12 Books in 12 Months

I thought I’d post some links to articles I’ve been reading recently that might be of interest.  And look at this cool picture I found for you to illustrate the point, you lucky people!  Please note: this has nothing to do with the fact I am too braindead to come up with a proper blog post of my own, and everything to do with the fact there’s a lot of interesting stuff kicking about on That Internet right now.  You’re welcome.

Five Things For Readers

• Children’s writers respond to bad book reviews – this sits on Monica Edinger’s blog but was the brainchild of Marc Nobleman
• Following a study showing the publishing industry is biased in favour of white writers, Book Riot list 25 Authors of Colour to check out.
• Goosebumps Art to Chill Your Twelve Year Old Heart, at Tor.com
• What Would Yellow Ranger Do? A comic by Shing Yin Kor
• This is from last October but worth a read if you didn’t see it – Lucy Mangan perfectly summing up everything that’s wrong with Bridget Jones

Five Things For Writers

• Joanne Harris collected 10 pieces of advice for writers from other writers
• Chuck Wendig posted on why writing generally takes much longer than you want it to
• Rachel Thompson wrote about why you should stop worrying what other people think and get on with writing
• Lynsey Rogers at the Scottish Book Trust on setting achievable targets (this was a timely reminder for me)
• Addie Zierman on all the things that don’t magically happen just because you’ve signed a book deal

Extra bonus thing

Look, a creature reading! And it’s all furry and cute, even if it is some kind of rodent. I found it on Pinterest, but the source seems to have been a google search – if you are this animal, let me know and I will give you a photo credit.