Ha Ha! Gotcha with the name of my blog, didn't I? Well, too bad. You won't find book reviews here. To see those, head over to my actual book review site: A Drop of Ink Reviews. Naw, this is mainly where I can ramble about whatever books I'm getting ready to read, hoping to read and whatever I learn while reviewing books. Exciting, right?
Sometimes, I just want to talk about what I'm doing without cluttering up my actual book review blog or spamming the snot out of my Facebook feed. My blog is doing pretty good, too. I'm rather excited about that. And I've been reading some really great books.
See, I decided to start reviewing books because of the NaNoWriMo Facebook group. I was sitting there reading how all of these people are struggling with their stories, finishing them, publishing them and it made me feel bad. I'm what I'd like to call a frustrated writer. I enjoy writing, but I don't have the drive or the determination to see the process through to the end. I then decided that feeling bad about how these people were making it and I wasn't was fairly stupid. I figured I could use my writing skills to help lift them up! Sure I can't finish writing a novel and make it through the editing process without wanting to run screaming down the street, but I CAN read and I CAN write reviews. So, that's what I do now. And you know what? It's quite rewarding. I'm glad I decided to do it. Nothing makes me feel better than to have an author thank me for doing a good job reviewing their book.
I'm loving my new "job." I read books like they're going out of style. My husband jokes that books scream in fear when they see me coming because I go through them so fast. I love reading. And being a book reviewer only gives me more reason to keep reading to my heart's content. Not only that, but it's forcing me to expand my boundaries and read books I normally wouldn't. Not only that, but from reading traditionally published books and zooming off into the territory of indie authors, I'm learning a lot. I'm hoping to use this blog to share some of the things I'm learning in the hopes it can help other authors during their publishing process, no matter which direction they decide to go.
So hang on! I'm fairly crazy, but I'm sure a few gems will appear now and then. ;-)
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