(April 14, 2023) Washington Post book critic Ron Charles took note of the first place winner of our Eighth Annual High School Writing Contest in his Book Club newsletter, reprinting Elane Kim’s “Aftermath.”
Book promotion and publicity, once confined mostly to staid book reviewing, has no limits in the Internet Era, writes ‘PW’ associate news editor Sophia Stewart.
the landscape has changed tremendously since i began reviewing. very good point. and david, you ve reviewed for many different places. and now you have a couple of semi regular gigs. so tell us what that s like. [laughter] yes. i ve been reviewing for about 10 years, i guess. the first few years was an an online reviewer. i had my own website. and about seven years ago i started reviewing for print publications exclusively newspapers as a freelancer. i review primarily popular fiction. i review mostly genre fiction, mystery thriller expense, stuff like that. i ve written for most of the big newspapers at one time or another including the washington post. ron has been enough enough to get me some work. boston globe, usa today, et cetera. i do have a couple of regular gigs now which is certainly easier than pitching yourself all the time. i write a monthly column for the chicago sun-times, which i ve been doing for about six years, i guess. and i for