by Jamie Chavez | Sep 27, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers, The Book Biz
In case—after reading this week’s posts—you think I’m all gloom and doom, I’ve got a treat for you from my friend, author Judy Christie. She recently released her eighth novel, and she’s got something to smile about: readers. When you’re a writer, there’s no one more...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 18, 2014 | Miscellany
This human interest story was on the national news last week, so you may already know about it, but I think it’s special and has a great message. More than one message, actually. It’s set in the South, from which so many good stories emanate, and it goes like this …...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 6, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers, The Book Biz
The guys I hang out with certainly do. But parents and teachers (and data) will tell you their boys don’t read much fiction. There are lots of theories about it, but kids’ author Jon Scieszka (rhymes with Fresca)—a former teacher—was in Nashville recently for a...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 4, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers, The Book Biz
When I started looking into the issues of gender—specifically women—in the publishing industry, I was blissfully serene about them. Which is to say, I thought we were past all that. I’m of the generation of women who can remember a time when Harriet Nelson and June...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 1, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers, The Book Biz
I’m still grappling with gender issues in fiction. You’ll have seen I hadn’t even thought about the fact that there was a gender divide until I discovered in a personal way that many men don’t read women authors … perhaps because of a perception that women authors...