Tag Archives: #WeNeedDiverseBooks

Saturday Summation – 30 May 2015

Posted on May 30, 2015 by

Bits and pieces of things that caught my eye not only for my own interest, but enough to want to share with you, too… Writing Stuff: Is it a dream of writers to be able to quit jobs and turn … Continue reading →

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Saturday Summation – 11 April 2015

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Bits and pieces of things that caught my eye not only for my own interest, but enough to want to share with you, too… Writing Stuff: Author Rachel Winterbottom starts out this post about diversity in fantasy novels like this: … Continue reading →

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Reading and Writing While White – Part Two: Reader Perspective

Posted on March 5, 2015 by

In the past 2-3 weeks I ran across some great articles about perceptions of diversity in both reading and writing. Normally they would have only shown up with some brief commentary by me in a Saturday Summation post, but since … Continue reading →

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Reading and Writing While White – Part One: Writer Perspective

Posted on March 3, 2015 by

In the past 2-3 weeks I ran across some great articles about perceptions of diversity in both reading and writing. Normally they would have only shown up with some brief commentary by me in a Saturday Summation post, but since … Continue reading →

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Do Your Characters Reveal Your Race? A White Author’s Push for Self-Examination

Posted on October 9, 2014 by

For a very long time, one of my sons has been asking me to read the books from Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series. My kids like it when I read stuff they really like, which I can appreciate. We … Continue reading →

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Warning: Characters In Your Head May Look Different Than They Appear

Posted on October 22, 2013 by

 Catching Fire, the second movie adaptation in The Hunger Games series comes out next month, and the first thing I always think of is the ridiculous fan reaction to character race after The Hunger Games movie released in 2012. When … Continue reading →

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