In today's guest post, author Ghita Schwarz talks about the delicate balance of using fact to create fiction. I love her comment about some things that happen in real life being too unbelieveable to include as I think we've all had those moments!
How do you save the publishing industry? Ask a kid. While things are in a state of flux as the publishing houses scramble to figure out how to deal with ebooks (which definitely are here to stay), they are still only a small part of our world and not the biggest challenge facing the industry. What the publishers should be asking is this: Where is the next reader coming from and how do we get them to enjoy reading?
Today's guest blogger Zoë Ferraris moved to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the first Gulf War to live with her then husband and his extended family of Saudi-Palestinian Bedouins, who had never welcomed an American into their lives before. She has an MFA from Columbia University and is the award-winning author of FINDING NOUF.
The supernatural, intrigue and dangerous liaisons --- this week’s new releases are anything but bland and boring. Five missing students mysteriously reappear at an exclusive New York party equipped with the ability to read minds, stop time and steal power in ANOTHER FAUST, but as they make further deals with the devil, inevitable truths are revealed that could have dire consequences for these five.
Here's a very interesting article on how comics can help motivate readers. I loved how it debunked so many of the common myths surrounding comics...one being that those who read comics will somehow forego reading anything else. If anything, being a comics reader promotes active reading of more and more things (other comics, of course, but also more and more books). Nice to have this long, footnoted article from the Canadian Council on Learning back that up.
Joining us for this week’s “If You Ask Me” Q&A are Maria from Vanetia, PA and Bethany Crocker from Charlotte, NC. These girls cover a range of topics like why Bethany doesn’t quite like the Twilight movie adaptations, why Maria would trade places with Maximum Ride, and what questions they would each ask their favorite authors.
Maria from Vanetia, PA
