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May 22, 2017

Monday News: age & publishing, Marvel’s Black Panther, self-publishing non-fiction, and translating Dracula

JanetPublishing NewsBlack Panther / Comics / Dracula / Hachette / Marvel / non-fiction / Self-publishing / translation / UK publishing / US publishing1 Comments

Hachette’s new order – An interesting piece in The Bookseller on the way in which UK publishing appears to be trending downward in the age of its executives, while US publishing continues to trend older. Why the difference, and what does it mean? Does age necessitate experience, or does it signal ... more >

September 16, 2015

Repetition and novelty in Twilight and its fan fictions

JanetLetters of Opinionarchetypes / Beauty-and-the-Beast / Dracula / Fifty Shades of Grey / Frankenstein / genre critique / mythology / Transcendence / tropes / Twilight / vampires12 Comments

The idea for this essay started with a question: what is it about Twilight and its derivations, especially Fifty Shades of Grey and Transcendence, that allow these variations to represent “fresh” and “new” in the retelling? I’m not interested in whether these books are good or bad, nor am I ... more >

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