Some interesting links:
At The New York Times: Criticism’s Sting: The Author Curtis Sittenfeld on Book Reviews by Jennifer Senior
At The New York Times: 1896 | The Book Review Is Born by David W Dunlap.
Storyteller’s Rulebook #69: A Good Movie Has An Hour of Plot by Matt Bird.
At Black Gate: Three Ways to Write a Cast of Supporting Characters Without Confusing the Reader by M Harold Page.
At Romance University: How To Vividly Describe a Setting That You’ve Never Visited by Angela Ackerman.
At Read a Romance Month: Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan – Can’t Resist Romance. The ladies from GFY talking about their favourite romances.
At Observer Culture: The Fascinating, Complicated Art of Designing a Book Cover, An Interview with Paul Buckley, Creative Director for Penguin Classics by Dana Schwartz.
At All About Romance: The New Age of the Series – A Reader Rant by Janet Boatman. I have to admit I often find the idea of starting to read a new series daunting or exhausting. Sometimes you just want a stand-alone story.
On the Reddit fantasy board, a comment on the idea that ‘quality rises to the top’ in book publishing and how it’s not true. Beautifully illustrates the difficulties with getting any book read by anyone, let alone liked by many, and how many layers of gatekeepers and fumbling marketers are between the author and the readers, whether trad-pub or indie.
Women, Work, Creativity, Leisure and Time. Because Time is a Feminist Issue. by Kelly Diels.
At The Creative Penn: Self Care And Productivity For Authors With Ellen Bard.
Luna Harlow's house of pulp 