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There’s a Reason I Write by Ian Patrick Robinson

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On October 7, 2021

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Strolling Down Amnesia Lane

There’s a Reason I Write

by Ian Patrick Robinson

Fight ClubIn 1996 I was reading the hardback edition of Fight Club. This is the only book that’s really resonated with me. The power of the language and the themes it explored have stood the test of time. If you’ve seen the film then it would be easy to think the book’s all about toxic masculinity – it’s far from that.

The following is my own opinion based on reading the book many times. It’s not to be considered in any way a critique worthy of note. So, without trying to give any spoilers, here’s my take on the book that resonated with me in 96.

The narrator’s going through what could be described as existential angst. He’s in a job he hates and can see no way out of until he meets Tyler Durden, a soap salesman who introduces him to his take on life. In 1996, I was six years in a police career that would last twenty-seven. I was young, but not what I would consider to be impressionable. I was working in the Criminal Investigation Department where the regular fallout of many a punch up would await me in the cells each morning. Each one with a tale of innocence to tell. Innocent until proven guilty, that is.

It was a time where CCTV wasn’t prominent, mobile phones weren’t a thing, and pagers were only beginning to come in. It was a time of face-to-face engagement, or you picked up a landline and had a conversation. Witness statements were taken on paper and interviews were just beginning to be taped—yes, taped. Fight Club was all about conversation—conversations between the narrator and those he would seek in self-help groups he didn’t belong to. Conversations with all walks of life who’d come together to fight, to bond, to express their desire for freedom, freedom from expectations of conformity to the “norm” and freedom to be themselves.

Every individual I came in contact with had a choice of how they would react at the time prior to committing the offence. They just didn’t take the option of least resistance. There are many quotes in Fight Club that the author, Chuck Palahniuk, nailed. Google them to see the best, or better still read the book.

In 2015 I was diagnosed with an incurable muscle-wasting condition. A condition with no name that fell under the umbrella of Muscular Dystrophies.

My policing career was over after 27 yrs. Yes, I could have stayed on doing a desk job, but that wasn’t why I joined.  Now I write books. Books of crime fiction and I’m working on others that aren’t. Rubicon, Stoned Love, Fools Gold, and How the Wired Weep are my attempt at urban noir. Latent Damage, Cover Blown, and Shots Fired a stab at police procedural.

There’s a reason I write and that’s due to Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club:

“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”

What will you do?

It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.

Sam Batford Trilogy

How the Wired Weep

Nash & Moretti series

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Back to the Past by Jeff Quest

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On October 6, 2021

In Books, Miscellany, News/Misc., Strolling Down Amnesia Lane

Strolling Down Amnesia Lane

Back to the Past

by Jeff Quest

I would love to say I was the 19-20-year-old who read Proust and Pynchon with regularity and could quote from the oeuvre of Whitman and Wordsworth; but I wasn’t then, and still am not now.

Instead, where I found myself in the year 1996 was that for the first time I was within walking distance to three bookstores, had access to a university library with tons of books/scripts, and more time to dedicate to reading than I can even imagine currently. That time of my life was when my reading options began to expand beyond the low-hanging fruit.

I was very much into the branded sci-fi/fantasy of the time so the Star Wars X-Wing novels and various Star Trek books loomed large in my reading. For all of my fantasy reading of the time, I managed to skip the book released that year that would come to dominate the fantasy world over the past ten years—A Game of Thrones.

My mystery/thriller/espionage fandom hadn’t fully formed yet. I would pick up the likely suspects you’d find in the drug store spinner rack, Cussler, Clancy, Ludlum, but I hadn’t yet tried some of the more challenging authors that now top my favorites list like Eric Ambler, John le Carré, or Len Deighton. I’d read Sherlock Holmes and other mysteries, but I’m happy that my mystery reading has broadened to include fun series authors like Rex Stout, SJ Rozan, and Will Thomas plus a recent class has introduced me to several authors whose work has been translated into English.

