What to do with old books, and more ebook surprises
So in keeping with the "librarian" theme of The Writer Librarian, I think it's high time for a library related story. This one by NPR blogger Linda Holmes provides an interesting angle. What should libraries do with old books? We're talking…
Literary Rambles does it again, and other musings
...5 Things I've Learned from forthcoming YA author Ryan Graudin is necessary reading for aspiring writers. Literary Rambles does it yet again. If you don't yet follow their blog, I highly suggest you do. Soon.One of the most useful pieces of…
Great Blog for Aspiring YA/MG Fantasy/Sci-fi Writers
This past week I found an interview with published author Janice Hardy on Literary Rambles. It's worth sharing with anyone aspiring to write Young Adult/Middle Grade Fantasy trilogies.For those unfamiliar with Janice Hardy's work, she wrote…
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Paper Sculptures: Appreciation of Libraries and Books
While perusing Neil Gaiman's blog this week, I noted a link he put to a website that showed anonymous paper sculptures someone left in the Scottish Poetry Library. They can be found here.When librarians (and aspiring writers) have difficulty…
Social Media and Online Platform Tips
In our digital age of ebooks, digital text, and yes, hybrid books, it becomes all the more imperative to develop an online presence to go along with query submissions. And yes, even us reluctant to get on the social media band wagon may need…
Potentially Bad News?
I read the Annoyed Librarian (AL) blog on occasion. Usually she (I think it's a she, as the AL is anonymous) has some wry quip about how the library profession is self-destructing, and librarians are too worried about staying relevant to notice.…
Who’s Really to Blame? Does it Matter?
For a long time, I thought editors were to blame for books that weren't very well-written. After all, wasn't it up to them to clean up unecessary words, sentences, and phrases that didn't move the story along?
But the more I've talked with,…
Corrections, Delays and More on Why Authors Produce Drivel
Many apologies for the delay. New job, new house, moving to a new state, and other life events forced my writing to the backseat, which I always hate. Now that things are settled, I'll be posting more frequently.
I'd like to place a correction…
Another Stinky Galley
I've commented in previous posts about some of the books I'm assigned to review. Some are interesting reads, while others are, shall we say, not.
An interesting read results when an author considers their reader. This translates into straight-forward…