For music lovers, there’s nothing quite like opening up a nice 12-inch vinyl record and letting it spin for the first time. You kick back, open up a book, and let that sweet analog sound take you away. Plus, records are a good reminder to get up once in a while. Put your book down, flip […]
Fame. If books and movies have taught us anything about being a celebrity, it’s that it isn’t all glitz and glamour. The drama, the relationships, the pressure, the jealousy…it seems like there’s always something going wrong in a world that’s supposed to feel so right.
You may or may not have heard of New Adult, but one thing’s for certain about this fledgling category: it hasn’t had any trouble finding a huge readership, or huge sales. While it’s still in the early stages, and the category may grow in other directions, right now it’s dominated by contemporary romance, often set […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you write a contemporary YA novel that references Jane Austen, I’m going to want to read it. This rule also applies if your book is a science-fiction space opera or an alternative history novel taking place in the prehistoric era. Fact is, if you tell me you were […]
If any musician understood the importance of storytelling and characters, it was David Bowie. Over the course of his career, Bowie reinvented himself again and again, with new personas that told new stories, and albums that were as catchy as they were conceptual. Whether we’re talking about his celebrated sci-fi-inspired persona Ziggy Stardust, or his iconic […]
