Review: Once Again A Winner
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2012
While I will always be a traditional book lover first, I do love these new ebooks. The shorter versions especially. With David's new book, I followed my usual pattern of reading the ten stories here in the early morning hours over coffee. The stories are mainly from David's early writing career, with a few newer pieces thrown in. A few I'd read before, but most were new to me. It's nice to have the gathered n one package.THE EDUCATION OF A PULP WRITER: From 2008, just before I discovered David's excellent blog, one assumes it's where he got the title for it. A pulp writer gets a real education.THE SINS OF MAYNARD SHIPLEY: somewhat familiar with the setting, health problems and surgeries forcing me to spend time in retirement facilities while recovering and learning to function. The actions of the title character aren't familiar though.VENGEANCE ON THE 18TH: liked this one, though I've never played golf. As I'm fond of mentioning, I was only on a real golf course once in my life, but it was midnight and we weren't playing golf(heh).MINNOW ESCAPE: this one, a flash piece, brought smirks as a thief takes refuge in a boat wreck and has a conversation with himself as he awaits whatever. I dare say most of us have had that same conversation with friends.CLOUDS IN A BUNKER: a man suffering from dementia gets the last move in this tale.These are some of my favorites in a look at the early career of a writer moving up in the world.Definitely worth the modest price. David always gives value for money.