The Twelve Books of Christmas
Based on a recent tortuous visit to the mall I’d have to say tis the season of babies bawling their eyes out on Santa’s lap. But tis also the season of lists — best of lists, worst of lists, lists…
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Friday Feast: YA Books 4 U, Good News 4 Bookstores and Why It’s Not Called “Storyshowing”
All it takes for me to return to the glory days of the 80s is a title with “4” instead of “for.”* Boom. Time machine… It’s surprisingly difficult to find a gif of Prince eating food that doesn’t look freaky….
How to Support Your Friend When Their Book Debuts
Congratulations, you’re friends with a writer! How brave of you. You’ve befriended someone who spends a LOT of time talking to/thinking about/complaining about people who exist only in her* mind. Your second question** is how can I best support my…
Friday Feast: Dark Books, Beautiful Sentences, Indie Bookstores and More Answers to Party Questions
Is there anything better than eating and reading in December, or really, any time of the year? Friends, I think not. This week, we explore some of the best sentences in literature and the darkest books ever written just in…
Happy Indie Story, Part Eight: My Top Five Indie Author Lessons
At the end of every year, I look back on the past several months at what I’ve done, what I’ve learned, and what I can do better. In honor of that and the new Chris Rock film, Top Five, which…
Friday Feast: Post-NaNoWriMo, Creative Sleep, Sexism, Book Riot’s Best and the Ferguson Library
It’s a grab bag of links this week, kind of like all those leftovers that end up in your fridge from holiday parties and cookie swaps. At the last party I attended, I scored some homemade fudge brownies. ‘Tis the…