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Required Reading: The Pros and Cons
January 11th, 2012
I didn’t know how to read until I was seven years old. This is a fact that sticks out no matter how far removed I am, and one that I’ve carried with me into adulthood. I can distinctly remember being in kindergarten, around 5 or 6, and feeling the miserable isolation that comes with not being able to read Hop On Pop out loud. I can’t distinctly remember if there was mockery or teasing involved, but it seems likely.
Read Column →Planning the Literary Event
January 11th, 2012
Organizing a literary event can be a trial by fire for a new author, because- let’s face it- writers tend to be hermits rather than socialites. Plus, your major in college probably wasn’t party planning. So we’re going to work under the assumption that you have next to no idea how to set one of these things up, and that’s perfectly okay. That’s why we write these types of columns.
Read Column →Five Big Fat Literary Fakes
January 10th, 2012
Write what you know. Four words that have the ring of absolute rightness about them. Like motherhood or apple pie, no one wants to disagree with the notion that for writing to be any good, it has to spring from real experience.
Read Column →Book Vs. Film Vs. Film: The Girls With The Dragon Tattoos
January 9th, 2012
WARNING: May contain wall-to-wall spoilers
Read Column →Avengers vs X-Men: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Event Books
January 9th, 2012
Each year Marvel has what are known as events - miniseries that feature an epic, universe spanning dilemma that often affects multiple books. The problem with event books is that they rarely feel that special, and are nothing more than a way to charge extra for a book and to make you pick-up a number of tie-in titles that you wouldn't otherwise care for.
Read Column →Four Questions With Bree Ogden, Instructor For 'Intro To Graphic Novel Writing'
January 6th, 2012
A few weeks ago I was queried with a graphic novel. The premise sounded wonderful and I immediately dove into the five sample chapters that were pasted into the body of the email. A few paragraphs into the sample chapters I thought to myself, “wait…isn’t this supposed to be a graphic novel?” Unfortunately, it was completely written in prose and I couldn’t consider it as a graphic novel.
Read Column →LURID: The End Of The World As We Know It
January 6th, 2012
Image via Pexels LURID: vivid in shocking detail; sensational, horrible in savagery or violence, or, a twice-monthly guide to the merits of the kind of Bad Books you never want your co-workers to know you're reading.
Read Column →The 10 Best Book To Movie Casting Decisions
January 6th, 2012
As the release of Fincher’s adaption of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is upon us, I find myself wondering if Rooney Mara can possibly nail the wild carelessness and single-minded survival instinct of the protagonist, Lisbeth Salander. I have high hopes for her role, but I find it hard to believe that she’ll approach the transformative performance given by Noomi Rapace in the 2009 Swedish film.
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