EPISODE 104: Goosebumps In The Night

<p>Amber and Rax (btw love how we write these in the 3rd person like we have a fancy producer, it's just us) anyway, Amber and Rax (definitely not us) talked about the Goosebumps books series and it's superstar author R.L. Stine. The series is known for getting boys into reading, and being despised by adults and critics, which is how you knew it was cool. Listener beware, you're in for a scare, not really, just some fun facts and opinions on children's books.</p> <div dir="auto">Amber got most of the information in today's pod from this book!</div> <div dir="auto"><a href= "https://archive.org/details/whatssoscaryabou0000jone/mode/1up">What’s So Scary About R. L. Stine</a> (Patrick Stones, 1998)</div> <div dir="auto"> </div> <div dir="auto"> <div>Also some good stuff in these articles and interviews:</div> <div dir="auto"><a href= "https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/1997/02/10/editorial2.html"> Proposed Goosebumps Ban is Misguided</a> (Coney Kingrey, Biz Journals, 1997)</div> </div> <div dir="auto"> </div> <div dir="auto"><a href= "https://slate.com/culture/2012/10/r-l-stines-goosebumps-and-red-rain-reviewed.html"> Giving 11 Year Olds Nightmares Since 1992</a> (Katy Waldman, Slate, 2012)</div> <div dir="auto"> <div dir="auto"> </div> <div dir="auto"><a href= "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rl-stine-goosebumps_n_5870902">R.L. Stine Explains How He Managed to Publish One Goosebumps Book a Month</a> (Ryan Buxton, Huffington Post, 2014)</div> </div> <div dir="auto"><a href= "https://www.theverge.com/2015/10/14/9519805/goosebumps-rl-stine-interview"> ‘I Never Wanted To Be Scary’: An Interview With R L Stine</a> (Chris Plante, The Verge, 2015)</div> <div dir="auto"> </div> <div dir="auto"><a href= "https://writingcooperative.com/r-l-stines-top-13-writing-tips-83f11abc9fa5?gi=f7c76ef35228"> R.L. Stine’s Top 13 Writing Tips</a> (Bobby Powers, Writing Cooperative, 2021)</div>