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bookgazing) wrote2010-12-07 09:19 am
bookgazing) wrote2010-12-07 09:19 am
Good Things Said By Others
There have been many awesome happenings while I have been not posting. We are only links of happiness today and here are just some of my favourites:
Iris took my Excepto-girl idea and applied it to a paranormal romance/alternate history/steampunk ? novel : ) I would really like to talk about Excepto-girls in other genres like historical fiction because it strikes me as complicated to talk about women whose stories are set in the past, but written by writers very firmly situated in the present.Maybe when my brain defrosts I’ll have a go Aarti discussed this in 'A Rant Against Victorian Women' at the begining of the year and it's very smart. Iris' discussion about a female character in the past, but really in an alternate fantasy past, who has been written by an author firmly situated in the present, is of great interest to me.
Speaking of steampunk, when I was making my list of last books in 2010 I forgot that next week is steampunk/alternate history week. So next week I’ll be reading ‘The Explosionist’ by Jenny Davidson, based on the chatter at Bookshelves of Doom.
Yesterday (when I should have posted this link) I took part in The Booksmuggler’s Smugglivus celebrations. I will let Ana and Thea’s quotes explain just what Smugglivus is:
‘Back in our first year of The Book Smugglers, we had the insane idea to host our own crazy holiday bonanza to celebrate our favorite books, authors, bloggers, etc of the past year. So, inspired by Seinfeld’s infamous Festivus, Smugglivus was born.
Each year, Smugglivus begins on December 1 and features guest posts and giveaways from our favorite people across the interwebs (with a healthy serving of our regular reviews, of course). The event then ends in with much fanfare and sparklies on January 7, our very own bloggiversary (2010 marks our third birthday! Huzzah!).’
You can see me talking about lots of exciting things of 2010 and anticipated things of 2011 in my Smugglivus post. You absolutely have to check out the all the posts tagged Smugglivus because they are full of awesome books and entertainment that must be explored ( must use the library more in 2011, I can not afford all these things.
Amy talked about why television can be so great and referenced Buffy a lot. I like television, a lot. I can almost always be found trying to catch up on something now that the catch up player has been invented. I’m a huge fan of great drama and comedy, although I find I am much more inclined to persevere with UK drama because it tends to be scheduled at sensible times on channels I have access to. I often miss great US drama (honestly when More4 was invented and they began randomly switching Channel 4 US dramas to it, how was I supposed to know and why couldn’t they be on at decent, none conflicting times?) , so have almost constant catch up plans because tv is awesome. Love this post.
ChasingRay has been posting a series of really interesting thoughts on what authors can do if their book is the best it can be but it doesn’t sell, the business of writing and marketing in the book industry. The series ends with ‘Is it better to be a lucky writer, or a stubborn one?’ which talks a little about Colleen’s own sense of a mismatch between the active, self-driven task of writing and the amount authors are often asked to rely on someone else for the marketing of their books.
BonjourCass begins her guide to reviewing GLBTQ books, with a post on defining terms.
And A Striped Armchair reached 1000 posts. Her celebration post contains a link to her excellent post Reading in Color post, which I read again for reminders.
Thanks for being continually awesome blogland. Hope I’ve spotlighted something you’ll enjoy reading.
Iris took my Excepto-girl idea and applied it to a paranormal romance/alternate history/steampunk ? novel : ) I would really like to talk about Excepto-girls in other genres like historical fiction because it strikes me as complicated to talk about women whose stories are set in the past, but written by writers very firmly situated in the present.
Speaking of steampunk, when I was making my list of last books in 2010 I forgot that next week is steampunk/alternate history week. So next week I’ll be reading ‘The Explosionist’ by Jenny Davidson, based on the chatter at Bookshelves of Doom.
Yesterday (when I should have posted this link) I took part in The Booksmuggler’s Smugglivus celebrations. I will let Ana and Thea’s quotes explain just what Smugglivus is:
‘Back in our first year of The Book Smugglers, we had the insane idea to host our own crazy holiday bonanza to celebrate our favorite books, authors, bloggers, etc of the past year. So, inspired by Seinfeld’s infamous Festivus, Smugglivus was born.
Each year, Smugglivus begins on December 1 and features guest posts and giveaways from our favorite people across the interwebs (with a healthy serving of our regular reviews, of course). The event then ends in with much fanfare and sparklies on January 7, our very own bloggiversary (2010 marks our third birthday! Huzzah!).’
You can see me talking about lots of exciting things of 2010 and anticipated things of 2011 in my Smugglivus post. You absolutely have to check out the all the posts tagged Smugglivus because they are full of awesome books and entertainment that must be explored ( must use the library more in 2011, I can not afford all these things.
Amy talked about why television can be so great and referenced Buffy a lot. I like television, a lot. I can almost always be found trying to catch up on something now that the catch up player has been invented. I’m a huge fan of great drama and comedy, although I find I am much more inclined to persevere with UK drama because it tends to be scheduled at sensible times on channels I have access to. I often miss great US drama (honestly when More4 was invented and they began randomly switching Channel 4 US dramas to it, how was I supposed to know and why couldn’t they be on at decent, none conflicting times?) , so have almost constant catch up plans because tv is awesome. Love this post.
ChasingRay has been posting a series of really interesting thoughts on what authors can do if their book is the best it can be but it doesn’t sell, the business of writing and marketing in the book industry. The series ends with ‘Is it better to be a lucky writer, or a stubborn one?’ which talks a little about Colleen’s own sense of a mismatch between the active, self-driven task of writing and the amount authors are often asked to rely on someone else for the marketing of their books.
BonjourCass begins her guide to reviewing GLBTQ books, with a post on defining terms.
And A Striped Armchair reached 1000 posts. Her celebration post contains a link to her excellent post Reading in Color post, which I read again for reminders.
Thanks for being continually awesome blogland. Hope I’ve spotlighted something you’ll enjoy reading.