This week! Books! As thousands of people around the world continued protesting injustice and brutality in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and at the start of Pride month, J.K. Rowling decided to double down with views on transgender people widely seen as transphobic, first in a series of tweets, then on a more […]
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Tips if you’re struggling to write right now (This week in books)
This week! Books! It’s really difficult to concentrate these days and few people I know are as productive as usual. Anne R. Allen has a great post on why it’s so tough to write right now as we deal with our collective grief, and she has some tips on how to keep moving forward. In […]
How five authors are changing the YA world (This week in books)
This week! Books! I really loved this feature in Elle on five amazing authors who are reshaping the young adult fiction landscape: Tomi Adeyemi, Akwaeke Emezi, Elizabeth Acevedo, Angie Thomas, and Nic Stone. Daniel Frank took a look at the most beloved and most hated classics according to Goodreads users. The Godfather at 4.37 and […]
Why some authors have agents but no books (This week in books)
This week! The books! First off, I am very pleased to announce the winner of the Amusingly Humorous Book Title contest! Congrats to Jason, who successfully worked the referee and the voters with his clever play on my newest book: How To Book a Pub: 41 Rules For Successfully Booking A Pub That You Will […]
Why do some people become lifelong readers? (This week in books)
This week! Books! As you can see above I recently returned from an exciting voyage to Batuu but I have still been keeping an eye out for good writing and book links back on Earth. I missed the National Book Awards longlist for fiction, and it’s quite a list! Congrats to the nominees: Fleishman Is […]
Why preorders matter (This week in books)
This week! Books! As you can see from the photo above I spent some quality time traveling during the month of August, but I still kept an eye out for some good writing links. Here are some of the best ones from the past few weeks. In the olden days of yore, preorders weren’t really […]