I did find one enduring read that I can trace back to that particular year – P.G. Wodehouse. His Mr. Mulliner omnibus introduced me to an unknown world of vicars, broadway producers, movie stars and writers who proceed to get into more zany situations than you can shake a stick at. He’s a writer that I love to return to, especially any time when life gets stressful and I need to shift to a different world where the stakes are low.

1996 also found my reading including a lot of plays and I discovered one of my favorite playwrights – David Ives. Although it’s almost always preferable to watch theater rather than read it, in Ives’ case the reading is just as pleasurable. His beguiling short play The Universal Language, about a con man that “teaches” his students how to speak his “universal language” made up of nonsense words, is one of my favorites. Back in ‘96 I was dying to perform in one of his short plays and I pledged to will a production of his work into existence, something I eventually succeeded in doing five years later. That show was also how I started dating my wife, so the seeds of my life now were truly planted back in 1996.

 

 

Jeff Quest is a reader with less time to read than he’d prefer. He writes about spy fiction at SpyWrite.com and podcasts on Nero Wolfe at LikeTheWolfe.com, Mick Herron at BarbicanStation.com and spies at Spybrary.com.

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1996: The Year a Book Turned Things Around by K.R.R. Lockhaven

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On October 5, 2021

In Books, Miscellany, News/Misc., Strolling Down Amnesia Lane

Strolling Down Amnesia Lane

1996: The Year a Book Turned Things Around

by K.R.R. Lockhaven

In 1996 I was a junior in high school with an ever-growing urge to drop out.

The shitty thing was, I had always been good at school up to that point. Earlier in my academic career, I had been given a chance to join this gifted program, but I had spurned it because all I wanted to do was drink, talk to girls, and steal everything that wasn’t nailed down. The change had been sudden.

I could try to blame this change on hanging with the “wrong crowd,” which was definitely a part of it, but the blame was mostly on me. I had very little self-confidence back then, and even less purpose in life. Looking back, I can see that a big part of it was the fact that I had given up on a very important part of my life to that point.

I had given up on fantasy books, both reading them and writing them.

Throughout middle school and into high school I had been an avid reader of the Dragonlance series, and I had started writing a fantasy series of my own. My books were so close to the Dragonlance books in content they probably could have been considered plagiarism, but I absolutely loved writing them. I would lovingly draw each character and make detailed maps of my made-up worlds. I wish I still had them, but nearly all of it has been lost over the years.

I was extremely nerdy, but I didn’t have any nerdy friends. So once I became aware that my interests weren’t cool, I began to hide them from people. What once brought me joy slowly became something shameful. Eventually, I abandoned the whole idea of writing and began to fill that void with all the wrong things.

Anyway, back to 1996, the year I picked up the book The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. At this point I was no longer an avid reader, but I still had reading assignments from time to time in school. I wish I remembered the circumstances, as it ended up being such a pivotal moment in my life, but I don’t. What I do remember is how that book completely floored me. It brought back all that love of stories I used to have, and although it took a while to fully realize it, it sparked the idea that would soon give my life the purpose I had been missing.

I don’t want to spoil the book at all, but I think it’s safe for me to say a few things about it. For example, its explanation for the purpose of all human life is one of the darkest and funniest things I’ve ever read. It’s hard to explain how that changed my way of thinking, though. I guess the idea that there was no ultimate purpose in life, or that such things could be joked about,  was very freeing. My teenaged mind hadn’t really contemplated such things before, but Vonnegut’s wisdom and satire had brought so many new ideas to the forefront. One of those ideas came from the following line: “I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine.” This one line in a book I just happened to pick up in 1996 led me to where I am today, sitting in a fire station, writing a blog post about reading and writing. The goal of becoming a firefighter, although vague at first, helped to keep me on track through some tumultuous times.

I’m currently working as a firefighter while pursuing my middle school dream of being a fantasy author. My writing is nothing like Dragonlance, or Vonnegut, but I can definitely see their influences in everything I write.

