Tag: books

Happy Endings Writing Contest

ByRachel September 8, 2009 6 Comments
I recently got in a discussion at Science Fiction and Fantasy Novelists about happy endings--are they cheesy? Unrealistic? Do you like them or find them trite? I won't delve into that argument here. Maybe I'll save it for a later post. But it did give me an idea for Up and Writing's very first ever contest.Ooooh. I want to hear your very best real-life happy ending. When did you fight the...

Which Literary Character Are You?

ByRachel September 3, 2009 4 Comments
There's an interesting conversation over at blog Fantasy Debut about bonding with characters in the novels you read. Most people who read find at least one or two characters in literature who feel real to them--characters you'd want to meet and hang out with. Characters you admire. It got me thinking about a related topic; which literary characters have I felt were the most like me? Which ones...

Fall Reading in YA Lit

ByRachel September 1, 2009 4 Comments
Everyone thinks of summer as the time to lie back with a good book. We see advertisements for "great summer reads" each May. But what about fall? No one advertises "great autumn reads." Granted, students start back to school in the fall and thus have less time for free reading. But that shouldn't stop them! Free reading is still important, and there are plenty of shorter YA books out there that...

Make Money Blogging–Review

ByRachel August 31, 2009 3 Comments
I subscribe to Daniel Scocco's Daily Blog Tips site, which provides a wealth of information on everything bloggish. He recently published an e-book called MAKE MONEY BLOGGING which I downloaded free as a subscriber. As blogging for a living isn't my exact goal, I didn't expect the book to be of much interest; I assumed it would focus on advertising and financial strategies. But I was pleasantly...

The "Best Of" Book to Movie List

ByRachel August 27, 2009 9 Comments
A recent flurry of blogging on the subject  "Books vs. movies: which is better?" got me thinking about the whole book-t0-movie phenomenon. I even got in on the debate in a guest-blog over at Cinema Three (movie connaisseur Silver Autumn's witty blog about films and pop-culture). My thoughts on this subject are many. On the one hand, books and movies are such different media that I feel odd...