Book review: Pock’s World
Some of you might know that I review books over at Sleepless eReader. However, the caveat there is that it has to be epublished. Dave Duncan’s “Pock’s World” isn’t available in ebook, but I really wanted to review it…so here we are.
The back-of-the-book blurb:
Pock’s World, long settled by humankind, is accused of being infected by humanoid aliens. It has been quarantined and may have to be sterilized. Five people are chosen to go there and examine the evidence: saintly but ruthless Father Andre; Ratty Turnsole, a muckraking reporter ripe for romance; ambitious politician Athena Fimble; manipulative bureaucrat Millie Backet; and shady billionaire Linn Lazuline. Some of them carry grudges – all have their own agendas.
Pock’s World surprises them all. Nothing is what they expect. Quickly entangled in love, politics, religion, and deceit, they discover that the clock is already ticking and the fate of humanity itself is at stake.
Frankly, this book exceeded my expectations. I found myself engrossed and unable to put it down. I thought about it at night and got back up to finish up the chapter. The science was fantastic, the ethics an excellent shade of grey, and everyone just a bit selfish and self-absorbed.
Some questions remained unanswered, which is a near requirement for any Canadian-published book. After all, we have a literary reputation to uphold. But, in all seriousness, I love this book. Simply outstanding. Thrilled me for hours.
Reviews of Blogs and People I Follow (Part 3)
For Part 3 of marketing resources for authors, I’m reviewing the people I follow.
The Savvy Book Marketer (Dana Lynn Smith) I follow Dana’s newsletter and her twitter account. There is a fair bit of overlap between the twitter, the emails, and the newsletter. However, the information is usually informative, so I don’t mind the overlap.
Marketing for Writers – Book Reviews Part 2
More book reviews! See yesterday’s post for the previous list.
12 Strategies for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) by Jeff Finkelstein
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On Twitter, folks were chatting about how important this is for authors. Apparently, we all needed to stop what we were doing, download this book from Smashwords and read it.
So I did. And I gotta tell you, I’m even more confused. I feel like an idiot admitting this, but I seriously don’t get it. Perhaps this really is important. Lots of folks keep saying it is. Yet, I still don’t understand what I’m supposed to be doing beyond blog more and use tags. Perhaps I’m trying to make this a lot more complicated than it needs to be? Perhaps this guide is making it more complicated? Who knows?
Apparently, if you understand what SEO and agree that it’s the most important thing you should be doing as an author, this is the guide. For me, I’ll stick with using marketing tools that I understand.
20 No-Cost Marketing Ideas By Keith Monaghan
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Marketing for Writers – Book Reviews (Part 1)
I get asked a lot of questions about marketing, from what I’ve done personally (not much, but more each day) to what books I’ve read (lots and less each day). So here is the first installment of reviews. I’ll also cover some websites and people to follow on twitter later this week.
Book review: Evolve
Vampires have evolved…Meet the twenty-first century vampire!
Edited by: Nancy Kilpatrick, Published by: Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2010
There was a time I liked vampires. Incubus, Succubus, Spike. Then it came. You know what I’m talking about. At times, I feared that I would go stark raving mad if I had to hear about or read another story with either “sparkles” or “Sookie” in it.
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