Notebook Versus Laptop
I work in a tech company where most of the employees hover around the age of thirty. They grew up with computers. They are experts in Apple devices. They live and die by technology. I come in as the oldster…
Friday Feast: A Guide to Writing Fat Characters, Book Prices & Writing Value, Writers of Color Roundtable, an Anti-HB2 Book Tour of North Carolina, and Judy Blume on Independent Bookstores
Like a lot of high school graduates, Judy Blume had planned to take a gap year — after writing her last novel. But the opportunity to open a book shop, Books & Books in Key West, was too tempting to resist….
Visions of Summer
There’s something about summer that stirs a longing within me. Not a longing to sunbathe on a hot, sandy beach or embark on a long trek in the mountains, or take an exotic vacation, though I enjoy those activities, too….
YA Wednesday: YA Version of The Da Vinci Code, Bookish Moments From The Gilmore Girls, YA Writing Tips, YA Character Generator
Lately I’ve been trying to decide whether to write another young adult novel or an adult one. I have a YA novel in progress, but I worry that it doesn’t sound YA enough (whatever that means). Recently though, I decided…
It’s The Company You Keep
I used to hang around a bunch of poets. Not because I liked them—they were snobbish in their elegiac greatness—but because as poets, they were guaranteed to get rejected more often than I. My novel was dead in the water while…
Friday Feast: How Instagram Changes Book Buying and Selling, Secrets to Publishing Your Debut Novel, Bookslut, Questions to Ask Before You Quit Your Day Job, and Geek Love
Good morning, lit lovers! Our feast is short and to the point this week. And though the intro is brief, the links and the wisdom within are mighty. Read on for more.