Year: 2008

in Author News

I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll give a ten minute motivational talk on publishing your story (fiction or otherwise) before a book signing during the Zest for Life Expo at the Peoria Civic Center. I’ll also have a booth during the two-day convention for signing books as well. Hope you can come see me and take…

Support An A-T Marathoner For The Chicago Marathon

Sep 3, 2008

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in Opinions/Editorials

The following comes from my brother-in-law, Chad Schultz: Friends and Family, Join me in supporting the A-T Children’s Project by sponsoring me in my marathon efforts. I am raising money for a cure or life-improving therapies for a rare genetic disease called ataxia-telangiectasia, or A-T for short. Visit my fundraising page, and please pass…

Free Bookmarks!

Aug 30, 2008

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in Author News, Opinions/Editorials

Hi Fellow Book Lovers, Click on the PDF document to get five free bookmarks! Be sure to use a color printer and heavy cardstock so they can take the wear and tear of all the reading you do! The Works of Scott William Foley Bookmarks Enjoy, and feel free to leave a few around your…

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – A Book Review

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A few weeks ago I was looking around for some new books to read and ran across The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I’ll admit, the title kind of turned me off. I liked the time travel part, but the wife part made me think that it might be a bit too sappy for…

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown – A Book Review

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Soon I’m going to be taking part in a book study on The Da Vinci Code. I’ve really had no interest in that particular book other than to see what all the fanfare was about. So, I figured that if I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it right. I picked up the…

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown – A Book Review

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I’ve got to give it to Dan Brown, he’s discovered a formula that has taken America by storm. I think he happened across it with Angels and Demons. Take a gigantically important figure and make him/her the focus of the novel. Then, couple that with using as many facts as can be possibly found. Finally,…

The Curious Incident Of the Dog In the Night-Time by Mark Haddon – A Book Review

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They say never to judge a book by its cover, but with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, that is exactly what I did. Sorry, folks, but I simply could not resist the orange cover with the cut out image of an upside-down dog. I thought to myself, “If that novel is…

Stardust by Neil Gaiman – A Book Review

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I like Neil Gaiman. I really do. I liked Neverwhere, and I loved American Gods, both Gaiman novels. Stardust, however, is a completely different story. No pun intended. I can’t believe this book is by the same author that I’ve read in the past. It seems so inadequate compared to his other works. It’s supposed…

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk – A Book Review

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