by Jamie Chavez | May 30, 2013 | Guest Posts, The Writing Craft
This topic came up over lunch a few weeks ago, and I begged Ramona Richards * to write it up for a guest post to run during my vacation. This is just what you need to know! Separating the Women from the … Other Women I recently had an author I admire a great deal try...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 15, 2012 | Books You Might Like
By now you know my first choice in any gift-giving situation is almost always going to be a book. Even for nonreaders (picture books for toddlers, say; coffee-table books for, you know, those who are capable but choose not to). I’ve written quite a bit about this, and...
by Jamie Chavez | Feb 14, 2011 | Authors & Other Writers
I’ve been reading romance novels lately. This may surprise those of you who know my inclination to literary fiction, but I’ve been working on some romances, so I decided to brush up on the form. And there are a lot of romance forms (think … contemporary romance,...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 6, 2010 | Books You Might Like, Miscellany
Books make good gifts. I realize you would expect nothing less from me on this occasion, but think about it: what other single store can you visit and get something—something unique, beautiful, and intellectually and emotionally satisfying—for everyone on your list?...
