Blog Posts for Christopher W Gortner

Get Thee to the Book Shop

Christopher W Gortner — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:11:15 -0800

If you’ve been following the news lately, no doubt you’ve heard about the terrible downturn in the economy.

The Price of Convenience

Christopher W Gortner — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:51:58 -0700

Yesterday, there was an article in PW Daily about a bookseller's passionate outburst to rally independent booksellers and the need to educate authors about disabling the Amazon.com links on their w

Why should I hate LA?

Christopher W Gortner — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:17:19 -0700

One thing that I’ve discovered as a long-time San Franciscan is that most of us secretly think our city is better tha

You can't say it

Christopher W Gortner — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:33:54 -0700

Writer's empty nest syndrome has been replaced by writer's outrage.

A writer's empty nest

Christopher W Gortner — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:35:15 -0700

For the last week or so, I've been in an odd mood and I couldn't figure out what was the matter.

Why I wrote THE LAST QUEEN

Christopher W Gortner — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:23:55 -0700

THE LAST QUEEN is the story of Juana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit the throne, and of her tumul

The Queen on the Slab

Christopher W Gortner — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:41:29 -0700

When I woke up on July 29 - always a good thing!

An author's tic

Christopher W Gortner — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:54:41 -0700

So, tomorrow is the Big Launch Day, and I've been warned by my fellow writers not to take it too much to heart if the Day ends up being . . . well, pretty much like any other.

No, I'm not going to BEA

Christopher W Gortner — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:43:34 -0700

“Why aren’t you going to BEA? “

Woman in power? Better watch your step

Christopher W Gortner — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:19:35 -0700

As I watch the Democratic presidential campaign and realize with increasing dismay that it appears Amer