Insofar as I can tell, there are three types of book reviews. The first type is the reader review, wherein someone who has actually purchased and read an author’s book will post 
a comment about it in an online forum of some type. Since the reader represents an author’s customer base, these have the potential to be very valuable. Some are very thoughtful, analytical pieces, while others are more of the loved it or hated it variety with little specificity or guidance for an author open to feedback. Continue reading “Encore: Three Types of Reviews”
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Ed’s Really Bad Writing Advice: Exposition
(Note, this post should be read with your “tongue-in-cheek” detector on its highest setting) 😉
If there is one thing readers hate, it’s exposition. If there are two things, the other is main characters who aren’t physically attractive and they don’t want to have crazy monkey sex with. But if there is only one, it is that blasted expository writing. Continue reading “Ed’s Really Bad Writing Advice: Exposition”
The Indies Unlimited Bookstore – Indies Galore!
What could be better than shopping for great Indie books from the comfort of your own home? The Indies Unlimited Bookstore showcases the titles of many authors featured here on the site.
I’m sorry…did you say you need a new Kindle, reading light, or other accessory? Well, you can also buy those through the bookstore! Are you in the UK? No worries! We’ve got you covered there as well with our UK Bookstore.
So check it out. Browse around and if there’s something you’d like that we don’t carry, we’re always open to your comments and questions.
Ed’s Casual Friday: August and Everything After…
Yes, I totally stole this post title from a Counting Crows album. I’m an old guy, so sue me. No wait, please don’t.
All last month, my Ed’s Casual Friday column here at IU consisted of a four-part look at one-star reviews on a hundred novels regarded as the “best” literature has to offer. The astute among you may have noticed that doing those four articles allowed me to write a full month of posts all at once, and then basically not show up for the rest of July. My lack of presence was not exclusive to IU, but to all the “social media outlets” around which us writerly types tend to congregate. Facebook pages, boards, groups, sites, lists, on and on, ad nauseum. I largely stayed off line for all of July, and I didn’t really do any writing, either. After finishing the fourth book in a series and releasing it at the end of June, before launching into book five I took a couple Mental Health days that turned into a week, and then the full month. Continue reading “Ed’s Casual Friday: August and Everything After…”