Uncreated Conscience

In previous posts about New Adult, I realized that I tried to articulate the category with broad generalizations (target audience, voice, etc.), but never got down to the specifics of personal taste. Personal taste is pretty important in this industry; it’s important to read broadly, but to also have opinions about what you read. Bear [...]

Whose brilliant idea was it to give me license to record myself playing instruments and singing badly online? Gaah. Anyway, in a fit of Libertines-related nostalgia (as it appears that a long-hoped-for reunion is in the works?), I decided to record a cover of “Music When the Lights Go Out”. I use the term “record” [...]

I want to this put this out there and I sincerely hope I don’t offend anyone when I say The road to hell is paved with good intentions. This is a common problem I see with many novice writers (and some experienced ones as well), especially those of a literary bent. Now please, please, please [...]

A while back, I mentioned on Twitter that I did not like chick lit. This is causing me a wee bit of stress as a large portion of the submissions we receive can fall into the realm of “chick lit”, meaning I am more reluctant to read them in favor of other submissions. One of [...]

Today I guest-blogged over at WeBook about how making movies and publishing books might be more similar than you might think. If the publisher is the producer, and the editor is the well, editor, then what role does the writer play? The director. Or at least, that’s my idea. As usual, I could be completely [...]

All I can say is I have no explanation. It started with me complaining on Twitter that I couldn’t figure out what the last chord of the pre-chorus to Lady Gaga’s “Speechless” is. (For the record, I have no idea what its name is, but I play it #F-C-E as the last piece of a [...]

I make it no secret how much I adore Jacqueline Carey and her Kushiel books. I have read every novel set in that universe. There have been 7 books to date. Carey writes with lush, descriptive (but not overwrought) prose, develops a killer fantasy world that is both heartbreakingly realistic and a place to which [...]

Apologies for not blogging yesterday–I had a horrible, horrible migraine and went home early to sleep for 14 hours. Sleep, best cure for a migraine! Anyway, this is the last day of JJ-Blog-About-Race Week! Previous posts include: Race in Fiction Week I’m Korean and I’m Okay: A little background information on me. Representing Race in [...]

And we come to day 3 of JJ-Blogs-About-Race-And-Then-Ducks-The-Rotten-Tomatoes! To recap: Race in Fiction Week I’m Korean and I’m Okay: Some background information on me. Representing Race in Fiction: What it says on the tin. Coffee, Chocolate, and Cream: How to describe characters of a different race. Before we continue, I would just like to say [...]

Welcome to day 2 of JJ Will Probably Alienate A Lot of People By Blogging About Race! In case you missed the previous posts: Race in Fiction Week I’m Korean and I’m Okay Representing Race in Fiction Today I want to tackle how to describe race in fiction. There are many schools of thought about [...]