Anyone who writes reviews for a living has heard it before, and plenty: “How much did you get paid to write this?” I’ve been a critic of many things over the years: movies, wine and spirits, and all manner of tech gear, for WIRED and other publications. And no matter what it is that I’m … Read more
Writer Sarah Stankorb is one such author. This summer, she published Disobedient Women: How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors, and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning. Summaries appeared on Amazon within days. One, which she suspects was based on an advance copy commonly distributed to reviewers, appeared the day before … Read more
Star Wars: The Excessive Republic might have started as a golden age for its titular authorities and the Jedi Order that stood beside it—however later this 12 months issues are taking a flip in direction of darkness, as Lucasfilm’s prequel publishing initiative kicks off its third and remaining section. However as darkish as issues might … Read more
Indignant readers flooded TikTok and the GoodReads web page of an writer’s forthcoming e book with one-star evaluations after the writer attacked one explicit reviewer for score the novel 4 out of 5 stars. GoodReads appears to have paused evaluations of the e book in response, freezing the web page because it was on Wednesday. … Read more