Publishing NewsBroadway / gaming / Lynn Nottage / orc romance / Paula Vogel / playwrights1 Comments
Two Female Playwrights Arrive on Broadway. What Took So Long? – A lovely and sometimes understandably plaintive profile of Lynn Nottage and Paula Vogel (their careers and their work), both of whom have plays on Broadway this season, their first, despite Pulitzer prizes, Ivy League teaching jobs, international fame and recognition, and decades of work behind ... more >
Publishing NewsBook Awards / gaming / lawsuit / Mann Booker Prize / National Book Award / negative reviews / Nobel Prize / racial inequity / Steam / television / television couples2 Comments
Reader’s Guide to This Fall’s Big Book Awards – The next couple of months are filled with award announcements, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Man Booker Prize (October 25th), and the National Book Award (November 16th – the full list of finalists can be found here; this article was ... more >
B Reviewsadventure / f/f romance / Fantasy / gaming3 Comments
A fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming… Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She’s died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier… The RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League’s elite competition where the best gamers ... more >
Publishing Newsbook lists / fatphobia / gaming / gender / Nintendo / online harassment / VIDA / YA1 Comments
New study shows gender gap narrowing in book coverage – VIDA’s latest study demonstrates that strides are being made in the representation of both men and women, although they are not consistently large or equally distributed across publications. VIDA, otherwise known as Women in Literary Arts, told The Associated Press on ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / Audrey Munson / forgotten books / gaming / hard fun / History / intrinsic motivation / settlement2 Comments
Apple expected to pay $450M in e-book case – On the heels of the Supreme Court’s rejection of Apple’s request for review, it appears that the only option now is making good on their $450 million settlement deal. It’s a hefty amount, especially compared to the $166 million settlement distributed by ... more >
Publishing NewsBooks / community / DRM / gaming / intellectual property / Pride-and-Prejudice / publishing / social media / writing4 Comments
An Introverted Writer’s Lament – Reading this article reminded me of a great conversation I had with friends lately about how much more engaged and vocal the community of Romance authors seems to be now than, say, five years ago. I suggested that perhaps self-publishing has allowed authors to talk ... more >