I’m well on my way to reaching my goal of whittling down the ebooks I’ve purchased from 20 to 15 by New Year’s–if by “well on my way,” I mean I’ve read three and bought, oh, about nine more. For something that gives me as much joy, relaxation, and sanity as reading, I’ve written here … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series is back! Joining us for the new interview is Eddy Webb. Who are you? My name is Eddy Webb, and my job description is… complicated. These days I’m a freelance writer and game designer working in fiction, non-fiction, role-playing games, and video games, sometimes all in the same day! I’ve … [Read more…]
This will be the last Writers Who Read interview until August! Here to send us off into the temporary sunset is YA author Anna Schumacher. Who are you? Hi! I’m Anna Schumacher. I write a YA series called END TIMES: it’s a doomsday thriller set in an oil boomtown in Wyoming. The first book came … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Rita Arens. Who are you? My name is Rita Arens, and I live in Kansas City, Missouri. I’m the author of the contemporary young adult novel THE OBVIOUS GAME and I edited a parenting anthology, SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK and co-edited a food writing anthology, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Tracy Manaster. Who are you? Tracy Manaster, author of the just-released YOU COULD BE HOME BY NOW. What are three beloved books you first read before the age of 12? Is it cheating too terribly much to list a series? Maude Hart Lovelace’s BETSY-TACY books are … [Read more…]
Recently my friend Jenny Vinyl sparked a discussion on our reading and writing group asking how we “audition” books. This came from a recent episode of the Bookrageous podcast where Paul Montgomery used “auditioning” as a term to describe how readers decide which novels to pick from the vast cast of books waiting to be … [Read more…]
I’ve been looking at tons of romance novel blurbs at online bookstores this year–a consequence of being both an enthusiastic romance reader and writer. Looking at all those book covers and blurbs, I’ve noticed something: if I had a dime for every time I read the words “secret” or “alpha,” I’d be able to buy … [Read more…]