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I Miss Christopher Hitchens

I miss Christopher Hitchens. Though we lived in the same neighborhood I never had the privilege of meeting him. Maybe that’s okay, sometimes the person can’t live up to the image we have of them. I was drawn to his writing–a wordsmith with few peers. Reading one of his essays was like hearing an infectious [...]

20Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Maybe Steve Jobs’ Passing Can Be A Good Thing

  Please don’t be angry. Hear me out.   I deeply regret Steve Jobs’ death. I share the pain, sorrow and anguish of his family, friends and co-workers. He was too young. He had too much yet to give. We had become dependent. We had high expectations for him. We looked to him to change [...]

6Oct2011 | | 3 comments | Continued
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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

If you are a fiction writer, you should read this book. If you enjoy reading great writing, you should read this book. If you want to make your life more meaningful, you should read this book. Miller is working on a screenplay of his memoir Blue Like Jazz. The problem is that his life is [...]

8Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Bait and Switch by Larry Brooks

Larry Brooks, in addition to being an acclaimed and seasoned author, manages a website called Storyfix.com. He advocates a structured style to fiction writing with plot points and midpoint shifts, along with pinch points. I have followed Brooks for about a year, and have learned plenty. I had always struggled with the Midpoint Shift, that [...]

26Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Reading Instructor Feedback on “Elijah’s Coin”

  Dear Mr. O’Brien, I am one of the teachers to whom you were kind enough to provide a class set of books.  I wanted to write to you and let you know what a wonderful teaching tool “Elijah’s Coin” was in my classroom this year.  I designed and entire unit around the book for [...]

26Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Steve O’Brien interviewed on Brooklyn Backstretch

Teresa Genaro interviews Steve O’Brien and reviews Bullet Work for Brooklyn Backstretch   http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2011/04/29/steve-obriens-bullet-work/

6May2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Latest Reviews of Bullet Work

  Bullet Work, released March 22, 2011 has received numerous positive reviews. Here are links to two of the more recent reviews. Leslie Wright’s review in the Seattle Post Intelligencer and Elizabeth Breau’s review in ForeWord Magazine.   www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Book-Review-Bullet-Work-by-Steve-O-Brien-1320773.php http://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/bullet-work/

5Apr2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Elijah’s Coin: Going to School

Following the Book Expo America Conference, A&N Publishing was approached by a benefactor who is passionate about getting Elijah’s Coin into school systems. He has agreed to underwrite the cost of getting one thousand copies of Elijah’s Coin into classrooms. In addition to numerous other literary awards, Elijah’s Coin has been named: Winner, Teen-Young Adult [...]

4Oct2010 | | 3 comments | Continued
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Help Wanted: Social Arbitrageur, No Experience Necessary.

How’s your title? Do you want a new one? Try this one on—Social Arbitrageur. Sounds cool, doesn’t it? What does it mean? What do I have to do? Well, let’s start with the concept of social entrepreneur. This is a person who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize and manage a [...]

18Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Interview with Steve O’Brien, Author of Elijah’s Coin

Just posted.  Read the INTERVIEW with Reviewabook123.

3Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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