Bric-a-brac
March 21st, 2007 by Kathleen Bolton
Tidbits from the world of genre literature. Flashpan genre alert: yummy mummy. The chick-lit heroines enter their 30’s and have kids who talk back, husbands who’ve gotten fat, dogs they can’t potty train, and regrets to dissect with their girlfriends over mojitos and 100-calorie snack packs. Anyone else see a Menopause Mavens trend becoming hot ten years from now? (h/t Booksquare)
. The chick-lit heroines enter their 30’s and have kids who talk back, husbands who’ve gotten fat, dogs they can’t potty train, and regrets to dissect with their girlfriends over mojitos and 100-calorie snack packs. Anyone else see a Menopause Mavens trend becoming hot ten years from now? (h/t )Astrology for Writers forecasts more instability this spring because of the lunar eclipse. It’s never a good time to be a writer.
This is uplifting. The 2007 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize, the largest children’s literature award in the world, went to Banco del Libro, a nonprofit organization that’s been distributing free books to children for almost 50 years. It’s nice to know that Pippi Longstocking keeps bringing joy and literacy to children.
Yikes, while my heart was being all warmed by the Astrid Lindgren story, I almost missed a link to Yahoo’s exclusive Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End video clip. The four Pirate Kings make their last stand. Need I say more?
A 12-million print run is forecasted for JKR’s last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. That’ll be quite the royalty check.
Happy Vernal Equinox! Now that the days are getting longer, there should be no reason not to put in more time at the keyboard. Unless you like to write at night. Personally, I’ll take the extra UV rays.
UPDATE: AOL mentioned WU as one of their recommended blogs to visit, and cited Therese’s article as the draw. Click the “related blogs and articles” link at the bottom of a boring Dick Cheney health alert to see it.
Write on!
I read some additional Harry Potter news yesterday:
* Deathly Hallows will be 784 pages long, making it the 2nd longest in the HP series.
* It will be printed on 30% post-consumer waste recycled paper.
* Over 10,000 tons of paper used in the US first printing will be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, making this the largest purchase of approved paper ever in book publishing history.
* 100,000 copies of a Deluxe version of the book will contain 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper.
Bravo to Scholastic for making this enviro-friendly commitment!
Hopefully the enviro-friendly book will start a trend. There’s really no reason any more not to have recycled material in a book (the pages, that is, not the plotting!)
Good point, Kath!
Thx for the info update and congrats to WU and Therese for the link!
hey, great news on the aol blog link. wu moving up in the world!! and as always thanks for my horrorscope.