Lots of links I’ve been saving:
- Query critiques, signed books, Skype visits and more for Hurricane Harvey relief.
- An awesome post on Mary Sues and the pressure we put on female characters.
- The witty, wise, and whimsical E.B. White.
- On addiction and library services.
- As if Porter Square Books wasn’t already awesome enough, now they’re inviting you to a bookstore sleepover.
- A real plaque for a fictional person.
- Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these librarians from their patrons.
- How Harry Potter changed publishing.
- Revising the summer reading list.
- And speaking of summer reading lists, check out Lin-Manuel Miranda’s.
- Cultural appropriation is never appropriate.
- The miraculous act of reading.
- Take a literary road trip across the United States.
- Getting objective and creative with your revision.
- From one of my dearest friends, thoughts on growing up with Harry Potter.
- Twenty-five easy steps to be a contemporary writer.
- Margaret Atwood and Junot Diaz on dystopian societies and the contemporary landscape.
- Reason #482 why you should adopt a pet: to name it something inspired from literature.
- Love and lemonade.
- The calendar of book launch marketing.
Obviously I’m a big fan of 
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
Happy Friday, everybody! It’s been a week, and for some reason it’s snowing again, but that’s a good excuse to stay inside and talk about what I’ve been reading in fifteen words or fewer.