was going to be available. For a long time I had no answer. The story went like this. Author writes first book SPY GODDESS: LIVE AND LET SHOP. Gets [...]
August 29, 2011 – 5:56 pm
It’s Back-To-School time! For most parents it’s the hap-happiest season of all. Teachers are preparing their lesson plans and librarians are pouring over reading lists and getting everything ready for their hordes of students to return. But it’s also Back-To-School time for authors as I and many of my fellow authors start up a new [...]
June 29, 2011 – 2:54 pm
Hi! How many times have you uttered a phrase or quip and said “That ought to be on a t-shirt!” Personally I know I’ve said it at least 3,678 times in my lifetime. Trust me. I keep track of these things. And since illustrator Jeff Weigel and I have started collaborating on our Zombie books, [...]
May 24, 2011 – 4:27 pm
But not just any t-shirts! T-shirts created and designed by me and Illustrator/Designer extraordinaire Jeff Wiegel. T-shirts that will make any father of any age 1) Laugh 2) Thank you profusely and 3) Be really happy! All of our t-shirts are available in sizes from XS to 5XL and in roughly two dozen colors. You [...]