All in Reading
Watch Your Language: Does Adding Slang to Your Novel Slay?
Slang can slay—or sink your story faster than a Myspace profile. Using colloquialisms in your WIP can be risky business. Drop in a tired, outdated phrase, and you risk losing credibility with readers. Just chill is out. Next level and That’s what she said? Way out. Even amazeballs—how did that even enter the lexicon?
Protect the Freedom to Read: Support Your Local Library
The ALA’s Freedom to Read statement emphasizes the librarian’s responsibility for making "available the widest diversity of views and expressions, including those which are unorthodox or unpopular with the majority."
On Praying for Mrs. Mombasa: A Conversation with Doug Brendel
Author Doug Brendel’s latest book, Praying for Mrs. Mombasa, won the 2021-2022 Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award for best book in the humor category.
Celebrating Banned Books Week 2021
On Sunday, September 26, the American Library Association’s annual Banned Books Week officially begins. This year’s theme is “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.”