notes from a book in progress

Posted on 24th August 2009
in Blog
by Erin Blakemore

alp I’m deep in the thick of things, and writing The Heroine’s Bookshelf is simultaneously easier and more challenging than I thought it would be. I feel kind of schizophrenic…by day, I’m instructing people on how best to use Twitter to promote their businesses and doing marketing plans. But a huge part of me is busy sifting through the complexity of Louisa May Alcott’s relationship to her father and wondering about the architecture of corsetry in the Antebellum South.

Here are some tidbits I’ve come across in the past several weeks:

Jane Eyre, illustrated: A great collection of artistic interpretations of everyone’s favorite plane Jane, Jane Eyre
Pioneer Girl: A blog devoted to Laura Ingalls Wilder fact and fiction
A fascinating look at the history of Times New Roman (and its connection to children’s book illustrator [famous for The Secret Garden and A Little Princess] Tasha Tudor)

Also, if you’re interested in issues of girls and boys reading (I sure know I am), check out my contribution to Newbery Honor winner and all around superstar Kirby Larson’s blog (coming next week sometime). Preview here…

Tags: frances hodgson burnett, heroine's bookshelf, jane eyre, kirby larson, laura ingalls wilder, louisa may alcott, tasha tudor