5 Best Jokes About Writers

Posted on by Michael Kahn
Well, not exactly five. Maybe not even one. Think of this more as a plea for help. I’m suffering from writer’s-joke block. I am a lawyer by day and a writer by night. As for my day job, I have heard — as no doubt you have heard — dozens and dozens of jokes about…
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The Coolest Book of All Time

Posted on by Michael Kahn
We live in the Age of Listicles: “The 10 Best [fill in the blank]” and”The 8 Reasons to [fill in the blank]” and “The 12 Secrets to [fill in the blank]” and, of course, those two old chestnuts of the Internet, “The 10 Sex Positions You Must Try Before You Die!” and “8 Surefire Weight-Loss…
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A Real Time Machine

Posted on by Michael Kahn
For the first time in my writing career, I had to step into a time machine in order to write my next novel, The Sirena Quest. Let me explain. Most novels, from those on the bestseller list to the classics, are written in the author’s “now.” In the same way that Gone Girl takes place…
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The Mysterious Case of the Monkey Selfie

Posted on by Michael Kahn
When you practice copyright law by day and write novels at night, you experience odd moments of convergence, the most recent of which involves the most famous monkey selfie in copyright history. For those of you just returning to civilization after a ten-year sojourn in the wilderness, a “selfie”–as defined in the current edition of…
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Coolest Author Headshot Ever

Posted on by Michael Kahn
As the publication date approaches, an author receives the headshot request from the publisher. The headshot is the photo of the author to be included on the back of the dust jacket of the book. These days that preferred headshot is just that, namely, a photo of the author from the shoulders on up. Some…
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Author Event: November 6 at 10:30

Posted on by Michael Kahn
At 10:30 am on Thursday, November 6, 2014, I will be on a panel of three authors who will take the stage to talk about their books and literature in general. Our panel discussion will be moderated by Jane Henderson, the Book Editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Here is a link to our program,…
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Hidden In Plain Sight: The Private Life in Public Art

Posted on by Michael Kahn
The creator behind every work of public art–from a painting to a novel to a play to a song–is just a person, and that person has a private life separate from the work art. Nevertheless, many of those artists haven’t been able to resist the temptation to stick something extremely personal into their public art–so personal,…
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