Describes how the integration of sound and images in multimedia presentations may affect the future of writing. Discusses the impact on the concepts of "author" and "authorship." Focuses on the importance of knowing how integrated media texts work. Posits that children already perceive the relationship between image, word, and sound as being…

Describes the paradoxical situation regarding children's literature in Slovakia since the 1989 revolution. Notes that what had been forbidden suddenly was available. Decries the proliferation of Disney and other second-rate books from the West to the detriment of quality Slovak indigenous literature. (SR)

Asserts that contemporary women novelists from the Caribbean are writing a new chapter in the literature of adolescence--a study of connections. Discusses the works of Carol Gilligan, and the idea of measuring women's development against a different truth than the male standard. Presents a 10-item annotated reading list. (PRA)

Suggests that, at its best, fiction is more than story. Notes that the author did not realize how much more than story there can be, and how important it is to teach children how to mine stories for their deeper pleasures, until she began writing fiction herself. (RS)

Assesses three conflicting views: that the author is the final authority; that the author is incompetent; and that the editor has final authority. Reveals editors' four rhetorical strategies to establish authority: using editorial dialogue, defining the audience, citing authority, and teaching. Classifies editors as having high or low status. (SR)

This article profiles six librarians in academic and public libraries who discuss how they balance their dual careers as authors and librarians. The influence of librarianship on their writing is described, the influence of writing on their careers in librarianship is considered, and the problems of finding time for both careers is discussed. (LRW)

Highlights numerous Hispanic fiction writers who are beginning to experience popularity. Describes Hispanic genre such as "magic realism" in which real action is tinged with dreamlike surrealism. Discusses Hispanic writers' experiences with small independent presses as well as major publishers. Expresses such concerns as patronization and the lack…

Presents an interview with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, a prolific author of books for children, young adults, and adults. Her writing process, how reading influences her writing, and ideas for settings and characters are some of the topics covered. A selected list of 32 of her books is included. (EAM)

Describes how Carolyn Meyer, popular author of adolescent fiction, goes about the business of writing. Shows how important research skills are for the writer of not only nonfiction but fiction as well. Discusses the origins in factual data of several of Meyer's novels. (HB)

Using a Marxist framework modified by recent feminist theory, analyzes the work of three seventeenth- and eighteenth-century women writers. Illustrates how women's historical participation in production for consumption rather than exchange gave rise to the polyvocal critical perspective essential to the novel's identity. (CJS)

Replies to every criticism in the foregoing essays of Ling-chi Wang, Elaine Kim, and Sucheng Chan. Endorses Chan's call for more in-depth research. Explains that the size of the book and the number of sources prevented closer annotation in the first edition. (DM)

Describes a study that was designed to document through citation analysis the intellectual development of research on organizations for the years 1972-84. Organizational theory and organizational behavior are highlighted, the use of author cocitation analysis is explained, and future research is suggested. (17 references) (LRW)

Explores the difference between people or authors meaning what they say and saying what they mean. Concludes that, whether authors say what they mean and mean what they say, readers will take from books what they wish to take. (PRA)

Presents the text of a speech given by Betsy Byars, a children's author, at the Second Annual Celebration of Children's Literature Conference that provides insights into her writing processes. Topics discussed include editing, time frames, the number of characters, naming characters, writing with authority, and books leading children to other…

Describes results of a citation analysis of 209 articles from the "Journal of the American Society for Information Science" (JASIS) that was conducted to determine the intellectual base and the research front. Topics discussed include citation-based mapping techniques, including bibliographic coupling and cocitation analysis; and…