Meet a Publisher
By Mary Breaden An enormous statue of comic book hero, Concrete, is guarding the entrance of Dark Horse, but I know enough about this local publisher to not find that weird. This particular comic book...
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Author’s Phillip Margolin & Ami Margolin Rome talk about writing Vanishing Act’s PBR: What made you both decide to collaborate on a Tween book? Ami: My dad’s editor asked him to write a tween book...
View ArticleCall Me What You Will
Call Me What You WIll By Annie Hicks As of late, I have been reading left and right, where it’s on the bus or walking on my way to my volunteer position, I try to squeeze in as much time as I am able...
View ArticleThe 11th Annual Reading Contest: Favorite Books
By Steve Duin, The Oregonian on February 11, 2013 at 4:30 PM, updated February 11, 2013 at 5:04 PM The most memorable books of 2012 from the reading contestants: Note: Portland Book Review has included...
View ArticleTwo Full Circles to the Top
Two Full Circles to the Top By L.J. Sellers As a novelist, I’ve come full circle in the publishing world—not once, but twice—which could have left me dizzy, discouraged and broke, but instead launched...
View ArticleAh, A Writer’s Life by Rebecca Yount
Ah, A Writer’s Life by Rebecca Yount Poor Jane Austen. She has become a multi-million dollar industry. Yet Jane herself reaped little financial reward from her books before her early death at age 42...
View ArticleSarah Skilton, Author of Bruised
1) When did you decide you wanted to write books for young adults? In early 2009 I joined a Young Adult book club. We met once a month and I absolutely loved the books that were selected (books by Gene...
View ArticleWords from the Root Cellar
The Farmstead in Winter By Axie Barclay My grandpa used to tell me stories, like his great-grandfather used to tell stories to him. So much of the farm life, I realize, is in stories. We tell one...
View ArticleMaking Books for Profit
Making Books for Profit By Sheli Ellsworth Curious about the future of publishing, I recently had the privilege of visiting a large digital printing plant that specialized in print-on-demand (POD)...
View ArticleWhen You Can’t Solve a Real Life Mystery, make Up Another
When You Can’t Solve a Real Life Mystery, make Up Another by Caroline Leavitt For me, writing a novel is always about finding the question that haunts me and then answering it through story. But...
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E-readers have landed! iPads, iPhones, Androids, Kindles, Nooks, the list is growing for all the new electronic ways to read. I am often asked if I think paper-printed books are eventually going away...
View ArticlePortland Book Review’s First Annual Short Story Fiction Contest
Give us your Shorts Updated 3/8 Click below post title for rules and prizes Portland Book Review’s First Annual Short Story Fiction Contest
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The Farmstead in Winter By Axie Barclay The term confirmation bias refers to the tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms our beliefs, while avoiding information or...
View ArticleDeath of a Taxman
Death of a Taxman by Ryder Miller I was the last family member to see my father, Leon Miller, career IRS agent, alive. He lost his battle with cancer and spent the last of his days in Hospice care in...
View ArticleWords From The Root Celler: Hemingway’s Rules of Writing, Food Rules, and...
Hemingway’s Rules of Writing, Food Rules, and Grandma vs. the Gobbler By Axie Barclay April 2013 At 90, my grandma is pretty tough. A Marine in WWII and lifelong farm woman, she could wring a chicken’s...
View ArticleSigns, Wonders, and a Baptist Preacher Questions and Answers with Chad Norris
1.The death of your grandfather had a major impact on you. How? Why? I think the reason that his death impacted me so much was that I was five years old when it happened. He was my hero and best...
View Article“Those Who Missed the Space Age: Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Others”
by Ryder W. Miller It is interesting to speculate about what John Steinbeck, whose birth centennial was in 2002, and Ernest Hemingway, who would be 107 this year, would have thought about the big space...
View ArticlePowell’s Books names new CEO
By Elliot Njus, The Oregonian Email the author | Follow on Twitter on April 25, 2013 at 11:32 AM, updated April 25, 2013 at 12:09 PMAfter just a couple of years with a Powell at the helm, Powell’s...
View Article29th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement awards
RESIDENT WRITER FROM ESTACADA HONORED AT FESTIVE HOLLYWOOD GALA Marilyn Guttridge from Estacada, Oregon was honored Sunday night, April 14, at the 29th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement awards at the...
View ArticleInnovative Bookseller Brings eBooks to the Brick and Mortar World
Innovative Bookseller Brings eBooks to the Brick and Mortar World by Tonya Macalino, Vice President, NIWA Hillsboro, OR – Love your eReader and love your community bookstore, too! On Saturday, May 4th...
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