This New York Times article on authors' writing schedules is both illuminating and a clear moment of "raise your hand if you're surprised." Writers have to keep turning out work in order to stay in the public eye? Who knew!
It's a week after BEA, and I've just recovered enough to talk about it...
No sympathy for the creative class - this Salon piece is both depressing and...well, enlightening, in a way. Part of me is now pondering what our culture would look like…
The Guardian is a delightful newspaper, and one that tends to go a little further afield than the usual books section; they're well into genre fiction, and I delight in…
Writers' Tea Party, a lovely site devoted to all things literary - writing, editorial, art, and more - recently embarked upon a reboot, and as part of their new, really…
I've spent last night and part of this morning reading through some queries and submissions. It's...edifying...to say the least. Some of the same mistakes come up again and again, and…
The New York Times book review posted an interesting essay on the influence of A Wrinkle in Time on girls, science fiction, and the acceptability of girls reading science fiction.…
This is something that's come up a few times in different contexts lately, and I thought I'd tackle the subject to clear up some misconceptions. Printing. Yes, it still happens.…
I had a very interesting conversation last night with an author who submitted a manuscript to Candlemark & Gleam. I was seriously impressed by his work, but it had some…
YA is popular right now, there's no denying that. Most of the best-selling fiction, especially in genre, is identified as YA at the moment (well, whatever isn't ghostwritten by someone…
