Something to make you smile – After all the crappy news lately, here’s something that made me happier. And some of these young women are on their second donation! “More than 30 girls from St. Joseph Elementary School and Monsignor Haddad Middle School in Needham are cutting off at least ... more >
Publishing Newsbotany / Cancer / David Bowie / History / obituary / photography / Race / That Dragon / Urban Romance / video games6 Comments
Legendary Artist David Bowie Dies at 69 – Even as I type this I cannot believe it. After an 18-month battle with cancer, and only two days after he released his 25th album, David Bowie has died. I still remember having floor seats to one of his shows at the LA Forum, ... more >
Publishing NewsApple / Cancer / copyright / dmca / Eve Ensler / Memoir / self-publishing book sales / smart watchComments Off on Tuesday News: the Apple Watch, fraudulent DMCA notices, indie publishing challenges, and Eve Ensler’s cancer battle
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING AND DMCA ABUSE, OR “HOW A SCAMMER GOT MY BOOK BLOCKED WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT” – A pretty chilling tale about how author Becca Mills had her book removed from Smashwords and Amazon via a fraudulent DMCA takedown notice, filed by someone who then reached out to the ... more >
C+ ReviewsCancer / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / Rock-Star1 Comments
Dear Ms. Carr: Zoey Emerson and Robbie Granger have been best friends for twenty five years and roommates for the last several year. She and three other women who live in the same townhome association make New Year’s resolutions. Zoey’s is to reveal to Robbie that she loves him and ... more >
B ReviewsCancer / death / star-crossed lovers / Young-Adult34 Comments
Dear Mr. Green, The narrator of your novel, The Fault in Our Stars is Hazel, a sixteen year old with stage four thyroid cancer “with an impressive and long-settled satellite colony” in her lungs. Thanks to a drug treatment she calls “the Miracle” Hazel’s cancer has been kept from spreading ... more >
C+ ReviewsCancer / Conspiracy / death / Little Brown / Sci-fi / Science Fiction / Young-Adult4 Comments
Dear Ms. Patrick, I’ve been on a sci-fi YA kick lately. It’s a result of my wanting to love the dystopian sub-genre but continually being disappointed by its offerings time and time again. I know these are just marketing labels and can shift based on current trends. (With the success ... more >