 

K.R.R. LockhavenMy book, The Conjuring of Zoth-Avarex: The Self-Proclaimed Greatest Dragon in the Multiverse can be found here here and the follow-up, a Choose Your Own Adventure-style novella, can be found here here.

You can find me on Twitter—@Kyles137 or at my website krrlockhaven.com.

 

 

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Authorial Aspirations? Not So Much by Robert Germaux

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On October 4, 2021

In Books, Miscellany, News/Misc., Strolling Down Amnesia Lane

Strolling Down Amnesia Lane

Authorial Aspirations? Not So Much

by Robert Germaux

Okay, first, authorial? Really cool word, one I’d never come across until H.C.’s email giving me the outline for this guest post. You learn something new every day, right? And speaking of this guest post, travel with me back to 1996, when I was a tender lad of 50. Wait, no need to reach for the old abacus. I’ll save you the trouble. I’m old.

Getting back to the title of this piece, no, I had no authorial aspirations at that time. I was still three years away from taking advantage of an early retirement offer from the Pittsburgh Public Schools System, so the bulk of my “writing” that year consisted of the comments I wrote on the approximately 1500 student compositions I graded for my 9th and 11th grade English classes. Some of my students were very good writers, so the comments I wrote on their papers came pretty easily. On the other hand, many of my kids struggled with the process of transferring thoughts to paper, so after gently pointing out a few of their more egregious errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, etc., I also tried to add a positive note or two, which at times involved a certain degree of creativity on my part.

What was I reading in 1996? Well, that’s an entirely different situation. No matter how busy I was with my “schoolwork,” I always found time for recreational reading. I particularly enjoyed the detective series by Robert B. Parker, Michael Connelly, Sue Grafton (I think 1996 was M is for Malice) and Robert Crais, but I also loved reading P.G. Wodehouse’s Bertie and Jeeves stories, which my father had introduced me to when I was just sixteen or seventeen. Beyond books, I read magazines: Sports Illustrated, Time, People, Life, Ladies Home Journal (the only periodical my dentist had in his waiting room), TV Guide, etc. Basically, if you wrote it, I’d read it. And, of course, I always glanced through Pittsburgh’s two daily newspapers. (Sadly, today, the ‘Burgh, like so many other cities in this country, is a one-paper town.)

So, no writing back in ’96, other than the aforementioned composition comments. But shortly after I retired, my wife urged me to give writing a try. As usual, Cynthia’s suggestion was a good one, because now, here I am twelve books later, and although I didn’t realize it at the time, all that reading and grading of papers written by teenagers in 1996, along with the time I spent putting eyes on books, magazines, newspapers, heck, even billboards on drives across Pennsylvania to visit my wife’s family, all of that definitely played a part in preparing me for my post-teaching career as a writer. Of course, it wasn’t just 1996. It was also all the years before and since. It’s an ongoing process for all of us who write. It’s who we are. It’s how we’re hard-wired.

Twenty-five years from now, in 2046, when H.C. and his wife are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary (I recommend a cruise of the Mediterranean) and I’m turning 100, I’m sure I’ll still be reading and writing, maybe even submitting the occasional Senior’s Perspective guest post to The Irresponsible Reader.

Robert GermauxRobert Germaux and his wife, Cynthia, live outside of Pittsburgh. After three decades as a high school English teacher and now more than twenty years into retirement, Bob is beginning to have serious doubts about his lifelong dream of pitching for the Pirates. While waiting for that call from the team’s GM, Bob has written five books about Pittsburgh private detective Jeremy Barnes, two books about Pittsburgh police detective Daniel Hayes (who hunts serial killers in the Steel City), and two stand-alone books: The Backup Husband (a romance with a twist) and Love Stories (a semibiographical novel based on the six weeks Cynthia spent in Europe when she was seventeen). In addition, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, Bob has written what he likes to call his Grammar Sex Trilogy, three collections of humorous essays.

