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 read this interesting review about Prince of Thorns recently. What got me thinking wasn’t the review itself but this statement: “I’d heard so much that I was starting to fall into the ‘There is so much hype that it is bound to be terrible’ camp.” This is not the first time I’ve come across a statement like…
I started reading A Game of Thrones then stopped. Started reading Wraeththu by Storm Constantine then stopped. Didn’t even make it halfway through. Started Shadows in the Asylum by D.A. Stern then…stopped. Notice a pattern. I can’t find any flaws in the story. They got great reviews. The writing was brilliant but after a while, I just got…
I always dream that one day I’ll have a writing space with a nice view. I can sit and read for hours. Get some good writing and designing in. Take my camera out every now and then. Don’t know how that dream will come true, though. I want a nature-y view. I also don’t want to live someplace where I have to…
Welcome to the weekly roundup of links for fellow writers and nerds. Book Marketing and Branding Simple Geek’s Guide to Doing Your Own PR Repeat After Me: “Goodreads Is My Friend” Amazon Keywords: The Secret to Doubling Your Sales and Pulling in New Readers! Try These Useful Suggestions to Build Your Audience Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi John Simm…
“Every now and then I come across a frightening response, ‘oh no, I don’t read very much/at all’ or ‘I haven’t read anything by published authors since school’.” (A writer who doesn’t read) Some authors believe you don’t need to read books to write them. It’s not something I’ve come across a lot. But, I’ve read…
Writers don’t read we study. We learn the craft by analyzing what’s been done before. I read this often when I was first learning to write but never how do this. I, eventually, learned how to pick a story apart through my literature classes as an undergrad. So, to hopefully save you some confusion, I…
