Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 7/14 - Strategy

JK Rowling went from welfare mom to worldwide sensation on the wings of the Harry Potter series. Her attempt at a serious novel, A Casual Vacancy, was not successful commercially and was panned by critics. She came up with a different strategy, a pseudonym, Robert Galbraith, for her latest novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, a mystery, which is a hit. The first hint that Rowling and Galbraith are one and the same is the fact that they share the same agent. Researchers compared her works electronically and found similarities in style and phrasing. She has come clean. She chose the moniker to thwart high expectations, and it worked. Well done, madam.

The average monthly rent in NYC is $3017. The national average is $1062. Rent control works as well as other liberal economic strategy.

The SYFY channel has created a social media firestorm with an original film, Sharknado. In it, a tornado dumps tons of water on L. A., and the sharks that come with it have a field day feasting on the populace. During its broadcast, there were 318,232 tweets. Even Mia Farrow weighed in. It is described as ridiculous and cheesy, so bad it's good. Appropriately, it stars notorious party girl Tara Reid, the wet dream of gossip columnists, and Ian Ziering of Beverly Hills 90210. It will run again Thursday, 7PM EST. Expect sequels set in other coastal cities. Pop culture is endlessly fascinating.

The latest heat wave has begun and there is no end in sight. No one said it would be easy. My thanks to Bob, who bought the VHS of The Mummy Returns (2001), and to Lorraine, who dumped about 25 books on me, fiction and non.
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