Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Wendy Lawton, who is out of the office today.
A friend of mine loves Harry Potter books.
Actually, with her degree in English, Leah loves all good literature.
(No jokes.)
She’s a bibliophile–she loves …
Harry Potter
Reverse Fan Fiction: Fixing Harry Potter
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I came across this article on Yahoo yesterday, and I’m not sure what to think of this mom’s efforts to “fix” Harry Potter by writing a “reverse fan fiction” on fanfiction.net.
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/mom-rewriting-harry-potter-replace-witchcraft-christianity-221000371.html
I agree with her that …
Dreaming of Travel Because of a Book
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I have many travel dreams that are born from books I’ve read and that I hope to fulfill someday. I have been to quite a few places in my life, but currently travel isn’t as easy with …
How risk averse publishers kill trends
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Trends spring out of seemingly thin air. Who would have guessed that these books would become New York Times best-sellers and start trends that went on for years: Left Behind, Harry Potter, Heaven Is for Real…
Author Anxiety
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
Part 1 of 3
Unless you live in a cave you have been bombarded with negative, anxiety-producing information of late. In less than one hour of listening to news today, I heard …
Coming Soon to Theaters: Ender’s Game
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Today’s pick: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Here’s the link to the movie page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
Ender’s Game, from my understanding, is a book that many filmmakers …
Proposals– Checking Out the Competition
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Is there any part of the proposal you dread more than the competitive book analysis? I think I get more client questions about this than any other.
What is …
The Book That Inspired My Love of YA Fantasy
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I think a lot of younger readers would say the Harry Potter series introduced them to young adult fantasy. Some might say it was Twilight. For my …
Friday Free-for-All: A World of Books
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Locatoin: Home, Santa Rosa, Calif.
It’s hard to know if the literacy numbers are higher all over the world these days with so many other things to do besides read. But I saw a lot of books …
Where Do You Read?
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Where do you like to read? Sitting in a chair? Lying in bed? Riding a plane?
My father visited us in Seattle once and announced if he had …