by Jamie Chavez | May 4, 2017 | Books You Might Like
They walked silently to science class. Edward sat down in the back row and tried to think things through. A few days ago Feenix was a terror, a plague, a human tsunami, and now she was gone. Not only was she gone; it was like she had never existed. No one even...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 6, 2017 | Books You Might Like
The fox felt the car slow before the boy did, as he felt everything first. Through the pads of his paws, along his spine, in the sensitive whiskers at his wrists. By the vibrations, he learned also that the road had grown coarser. He stretched up from his boy’s lap...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 30, 2015 | Books You Might Like, Miscellany
My parents always had a huge built-in bookcase wherever they lived (my father built them). They were primarily filled with the novels my mother had accumulated in her youth and all sorts of books my folks acquired as a young married couple, including museum exhibition...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 11, 2015 | The Book Biz
Three years ago I did a contrast-and-compare with middle grade fiction and young adult fiction. It was a really useful exercise for me. Since that time, there’s a New Kid in Town. Actually—a New Adult. You’ve probably already heard about it, but wondered how to...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 30, 2015 | Authors & Other Writers
A good friend of mine has a friend who is a much-celebrated author of literary fiction; he’s won more than one important literary prize. Nice guy—I’ve met him. Humble, funny, interesting, smart. Teaches college. And he’s got a little “secret”: for several years before...
