Simon Barrett is the senior editor for <a href="http://www.bloggernews.net" title="http://www.bloggernews.net" target="_blank">http://www.bloggernews.net</a> and maintains a personal blog at <a href="http://zzsimonb.blogspot.com" title="http://zzsimonb.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://zzsimonb.blogspot.com</a>. Now semi retired in the depths of Mississippi he has plenty of time to read books by up and coming authors.