Most authors have heard about the Bechdel Test for a story: 1. It has to have at least two women in it, 2. who talk to each other, 3. about…Continue readingDo I pass the test?
Arielle Calderon of BuzzFeed suggests some things she thinks belong in every book-lovers home. Actually a lot of them leave me either cold or indifferent. But I do like these.…Continue readingBookworm’s Dream Home
A bookstore in Nanjing, China was blasted for “corrupting minors” and using gimmicks to attract customers, The Want China Times reports. The store said the posters were part of a…Continue readingBookstore blasted for naked reading
Buzzfeed discusses 20 books that are almost impossible to adapt to the screen, though people still sometimes try. My own historical fantasy, The Secrets of Jin-shei, would also be a…Continue readingBooks into movies, NOT
Because 99% of the time the books are better than the movies, Buzzfeed said when it posted this a few months back, you ought to read these before you go…Continue readingBecause the books are better…
School is when we should really be making kids read, because there are so many great books out there with brilliant stories and profound messages behind them, The Guardian says.…Continue readingWhy isn’t more YA fiction read in schools?
Well over 100 authors and illustrators have sent a letter asking the White House to ease up on standardized testing, which, they say, has a negative impact on kids’ love…Continue readingWhy I signed that White House letter
Feeling discouraged? Rejected? Don’t worry. We’ve all been there. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig was rejected 121 times before it was published. The New…Continue readingBrilliant Authors Initially Rejected
I no longer utter, ever, a word about liking a show on TV. Because the moment I start liking something intelligent and complex, they axe it. The latest victim is…Continue readingMcTelevision
Seriously, don’t even try to pronounce that, Dan Lewis says in his newsletter, Now I Know. Instead, pick a language you don’t know, but can roughly approximate what it sounds…Continue readingPrisencolinensinainciusol