I was recently talking to Brittany Stonestreet, a friend who is finishing up her Masters in Publishing at the prestigious Emerson College in Boston. She mentioned she was just completing the style sheet for her newest YA novel. I
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A Social Media Platform that REALLY Sells Books: TikTok
I need to start out by apologizing. I know writers are weary of being told to build their platforms, to promote their books on social media, to, well, work magic at something most don’t particularly enjoy. I’m one of those …
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Reverse Fan Fiction: Fixing Harry Potter
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I came across this article on Yahoo yesterday, and I’m not sure what to think of this mom’s efforts to “fix” Harry Potter by writing a “reverse fan fiction” on fanfiction.net.
https://tv.yahoo.com/news/mom-rewriting-harry-potter-replace-witchcraft-christianity-221000371.html
I agree with her that …
Building Mystery in Fiction: The Maze Runner
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I finished reading The Maze Runner by James Dashner last night. The movie comes out in September, so I had to read the book before I go to see it with my good friend. We always go …
Catching Fire
Blogger: Rachel Kent
How many of you are going to see “Catching Fire” this weekend? I’m writing this post on Thursday afternoon and I have tickets to see it tonight! I’m excited! I’d love to hear your thoughts on the …
Mirror, Mirror: Taking a familiar story and making it new
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Last night I watched “Snow White and the Huntsman” the recent release with Kristen Stuart as Snow White. A few months ago I watched “Mirror, Mirror” with Julia Roberts as the evil queen. Both movies are Snow …
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The Hunger Games: Book vs Movie
Blogger: Rachel Kent
SPOILER ALERT!!! If you haven’t read the book or seen the movie and would like to, do not read this post!!!
I went to The Hunger Games movie last Friday, and the grade I’d give it is …
Coming Soon to Theaters: Ender’s Game
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Today’s pick: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Here’s the link to the movie page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
Ender’s Game, from my understanding, is a book that many filmmakers …
Coming Soon to Theaters: The Hunger Games
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: The Lodge @ Sonoma in Sonoma, Calif. for the Books & Such Agents’ Planning Summit
I’d like to spend this week talking about books that soon will be movies. We can discuss what we think has …
The Book That Inspired My Love of YA Fantasy
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I think a lot of younger readers would say the Harry Potter series introduced them to young adult fantasy. Some might say it was Twilight. For my …