Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

Authors, Editors and Reviewers on the Art of Reviewing, Part 3: Kelli Stanley

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Ed Battistella

From Kelli Stanley, an award-winning author of City of Dragons and City of Secrets and of The Curse-Maker and Nox Dormienda. Good reviews should encapsulate the plot points without giving away spoilers … if the book has a surprise twist … Continue reading →

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Authors, Editors and Reviewers on the Art of Reviewing, Part 2: Alisa Bowman

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Ed Battistella

From Alisa Bowman, author of Project: Happily Ever After, Dangerous Instincts, (with Mary Ellen O’Toole), and 30 other coauthored books including seven NY Times bestsellers. In today’s online world, I think of book reviews differently than I did years ago. … Continue reading →

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Authors, Editors and Reviewers on the Art of Reviewing, Part 1

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Last term, my History of Publishing class talked about the gatekeeper role of publishers and how they select and develop books, ideas and authors. As you might expect, we noted that as large publishers consolidated, they’ve invested less in authors … Continue reading →

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Non-Words for August

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Ed Battistella

Here are the Non-Words for August. I’ve made it through month eight, which included at the beginning a vacation to the Idaho desert and at the end five days with a fever. Thanks to Jennifer Marcellus, Rebecca Ann Bartlett, Lesley … Continue reading →

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