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• Interview With A.J. Jacobs, Author of The Year Of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible - Part 3 of 3

  "I became far more aware of my actions and their consequences." - AJ Jacobs on how the project changed him

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Dec 10, 2007

• An Interview With Howard Kurtz, Author of Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War, Part Two

  "I think Katie Couric made a number of mistakes when she got to CBS and is paying the price."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Nov 27, 2007

• Part 2 - An Interview With Writer Kinky Friedman, Author of You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics

  "Texans are big-hearted and they know that killing people is not our job."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Nov 13, 2007

• An Interview With Writer Kinky Friedman, Author of You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics

  "I wrote this book for the same reason I ran for governor — to try to make Texas a better place."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Nov 07, 2007

• An Interview With Howard Kurtz, Author of Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War, Part One

  "I get valuable information and insights from bloggers. And if it's a rough neighborhood, so be it."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Oct 31, 2007

• Interview With Bill Bryan, Author of Keep It Real Part Two

  "Since reality shows are so much cheaper to produce, they have proliferated like crabs at Woodstock."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Oct 19, 2007

• An Interview With Wesley Stace AKA John Wesley Harding About His Novel, By George

  "Writing books is more difficult, by far, though ultimately more rewarding. Making music is much more immediate."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Oct 18, 2007

• Interview With A.J. Jacobs, Author of The Year Of Living Biblically

  "I'm Jewish in the same way that the Olive Garden is Italian."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Oct 12, 2007

• An Interview With Charlie Huston, Author of The Shotgun Rule, Part Two

  "I try and give the locations in all my books a certain amount of texture" - Charles Huston

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Oct 12, 2007

• Inteview With Bill Bryan, Author of Keep It Real, Part One

  "Yes, there is definitely an element of revenge in my writing Keep It Real" - Bill Bryan

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Oct 10, 2007

• An Interview With Tom Straw, Author of The Trigger Episode, Part Two

  Why work in the exciting field of the paparazzi?: "Mainly because the national Do Not Call List has limited opportunities in telemarketing."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Sep 24, 2007

• An Interview With Robert Fulghum, Author of What On Earth Have I Done?

  "What’s not to like about bacon? Yes, I was a singing cowboy."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Sep 19, 2007

• An Interview With Mike Carey, Author of The Devil You Know - Part Two

  "Some people make assumptions about me because of the kind of material I write. They expect someone dark and brooding"

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Sep 11, 2007

• An Interview With George Shuman, Author of Last Breath, Part Two

  "Truth lends a lot of authority to a story, just as ... truth lends a lot of authority to a lie."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Sep 03, 2007

• An Interview With Tom Straw, Author of The Trigger Episode Part One

  "The Trigger Episode [is] in the first person [to] help a reader empathize with a guy doing basically despicable work as a paparazzo."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Sep 03, 2007

• The Five Best Books I've Read This Year

  "She and I agreed the best description of her style was "“Nancy Drew after a bottle of Jack Daniels.”

  Opinion by Scott Butki — on Aug 28, 2007

• An Interview With Mike Carey, Author of The Devil You Know - Part One

  "Some stories work best in comic form, others play beautifully as novels – and some translate readily into any medium."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Aug 27, 2007

• An Interview With George Shuman, Author of Last Breath, Part One

  "... I can’t imagine myself looking up psychics in the yellow pages if I was in a slump over clues."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Aug 23, 2007

• An Interview With Jeffrey Deaver, Author of Sleeping Doll

  "My value-added is the twists and the surprise endings, which I spend months plotting out."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Aug 22, 2007

• Interview With Giles Blunt, Author of By The Time You Read This

  "I wanted to write a thriller that deals with the real emotions of the crimes involved: murder and child molestation."

  Interview by Scott Butki — on Aug 21, 2007