Tag: fiction
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Hometown show alert! Frenchtown Bookshop September 7 @ 6:30 p.m.
Starting this fall I want to focus on more in-person work and events. After ten years of focusing heavily on blogging and social media, I feel drawn to a more IRL existence. More on that later (maybe). For now I want to talk about the kickoff to my real-world fall and winter. It’s a hometown…
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Book review: Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi (YA)
Note: versions of this review also appear on Goodreads and Instagram. How about an unintentional Fourth-of-July themed post? I forgot to post this on Friday, but the timing feels right with the Declaration of Independence theme and the Philadelphia setting. Last week I read Ibi Zoboi’s new book NIGERIA JONES (affiliate link). I chose it…
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How to prepare for a bookstore author event
Today I’m going to share some of the ways I prepare for an author event. Specifically, a bookstore appearance where you read your work and participate in a discussion with the audience. After the She’s Not Home launch event I got some feedback that I was really prepared and easy to work with. This isn’t…
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Book Review: Fly with Me by Andie Burke (romance)
Note: I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley, and I also know the author personally, but all assessments here are my own. Andie Burke’s debut sapphic romance Fly with Me (affiliate link) is a captivating read in its own right. It also opens the door to representation I haven’t yet seen in…
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On editing Roald Dahl, and what I’d want for my own books decades from now
I scrolled into an interesting article/headline the other day: Big-Five publisher Puffin is implementing “extensive changes” across legendary author Roald Dahl’s catalog of children’s books. Some strike me more as modernization — replacing masculine plural nouns with gender-neutral ones — while others explicitly aim to remove offensive language. This is a thought-provoking issue for me…