A couple of months ago I asked you to fill out a survey about why you use Goodreads. The survey was for my thesis project. Since the project is pretty much done, I can close the survey. Here are the results:
I just looked at my bookshelf and went down my to-read list and man are there a lot of books on that list. After Hands on the Freedom Plow-which is spectacular, I’ll be finishing up Dark Delicacies edited by Del Howard and Jeff Gelb. I stopped reading Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned because every…
No, I’m not talking about the anime 😉 When is a story too dark? I’ve often come across some variation of this question between Goodreads and Google+. It got me thinking about what a dark story is. It’s different for everyone. When someone says a story is dark, what does that mean- to me anyway? Setting: The…
I was reading through this Goodreads discussion and found that some authors comment on 4 or 5 star reviews of their book. They thank the person or “like” the review. I know we don’t respond to negative comments, but I never thought about positive ones. I don’t pay much attention to comments for positive reviews…
I’ve been struggling to find adult fantasy and horror books to read. Maybe my tastes are slowly changing but most books I start, I don’t finish. If I do finish them, I didn’t enjoy it enough to buy the sequel. Mostly, I’ve been listening to story podcasts like NoSleep and Scary Stories Told in the…
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Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I know my last couple of posts have been about my book. I can’t help it. It’s getting down to the wire. The Sciell’s being released March 10. Finally finished the trailer. Enjoy! The Goodreads Giveaway is still pending. I’ll let you know when it’s been approved. For those…
Just because someone says you should be on that social network, doesn’t mean it’s right for you. I’m talking about you Facebook. Social media is not a one-size fits all approach. That bugs me, sometime. You can’t say, do this on Twitter and it will guarantee you 100 retweets. I’ve been rethinking my social media…
