Pirates and Dragons and Wizards Behaving Badly— Welcome to the Shattered Realms Fans of my Seven Realms series http://cindachima.com/Demon_King/About_the_Seven_Realms.htm have been letting me know in countless ways that they would like to see more of that world and those characters. Well, then. As one reviewer put it, “Be careful what you wish for.” The action […]
Welcome to Ohio Author Appreciation in April 2016! Those of you who have followed since last April will see some familiar faces, but you will also see some new ones as well. The entire purpose of OAAA is to showcase authors born in, raised in, or living in my home state. This does not mean […]
This one is for those of you who write as well as read. I don’t know about you but I get random book ideas all the time, especially when I sleep. My dreams are full of great ideas. But like most people I have a hard time remembering my dreams. Thus began my idea […]
John Green seems to be a controversial figure in YA, people either really love him or harbor a great dislike for him. Now, I certainly don’t worship the ground he walks on, but neither do I think he’s an awful human being. To me he’s a decent writer of YA who has an entertaining […]
I’ve talked about having multiple copies before. If you haven’t seen it, that post is here. Anyway, that post mostly talks about having multiple copies because of alternate covers or foreign editions. This is a little different. See, there’s another reason I have multiple copies of a book, and that is for lending purposes. For […]
Think about this for a second: you are the world’s last chance for survival. Perhaps a dystopian government is ruining everything or some magic has gone wild and will destroy everything. No matter the reason, you are the chosen one, the only person who can turn things around. Ok, great, so here are some of […]
How well do buying bans work? Do they work at all? And if they don’t why do we do them? These are some of the questions I ask myself. So I guess I’ll actually try to answer them one at a time. How well do book buying bans work? Um well for me? Not well. And […]
Hi guys! Welcome to Cover Talk, a new feature I want to start. As the feature title suggests, I’m going to be talking about covers: the good, the bad, and the ugly. And our first cover is both bad and a little bit ugly. This is the cover for the paperback edition of Dark Triumph […]
I love YA, that’s pretty obvious to anyone who knows me. But there are also things I wish would change or that we could see more of in YA these days. I’m sure we all have such a list so feel free to add your own at the bottom in the comments. A few more […]
I’m sure by now you’ve heard Sherilyn Kenyon (author of the Dark Hunter Series) is suing Shadowhunter series author Cassandra Clare for copyright and trademark infringement. First, here is the complaint from Kenyon, provided by Courtney Milan on her Twitter: I hope you can read legal-ese Basically, as I understand it, SK is claiming Clare violated […]