Posts Tagged ‘opinion’
YA: Teens First, Adults who are Young (or young at heart), Second
A few days ago, I read The Many Ways YA Books & The Community Isolates Teens by VICKY WHO READS. It was a thought provoking blog post about Young Adult (YA) fiction that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about how teens are isolated from the books that are supposed for them. Because adults are the…
Read MoreFive Friendly Places that Pay for Fiction
Finding a place to publish a short story can be intimidating. Submitting a story I’ve poured my soul into out to a literary magazine is scary enough without worrying about what happens to it once it lands in someone’s slush. And there are so many places that publish fiction. I have to think about things…
Read MorePublication and Politics
For the past few years, I had been living under a metaphorical rock. Things like the news, current, events, and politics gave me panic attacks. Last year, I had a wake up call and realized that ignoring the news wasn’t making it any less scary. I used to show my students a documentary called “The…
Read MoreEnd Elitist Information, Democratize Academia
I find it terrifying when I realize that scientist and the media are playing a game of virtual telephone with information.
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