You can find links to all of Bob’s books (and download free samples) at his Amazon Author Page.

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Strolling Down Amnesia Lane—An Introduction to This Week’s Series

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On October 4, 2021

In Books, News/Misc., Strolling Down Amnesia Lane

Strolling Down Amnesia Lane
I have never had a week’s worth of posts scheduled before today. I’m excited for the series for that alone. I did that because I’m out of town for the week with my wife and as a gift to her, I’m not going to work on the blog. I”ll look in on things from time to time, I’m sure, but I won’t be doing anything until Saturday (and I’m only halfway sure I’ll bother with a Saturday Miscellany). It’s our 25th Anniversary this week, and I’m not thinkng about work or this blog.

So I put out a call to readers of this space to chip into a different kind of Guest Post series. The pitch was:

Think back to 1996. What were you reading? What were you writing—did you have authorial aspirations at that point? If you weren’t a reader/writer at that point, can you point to why? What were you doing at time that prepared you to become the reader/writer you are today? Basically, you and the written word in 1996—do with it what you will (heck, if you’re in the mood to write an alternate history about what could’ve been, go for that).

Obviously, 1996 was picked as the theme, because that’s the year I’m thinking a lot about this week. I didn’t expect it to be as pivotal for every contributor as it was for me, but one of my assumptions is that for pretty much any year, we can find some things going on that are part of the foundation for where we are now. And I thought it’d be fun to explore that a bit.

So that’s what we’re going to do this week. Yes, so we have writers at various stages of their careers, bloggers and a podcaster–but our common thread is the written word. And the influence of what we’ve read has shaped us into what we are now (usually without us realizing it at the time).

We’ll start things off later this morning with Robert Germaux, indie crime writer. Tuesday we’ll hear from K.R.R. Lockhaven, firefighter/fantasy author. On Wednesday blogger and podcaster Jeff Quest is up to bat. On Thursday, Ian Patrick Robinson—one of the best Crime Fiction writers around—will wrap up the guest contributions. And then on Friday, I’ll hopefully not bring down the average quality of the series too much.

I really want to thank everyone who expressed interest in this series—and for the couple of people who weren’t able to come up with something, I still thank you for the time (and don’t blame you—I almost didn’t contribute anything myself). But for those four who persevered? I cannot thank you enough—this was not an easy task. Each contribution made me smile and I can.

To everyone else who’s read this far, I hope you enjoy our looks back to twenty-five years ago as we stroll down Amnesia Lane…

Saturday Miscellany—10/2/21

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On October 2, 2021

In Books, News/Misc., Saturday Miscellany

Odds n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
bullet Indie Presses Have to Partner Up—Indie Presses (as well as Indie Booksellers) have got to look for ways to survive, this Op-Ed from Publishers Weekly has some good ideas.
bullet Upcoming Book Shortage and How to Help
bullet The digital death of collecting—not strictly about books, etc. But close enough…
bullet Charlie and Lola author Lauren Child says children’s books should be taken seriously—I admit, I don’t do as good of a job on this front as I think I should (definitely not as Child thinks I should), but I don’t think she’s wrong.
bullet Up Close: Lee Matthew Goldberg—A nice feature on Goldberg, with a focus on his latest, Stalker Stalked.
bullet From Pen Stroke to Key Stroke: On Slander in Suspense—how some crime writers are approaching a world in which “All crime is cyber crime”—at least a bit.
bullet Celebrating the Librarians of SFF—sure, the list is missing a few. But it’s got a lot of good ones.
bullet The Libraries of Who We Are—once again, Templeton knocks it out of the park (a good companion read to the earlier essay about collecting)
bullet Ace Atkins asked authors to post ugly covers to their books a couple of days ago, and got some truly bizarre results.
bullet 5 Benefits of Listening to Audiobooks!
bullet The Benefit of Glossaries in Fantasy Novels!—I must be reading the wrong fantasy books, because i’d love this feature…
bullet I’m a Reader, Get Me Out of My Reading Slump!—a miserable experience, for sure. But sounds like Lois is finding a positive takeaway.

