JanePublishing Newsauthors / critique / genre critique / Literary Criticism3 Comments

I often hear about authors’ critique groups.   Some authors hire beta readers.   Some rely on random readers and some have a trusted circle.   Ian McEwan falls into the latter group.   His first readers are poet Craig Raine, historian Timothy Garton Ash and philosopher Galen Strawson. Ian McEwan, it turns out, ... more >

JanePublishing Newsauthors / book business7 Comments

It doesn’t surprise you that JK Rowling is at the top of the list, does it? According to Forbes, Rowling has made over $300 million in the last year. Forbes says that the Potter series has sold 375 million+ copies worldwide. James Patterson comes in a distant but respectable second ... more >

June 10, 2008

Looking Past the Ivy to See the Writers

JaneLetters of OpinionAuthor Profiles / Author Reader Relationship / authors / Promotion131 Comments

more cat pictures What do Diana Peterfreund, Lauren Willig, Julia Quinn, and Eloisa James have in common? They are all Ivy League educated authors. Peterfreund is a graduate of Yale University. Willig, Quinn and James are Harvard educated. They are all, to varying degrees, commercially successful writers. At the both ... more >

JanePublishing Newsauthors / criticism / review blogs / reviews5 Comments

On Running with Quills, Katherine Stone announced a new website to be launched November 1, 2007, called WritersareReaders.com (website currently not operational). The website will feature reviews written by authors. While Stone says that while negative reviews are acceptable, the only reviews she has received are the ones beloved by ... more >