Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I reread teenage comfort novels over the Christmas season: Lenora Mattingly Weber’s Beany Malone series of some dozen books.
Originally published in the 1950s, Weber’s books told the story of a middle-class high…
By Michelle Ule on Jan 11, 2010 in Blog, Children's books, Fiction, Life, Teen books | 15 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As you can see from my picture, I’m somewhat young. Often in my job, I have to “convince” people I’m an adult through my hard work, integrity, and success. But…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Aug 17, 2009 in Life, Marketing & Publicity, Teen books | 7 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: 65 and spring rain
Do protagonists have greater appeal to readers if they are human, or is it more important that a character simply exhibit some human characteristics? Animal characters abound in children’s…
By Etta Wilson on Mar 26, 2009 in Children's books, Fiction, Reading, Teen books, Writing Life | 0 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books&Such office, Nashville
Weather: 70s and breezy
One thing is clear–a whole lot of people are writing about “fictional character development”! According to Google today, there are 372,000 entries for that topic. Reading a few of them convinces me…
By Etta Wilson on Mar 24, 2009 in Authors, Children's books, Fiction, Reading, Teen books, Writing Life | 0 Comments
Before we get to the much-anticipated reading list, I want to thank you all for participating this week! I’ve had so much fun.
By the way, I’m teaching a workshop on this subject (entitled “When Your Audience Is the ‘Hoodie and…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jan 23, 2009 in Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Teen books, Writing Life | 12 Comments
