For the Love of Pete, Don’t Mix Your Genres;
Or… The New York Times Book Review Hates YOU, but I Don’t;
Or… Why Where Your Book Gets Shelved Determines Your Intelligence, Work-Ethic and Value to Society
Read Part 1 at SF Signal
Read Part 2 at Debuts and Reviews
Part 3: For the Love of Pete, Don’t Mix Your Genres
Or [...]
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Part 3: A Manifesto of Imaginative Literature by Justin Allen
5 General Tips for New Book Bloggers
This article is the first in an ongoing irregular series of articles on the joys and trials of book blogging. Future topics include a more in depth look at useful technology, the emotional effects of book blogging, and tips for working with authors and publishers.
1. Purchase a dedicated website address.
In my own history, I have had [...]
Peter V. Brett responds to negative review of The Warded Man
If you have been reading this blog for the past month or so, you may remember my long essay where I opined on the subject of authors responding to book reviews.
Well, Peter V. Brett author of the The Warded Man, and someone whom I respect a great deal as a writer and friendly author [...]
On the Opinion that Authors Should Not Respond to Reviews
In which I list good reasons why authors shouldn’t, two reasons why I wish they would, and I admit to an excess of selfishness.
There is a prevailing opinion among authors and others in the literary community that asserts that authors should not respond to reviews.
This is certainly an understandable contention, for several reasons.
1. Authors have limited [...]
Bill Ward on the How and Why of Writing Book Reviews
I’ve met, read, and am working with Ward, and he is knowledgeable and intelligent. I highly recommend that ever reviewer read this essay. It is helpful and cogent. For me, it was also timely, as I have felt my reviews have lacked the quality I expect from myself.
“A critical essay assumes familiarity with the work [...]
Weaving the Colors: An Interview with Jeffrey Overstreet
In one of the most enjoyable and well-answered interviews I have ever done, Jeffrey Overstreet has covered the gamut of topics from his debut novel Auralia’s Colors to Christians in fiction to review writing methods. (Here is my review of his debut novel.) I hope you enjoy his thoughts as much as I did. For [...]
