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The Book Smugglers: Level Up!
Sep. 26th, 2017 11:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helloladiesIf you've followed book blogging at all, it's hard not to be aware of The Book Smugglers, a powerhouse book blog run by Ana Grilo and Thea James, that put talking about books front and center when they launched in 2008. They started in romance and spread out to young adult, middle grade, science fiction, and fantasy, and have been a great source for knowing what books are coming out and their honest thoughts about them. From their inception they have churned out tons of reviews, published fascinating columns by contributors, and every December they do Smugglivus, a celebration of media featuring posts from authors and fans from around the YA and SFF community.
Book blogging is much different now than it was in 2008, but although The Book Smugglers are still working hard every day to share reviews and commentary, they've expanded into publishing. Their first season of short fiction, on the theme of Fairytales, produced some excellent stories, and led to even more seasons—and ideas for new projects.
In the last few weeks, they've launched a Kickstarter to help them expand. I sat down with Ana to discuss the blog and their Kickstarter project. ( Read more... )
Book blogging is much different now than it was in 2008, but although The Book Smugglers are still working hard every day to share reviews and commentary, they've expanded into publishing. Their first season of short fiction, on the theme of Fairytales, produced some excellent stories, and led to even more seasons—and ideas for new projects.
In the last few weeks, they've launched a Kickstarter to help them expand. I sat down with Ana to discuss the blog and their Kickstarter project. ( Read more... )
