Kirkus Reviews weighed in on Friendship Games with a starred review. Of thousands of books reviewed each year, only 10% of Kirkus reviewed books earn the coveted Kirkus star. By earning the Kirkus star, Friendship Games is automatically in consideration for the literary Kirkus Prize.
Friendship Games is officially an award winner (Gold, Silver, or Bronze Medal) by the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). I am kind of over the moon; this is a first for me.
Gosh, this was so fun! I talk about my books Alter Road and Friendship Games, plus other things like how writers work. I am a talking head on the Author Ecke podcast with author Travis Davis.
Today, July 5th, marks the 30th anniversary of the release of U2's album Zooropa (1993). The album was conceived as a 3-song or so EP follow-up to 1991's Achtung Baby. U2 wanted to add some new material to their ZooTV tour as they shifted from Europe to North America.
The last review at Readers' Favorite just dropped. It makes five-of-five five-star reviews:
The instruments aboard Avi Loeb's expedition ship are limited and provide only preliminary observations. The real analysis of the spherules will happen once the expedition has ended, and the team is back onshore.
I am eagerly following Avi Loeb's expedition. If you don't know who Avi Loeb is, or what his expedition is about, well, all I can say is, sit up and pay attention.
Two books down: Alter Road and Friendship Games.
I know there are readers who purchased Alter Road but never got through it. It was my first novel, and I learned a lot from writing it. Things like what not to do. Not that it is a bad book; no, I read a lot, and I know what a bad book looks like. It's just that I am an academic, and so some of my habits as an academic spilled over into ...
I'm a talking head on the Writers Fix Problems podcast: NY Times best selling author Blaine Pardoe & I discuss my new novel Friendship Games about a US war with Iran. It was fun!