This Week's New Releases That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven by Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo—the third in this series of reworked origins brings the two together in their search for answers.
bullet Under Color of Law by Aaron Philip Clark—A black HRD detective investigates the murder of a black LAPD Academy student to kick off a promising looking series.

Lastly I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to davidlonan1 and //Anannya// (I love the tag line for her blog, “One Stop for Your TBR Extension”) who followed the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger!

September 2021 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About

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On October 1, 2021

In Books, Calendar Items, Currently Reading, News/Misc.

September has come and gone, and what’s happened here? Well, I completed 30 books—8,240 pages (or the equivalent)—with a 3.7 average (thanks to a lot of 5-Star reads). I posted something every day, too. NOt necessarily something good, but something—and that’s a start. I did not accomplish my big goal of the month, which was to finish posting about my 20 Books of Summer books, I’ve got to get going on that (if only so I can read a sequel or two). But basically, it looks like a pretty good month.

I was really looking forward to looking at how far Mt. TBR had shrunk this month—I knew I’d done good work on that front. Annnnnd…it’s exactly the same height—one smaller in Audiobooks and one larger in hardcopy. Maybe in October?

Anywho…now for what happened here in September.

Books Read

True Dead The Treadstone Exile The Genius' Guide to Bad Writing
4 1/2 Stars 2 Stars 3.5 Stars
Holier Than Thou Headphones and Heartaches Nine Nasty Words
3 Stars 5 Stars 3 Stars
Stalker Stalked Yearbook Suburban Dicks
4 Stars 3 Stars 5 Stars
Bound Best in Snow Shots Fired
5 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars
It's a Wonderful Woof Broken Soul How to Slay a Dragon
4 Stars 4 Stars 2 1/2 Stars
When Sorrows Come In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It Meadowlark
5 Stars 3 Stars 3 Stars
The Path of Faith Word by Word The Chronicles of Iona: Exile
4 Stars 3.5 Stars 3 Stars
Marked Once Upon a Time in Hollywood The Case of the Missing Firefly
4 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
Deeper The Thursday Murder Club https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jennifer-lynn-barnes/the-hawthorne-legacy/9780759557642/
3.5 Stars 4 1/2 Stars 3.5 Stars
Daughter of the Morning Star Out of House and Home Fan Fiction
4 Stars 3.5 Stars 4 Stars

Still Reading

Things Unseen See Her Die Blank Space

Ratings

5 Stars 4 2 1/2 Stars 1
4 1/2 Stars 2 2 Stars 1
4 Stars 10 1 1/2 Stars 0
3.5 Stars 5 1 Star 0
3 Stars 7
Average = 3.7

TBR Pile
Mt TBR September '21

Breakdowns
“Traditionally” Published: 23
Self-/Independent Published: 7

Genre This Month Year to Date
Children’s 0 (0%) 2 (1%)
Fantasy 0 (0%) 16 (7%)
General Fiction/ Literature 3 (10%) 13 (6%)
Horror 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Humor 1 (3%) 5 (2%)
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller 12 (40%) 87 (39%)
Non-Fiction 4 (13%) 15 (7%)
Science Fiction 0 (0%) 15 (7%)
Steampunk 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Theology/ Christian Living 3 (10%) 26 (12%)
Urban Fantasy 6 (20%) 41 (18%)
Western 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Review-ish Things Posted

Other Things I Wroteotherwriting
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th), I also wrote:

How was your month?

WWW Wednesday, September 29, 2021

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On September 29, 2021

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

It’s time for the last WWW Wednesday of September. It really slipped up on me–I’d have told you that there were a handful more days left in the month while still knowing that next week is October. Anyone else’s brain this messed up?

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy enough, right?

What are you currently reading?

