B Reviews / Book Reviewsage / autobiography / family relationships / non-fiction / older / parents8 Comments
Soon after his 50th birthday, Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. That list, which included “You won’t have to shout at me that I’m deaf,” ... more >
Publishing Newsage / book contracts / Comic-Con / cosplay / double-standards / O.J. Simpson / Snopes / Wonder Woman1 Comments
O.J. Simpson too toxic for a book deal . . . major publishers say – I know, I know. Just get all the lols out and then check this out. Publishers who, for example, were ready to publish Milo Yiannopoulos, won’t touch O.J. Simpson’s potential manuscript. OMG I cannot even ... more >
Publishing Newsage / digital publishing / independent presses / Laura Ingalls Wilder / music publishing / social media / spoilers / Star Wars16 Comments
Surprise Laura Ingalls Wilder Bestseller Transforms a Small Press – This story is really about the success of two things: South Dakota Historical Society Press and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiography. I’m actually not surprised at the success of Wilder’s book, but the impact of its success on this small publisher is ... more >
Publishing Newsage / anger / beauty / domestic fiction / feminism / gender / patriarchy / privacy / social media / social privilege8 Comments
The insults of age: A one-woman assault on condescension – After crawling out of the hole I’ve been working in for the past week, I found link to this story on Twitter from Kat (Book Thingo), which led to a long discussion about ageism, cultural privilege, and the limits of ... more >
Publishing Newsage / diversity / Fantasy / gender / genre critique / Haruki Murakami / Romance / scholarship2 Comments
Yet More on Female Characters in Fantasy – Rhiannon Thomas responds to Robin Hobb’s Facebook post on female characters in fantasy. Hobbs argues, among other things, that “I do not feel that gender defines a person any more than height does. Or shoe size. It’s one facet of a character. ... more >