Posted in YA, opinion, writing, tagged , genre, marketing, teen, YA on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »
I don’t think I’m versed in enough of the history of YA to really pull this post off, but I’m charging ahead anyway.
The question beneath this inquiry is this: What would YA authors write if there was no YA market?
On the face of it this sounds like an absurd question. It isn’t as if [...]
Posted in books, observations, reading, tagged Koestler, Phillip K. Dick, Tim Wynne-Jones on October 25, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s no secret that I read more than one book at the same time. I have books in different rooms that I read in those rooms alone. I have books that travel from room to room, place to place, as they hold my interest. I have books I read and leave at work. And there [...]
Posted in (not) writing, comments, opinion, tagged process, quotes, rosemary wells, writing on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
I was trying to ignore this, but I cannot.
Jules over at 7 Imp posted this quote from Rosemary Wells, said at the Southern Festival of Books recently.
“Process doesn’t exist. Any good writer will tell you that.”
Out of context it’s really hard to understand what Ms. Wells meant, but even within context I can’t help [...]
Posted in memories, the man behind the curtain, tagged boy scouts, elementary school, fire, memoir, october, season on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Growing up in Southern California I always knew Halloween was coming because the sky would turn orange. The Santa Ana winds would begin blowing in late September and by early October there would be at least one wildfire in the hills surrounding the greater LA basin. Smoke would drift with the winds, filtering the sunlight [...]
Posted in books, nsfk, opinion, tagged , hispanic, opinion, picture books, racism, reagan, stereotypes on October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Is it me, or does anyone else look at this picture book creation and think someone got creative with genetic engineering and crossed Speedy Gozalez with the Frito Bandito?
Skippyjon, for those out of the loop, is a Siamese kitten who likes to imagine he’s a mask-wearing adventure-loving chihuahua. There’s nothing to suggest that Skippyjon [...]
Posted in books, comments, opinion, tagged censorship, fascism, roger sutton on October 20, 2007 | No Comments »
“…some people, especially people who don’t like to read, use books as weapons in service to this objective.”
This comes from a comment Roger Sutton made over at his blog in response to a question that came up as a conversation thread at Child_Lit concerning the difficulty some MLIS students have with promoting books whose contents [...]
Posted in (not) writing, diversions, the man behind the curtain, tagged diversion, frustration, over-committed, procrastination on October 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I am coming to the harsh realization that I cannot blog, read blogs, read books, read magazines, review books, write, retain gainful employment and enjoy time with my family. Something has to give.
But what? How?
I’ve always had a problem with discipline. I prefer to think of it as more of having an active mind, torn [...]
Posted in (not) writing, opinion, review, tagged , horn book, in 5, procrastination, reviews on October 14, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s the last five minutes of work. I’m just waiting to lock things up and get moving. I’ve got a pen and a sticky note. My mind won’t relax, I need to fill that time.
Reviews. Of books. In five words or less.
I look at the books stacked nearby. [...]
Posted in (not) writing, observations, tagged blog, diary, lewis carroll, memory, riddle on October 13, 2007 | No Comments »
How is a blog like a diary? How like a diary is a blog? Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Trolling the “next blog” button occasionally yields some interesting things you wouldn’t have encountered otherwise. In one post there was an examination of the idea that a blog is the modern [...]
Posted in (not) writing, nsfk, observations, tagged britney, elvis, non-book, pop culture on October 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I had this flash come at me while working out at the gym. There’s Britney Spears gyrating her way through her latest video and she did this little pelvic shake — just a tiny one before moving into the ol’ bump and grind against a stripper pole — and I saw it as clearly as [...]
Posted in memories, observations, the man behind the curtain, writing, tagged family, girls, maguire, musicals, suze, theatre, wicked on October 10, 2007 | No Comments »
In the middle of watching the witches of Oz all-singing and all-dancing their way through their musical adaptation last night I couldn’t but think: this is a musical based on a book based on another book. What a strange trajectory, none that any could have foreseen.
Yes, the fam went out to the theatre [...]
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