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House Season 8 Premiere-2 weeks from tonight!

on September 19, 2011

Hello all,

Hope you’ve had a great summer and are ready for the season 8 premiere of House, M.D. “Twenty Vicodin.” I’ve seen the episode and it is excellent. I know some of you are unhappy with the way things turned out at the end of last season and with the departure of Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy. However, I think that if the premiere is any indication (and admittedly, it is a stand-alone, House only episode) Season 8 will be fantastic.

Over the weekend, I posted my review of “Twenty Vicodin”  at Blogcritics, so do take a look (warning–there are a few spoilers, so spoilerphobes should stay away). Hugh Laurie is fantastic in the episode (in fact the entire cast of the first episode is excellent). But he is the only one from the cast in it. (That promo floating around with Foreman in it must be from a later episode–maybe episode 2?)

We are all sad that Hugh Laurie didn’t win the Emmy last night, but he looked great, and it was great to see himpresent (and tease Helen Mirren). It was nice to see a few of my regular readers come to our little Blogcritics Emmy party. It was a huge success, with 182 people stopping by during the four hours we were broadcasting our chat.

It was such a huge success that I’ve decided to host another chat–this one following the broadcast of the House season premiere. So. Please come and bring your friends. The only rules will be NO Flaming and if you have an axe to grind, leave it at home. Let me know if you’re planning to come (and I promise to keep the chat open long enough for West Coasters to join in).

And if you haven’t yet, do pick up a copy of Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D. It’s available in paperback and for immediate download (on pretty much every ebook platform)! And if you have already read it, please let others know by writing a short review for Goodreads or Amazon.com

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Happy Birthday Chasing Zebras

on September 7, 2011

In three days, my book, Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D. turns one-year old. This year has flown by so fast!

I want to thank everyone who has supported the book, enjoyed it, reviewed it and taken the time to send me feedback and notes of congratulation. Thanks also to those who have posted my TV interviews on YouTube, have retweeted news of Chasing Zebras, entered contests and blogged. You are all appreciated.

When Chasing Zebras came out it was available in paperback and only in English–and only in the U.S. and Canada. A year later, Chasing Zebras is all over the world–from China to the UK; from Israel to New Zealand. It’s out in Spanish and soon to be out in Russian and French (and who knows what else?). It’s in Kindle and iBook, ePub and PDF! Thousands of you have purchased it, borrowed it from libraries or pilfered it from friends. I am gratified and humbled. It’s no New York Times bestseller, but its done well for a first book–and such a niche book. I recently did a Goodreads book giveaway. In the week the book was up for the sweepstakes, more than 450 people entered for 10 copies. It was a huge success, and thank you AME (Author Marketing Experts) for making it possible!!!!!

I’ve learned a lot from writing a book. One of the most important lessons is that writing the book is actually only the first step of an ongoing effort to get the word out and get people to buy the thing! I’ve tried a virtual book tour; hired a conventional publicist, designed a website (and then had someone who knew what they were doing redesign it!). I’ve done TV, radio and print interviews; done signings and personal appearances in a whole variety of different venues. With a full time day job–and a practically full time job as executive editor of Blogcritics Magazine, finding time to do publicity is a little like threading a needle.

I do hope you will continue spreading the word about Chasing Zebras, and if you haven’t written up an Amazon.com or Goodreads review (or Barnes and Noble, for that matter), I would greatly appreciate your taking the time to do so. The more people that buy the book, the better chance that there will be a sequel to it. That’s how publishing works :)

Thank you again,

Barbara

 

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Newsweek Argentina on House and Diagnosis. Excellent Read!

on May 28, 2011

Fantastic story in Argentina’s edition of Newsweek about House and diagnostic medicine. I’ve put it through Google translator. But you can read the original as well.

By Matías Loewy

Newsweek Argentina

CZ Quoted in this week's cover story!

Abigail, who has a suspected hereditary dwarfism, she takes a respiratory condition. The new attending physician if you suspect that both problems may be related. First is another rare clinical disorder, Still, but the test results rule out the hypothesis. Confused. Where is the cause? But then, after a chance conversation with another patient, the doctor suddenly tied ropes and realizes the true diagnosis, the adolescent suffers “Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a proliferative disease whose symptoms can be eliminated by removing the lesions. Eureka. Not only saved his life, but also allow you to reach its normal height by growth hormone injections.

The story, presented in Chapter 10 of the third season of Dr. House, the epitome of the diagnostic skills of redemption. “House is more than just intelligent: it is a genius,” raves Barbara Barnett in his book “Unofficial Guide to House” (ECW, 2010, Spanish Edition, Selector 2011). The eccentric but Gregory House combines shrewd observation skills, deductive reasoning, intuition and insight developed worthy of Sherlock Holmes. And although this is a fictional character, his approach illuminates several clinical challenges some of the barriers that physicians face in the flesh for the early detection of diseases in their patients. Continue Reading →

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