This past weekend USC hosted the 18th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. I’d looked forward to this year’s event because it would be the first time I’d attend not only as an author, but as a publisher as well. However, once I stepped onto campus, all the books and literary swag turned me into… Read more about The Last Night at the LA Times Festival of Books
I currently use the writing software Scrivener because the program is packed with features. Initially created as a project manager for novels, you also can create scripts and e-books. You can write in one font and compile your manuscript in another. You can easily write out of order, then drag and drop the files to change the… Read more about Scrivener & Dropbox
UPDATE: Fiction Fridays is now published as a book only available to newsletter subscribers. Sign up here to receive your free copy. § Starting next Friday, March 1, and continuing each Friday after that, I will be posting a new short story on danielgardina.com. Why? Because I must be crazy. I was trying to come up with… Read more about Introducing Fiction Fridays
Great news. The Last Night received its first reader review: five stars. ★★★★★ For a first novel, this is totally enjoyable. It’s about two friends who have gone through so much together, one of which has a special ability, the other is still trying to figure things out. I loved it. I won this book from… Read more about ★★★★★ for The Last Night
Hi, Daniel. I just finished The Last Night on Kindle for my PC. Congratulations on a terrific read. […] And the synaesthesia thing. Where did that come from? […] By curious chance I am also a synaesthetic with numbers and letters, including days of the week and months etc, which I see in colour. […] I wonder whether you… Read more about Synesthesia in The Last Night
I’m currently reading Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic, which I already know is going to be one of those books I’ll return to throughout my life. The author intended these epistles to edify future generations, so they are very carefully constructed—often overly so—to the point that nearly every sentence is quotable, which is why I’ll have… Read more about Dorothy Parker v. Seneca
Happy publication day. My first novel, The Last Night, is available now in Kindle and paperback. In the next few days the paper book will find its way to Amazon as well, followed by Barnes & Noble and various independent bookstores. I’ll post those links as they come in. Thanks so much for all your… Read more about The Last Night Available Now
The Last Night giveaway has concluded. Congratulations to Dani, Melissa, and Joann, who won paperback copies of the book. I will inscribe and mail those to you shortly. I hope you enjoy reading them. For everyone else—all 661 of you—thank you so much for entering. This was the first promotion I offered through Goodreads, and I am pleased… Read more about Congratulations to the Goodreads Winners
The decision whether to use the Oxford comma divides many people. Technically, both choices are correct—so long as you use one style consistently, of course. I’m not here to argue how one of these punctuation choices is right while the other is wrong. Instead, I’d like to call to your attention to the fact that… Read more about Why You Should Use the Oxford Comma