I’m reading Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson, there are few fictional places I enjoy visiting than Absaroka County and its sheriff’s department. I am listening to Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes, Kirby Heyborne (Narrator) on audiobook—it’s nice to catch up with Fred and the gang, too.

Daughter of the Morning StarBlank SpaceOut of House and Home

What did you recently finish reading?

I just finished Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Hawthorne Legacy, the sequel to that twisty YA novel. I also just revisited The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Lesley Manville (Narrator) on audio in advance of getting my hands on that sequel (I really should’ve done the same for the Barnes book, it took me a while to reorient myself).

The Hawthorne LegacyBlank SpaceThe Thursday Murder Club

What do you think you’ll read next?

My next book should be a hoot—Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner. My next audiobook is up in the air—I’ve got a lot of time on the road scheduled for the next week or so, and I imagine we’ll be listening to one or two audiobooks.

Fan FictionBlank Space???

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)

Saturday Miscellany—9/25/21

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On September 25, 2021

In Books, News/Misc., Saturday Miscellany

A short list this week, but a pretty diverse one. Should be something for just about everyone here—maybe 2-3 somethings.

Odds n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
bullet Why Noir and Science Fiction Are Still a Perfect Pairing
bullet A New Book and a New Press—Sara Gran describes the launching of her new press and some of what got her to this point—for those who like behind-the-scenes publishing talk
bullet Five Mystery Novels to Read If You Love Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building—No, I am not linking to this just for an excuse to talk about how much I’m enjoying the show (but seriously, if you have the means..watch it). This list of books is promising—one I’ve read, one I’m waiting for from the library…and the rest? Hmm……
bullet The Don Winslow Book Club September 21 Edition—good lookin’ stuff.
bullet The Music of The Band by Nicholas Eames—a look at how Eames used the music of different eras to create his dynamite fantasy world (and a couple of nice Spotify playlists to boot)
bullet Here’s Why I’m Ditching Goodreads And Switching To Storygraph — And Why You Should Too—I’m less impressed with Storygraph, but I do see the appeal. What about you? (yes, you)
bullet My Favourite Authors By Category—this is an inventive way to frame the discussion (one that would cripple me were I to try it, but I love seeing others pull this kind of thing off)
bullet Why do I read so much?—well, yeah. I’d add (at least), because it’s there.
bullet Blogging Struggles: How Do Bloggers Stay Motivated?
bullet Do Hype, Book Buzz, and High Expectations Affect Your Reading Experience?—they have to, at least a little, right? Carol takes a deep dive into this question.

This Week's New Releases That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson—the novel that last year’s so clearly indicated was coming is now here. Walt looks into death threats against a High School Athlete. I should be picking up my copy this afternoon, and I may set aside my current read for a day or two for it.

Lastly I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Inspired who followed the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger.

Book Blogger Hop: “Traditionally” vs. Self-Pub/Indie

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On September 24, 2021

In Book Blogger Hop, Books, News/Misc.

Book Blogger Hop

 

This prompt was submitted by Julie @ JadeSky:

Are you more willing to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? Or do you not have a preference?

Are you more willing to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? Or do you not have a preference?
I don’t have a preference, really—other than a handful of times a year when someone/multiple someones (including me) is doing a celebration of Indie books/publishers/authors/genres when I think about it a bit more. I really don’t spend that much time thinking about where a book comes from.

I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not—I think I could argue both ways.

There’s an important twist on that question: Am I more likely to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? And the answer to that is, yes, I’m absolutely more likely to—because I’m exposed to them more, I see the advertisements for them, they show up in various algorithms more, etc. Outside of blogs and social media, I’m not going to hear a lot about self-pubbed/indie books. If that word-of-mouth kind of thing is positive, or if it comes from someone like Fahrenheit, Red Dog, Down & Out Books, etc., I’ll grab it. But I’m far more likely to hear about a book, and therefore pick it up and read it, if it’s traditionally published.

What about you?

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