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Social media is a dumpster fire (This week in books)

February 3, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! You know it, I know it. Social media just isn’t what it used to be. Approximately 15 years into the social media era, and 8 years after GamerGate marked the beginning of the end, we’re at a messy nadir, where the giants (Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, Snap) are earnestly committing suicide, the insurgent (TikTok) […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: ALA Awards, Censorship, Donald Maass, Florida, Hunter Patterson, Judith Viorst, Lincoln Michel, Madelin McIntosh, Martin Riker, Patrick Sauer, Penguin Random House, Peter C. Baker, S.E. Hinton, Social Media, Sophie Vershbow, Writing and Sports

13th Annual Blog Bracket Challenge!*

March 16, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

*(Yes, we’re counting last year toward 13 years even though COVID-19 won.) It’s that time! Time to see which one of you is the best literary bracket pickers of them all. It will probably not be me. As always, the winner of the Blog Bracket Challenge will win a query critique, a copy of one […]

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: Writing and Sports

Twilight is back! (This week in books)

May 8, 2020 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Twilight is back! Stephenie Meyer revealed that there will indeed be a new Twilight novel on August 4, Midnight Sun, which will retell the series from vampire Edward Cullen’s perspective. I for one am quite curious how he felt attending high school when he was over one hundred years old. I have […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Colson Whitehead, coronavirus, Dan Blank, David, DIYMFA, Pulitzer Prize, Stephenie Meyer, Suzanne Collins, Writing and Sports

Have superfans gotten out of hand? (This week in books)

September 13, 2019 by Nathan Bransford

Photo of Nyhavn in Copenhagen

This week in books! First off, thank you so much to everyone who chimed in with feedback on our community. One thing I learned: people didn’t really know about the discussion forums! Oops. I’m going to endeavor to make those more visible going forward. But seriously, thank you to everyone who chimed in. (And I’d […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Fandom, Goodreads, Self-publishing, William Faulkner, Writing and Sports

Is it Ethical to Watch Football?

May 3, 2012 by Nathan Bransford

Longtime blog readers know that I’m a big sports fan, and for most of my life that has heavily involved football. Some of my earliest memories are of rooting for Joe Montana and Jerry Rice and the 49ers dynasty of the 80s, which extended to Steve Young and Jerry Rice in the 90s and beyond. […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Writing and Sports

This Week in Books 6/17/11

June 17, 2011 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, big congrats are in order to Joshua McCune, who you may know as Bane of Anubis, who recently got a book deal with Greenwillow at HarperCollins. Congrats to Joshua!! Also, as the co-winner of the ROCK PAPER TIGER Suspense Contest, Joshua brings the now-or-soon-to-be-published blog contest finalist alumni to Staurt […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: E-books, Facebook, J.K. Rowling, revising, Writing and Sports

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