The Flinch Factor – Michael A. Kahn

Yiddish Wisdom: Just a Forshpayz

Posted on April 29, 2025May 1, 2025 by Michael Kahn

As you may have noticed, many authors place a special quotation on the page before the first chapter of their novel. For example, Harper Lee opened To Kill a Mockingbird with the following quote from Charles Lamb: “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” Ernest Hemingway opened The Sun Also Rises with this quote from Gertrude…

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What’s in a name? More than you imagine!

Posted on May 8, 2017June 27, 2018 by Michael Kahn

“Mike, I have a better idea for your book title.” I’ve heard that from my editor three times over the years. All three times she was right. But first, some background: While you can’t tell a book by its cover, you might consider reading a book by its title. Nevertheless, the history of literature reveals…

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The Flinch Factor Named A Favorite Book of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Michael Kahn

While browsing through a Favorite Books of 2013 list yesterday in search of a new book to read, I was surprised and delighted to discover near the top of that list a book that I not only own, read, and proofread, but also wrote. It was the nicest surprise of 2013. Here’s the link.

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A Review and Interview in Kings River Life Magazine

Posted on July 2, 2013October 23, 2013 by Michael Kahn

I had a delightful “sit down” interview via the Internet with Cynthia Chow for Kings River Life Magazine. Cynthia asked fun and interesting questions about reading, writing and the law. Here is a link to that interview. The magazine was also kind enough to give my new novel, The Flinch Factor, a thumbs-up review. That review appears directly…

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