View Post Publishing | Resources How To Find Beta Readers for Your Work By Jason Boog on Sep. 23, 2013 - 12:23 AM Many aspiring writers struggle to find beta readers to help them polish a manuscript. Over at Reddit, self-published new adult author Aubrey Rose shared her secret for finding early readers for your work. Writers of all different ...
View Post Videos Are We Living in a Golden Age of Television Writing? By Jason Boog on Sep. 23, 2013 - 12:23 AM A team of journalists talked about the Emmy Awards on our video edition of the Morning Media Menu, exploring the unexpected winners, upsets and the “bold new era in television” that is bringing great storytelling to TV ...
View Post Publishing | Reviews Pandora’s Box & Change Your Ways in 90 Days: Coming Attractions By Maryann Yin on Sep. 23, 2013 - 12:23 AM Here are some handpicked titles from our Coming Attractions page. Want to include your book? Just read our Share Your New Book with GalleyCat Readers post for all the details. Pandora’s Box by Ruby Binns-Cagney: “ ...
View Post Comic Books Batman in Suburbia By Jason Boog on Sep. 20, 2013 - 5:08 PM What if Batman lived in suburbia? The excellent BatDad video series on Vine tranposes comic book logic onto mundane situations (video compilation embedded above). io9 has more about this hilarious video series out of Atlanta: You� ...
View Post Digital Margaret Atwood & George R.R. Martin Fansite Curate Flipboard Magazines By Jason Boog on Sep. 20, 2013 - 12:23 PM Novelists Margaret Atwood and George R.R. Martin fansite Westeros.org have Flipboard digital magazines. Anyone can read these free magazines at these links: MaddAddam’s World and The World of Ice and Fire. Random House pa ...
View Post Awards Business Book of the Year Award Shortlist By Maryann Yin on Sep. 20, 2013 - 10:20 AM Need a good business book? The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs revealed the shortlist for the annual Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. We’ve embedded free samples of some of the books below ...
Resources Artist Creates Gorgeous Story Structure Map By Jason Boog on Sep. 20, 2013 - 6:23 AM Lots of writers like to map out their stories, but deviantART member Appylon has created a beautiful structure map. As you plan the events in your next short story or novel, make sure your story follows the “major arcs of ...
View Post Authors Will Too Much Homework Stifle Kids’ Creativity? By Jason Boog on Sep. 20, 2013 - 4:42 AM Journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld wrote a personal essay called “My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me” for The Atlantic this month, suffering through homework assignments alongside his daughter for a week. He di ...
View Post Sponsored Content Game of Thrones Character Gets His Own Book of Quotations By Maryann Yin on Sep. 20, 2013 - 3:23 AM Tyrion Lannister, one of the most popular characters from George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire series, will get his own book of quotations. Random House’s Bantam Dell imprint will release The Wit & W ...
View Post Awards New Scholarship for Children’s & YA Writers of Color By Jason Boog on Sep. 20, 2013 - 12:42 AM Children’s and young adult writers of color are eligible for a new scholarship at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Literary agent Barry Goldblatt established the Angela Johnson Scholarship in honor of his first client, an a ...