{"id":2639,"date":"2007-02-09T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:26:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:26:07","slug":"books-book-clubs-and-readers-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2639","title":{"rendered":"Books, Book Clubs and Reader’s Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ooh! Via Cybil Sister Little Willow<\/a>, Oxford-educated Michelle of Scholar’s Blog<\/a> has started an online book discussion group. Pop over to see what’s on the reading list – some really good ones, and quite a few I’m dying to read! The stack next to the bed is getting taller!!<\/p>\n

I have appreciated the work of Debbie Ridpath Ohi<\/a> since she was a major contributer and the heart and soul of the now defunct Inkspot<\/a>, the online writing mag which was sadly (and stupidly!) shut down in 2001 in a buy – and – break deal. I am glad to discover Debbie again, and appreciate her pointers and commentary even more at Inky Girl: Daily Diversions for the Writer<\/a>. Her cartoon strip Will Write for Chocolate<\/a><\/i> is updated every Wednesday is always good for a laugh when you need it! Visit and enjoy!<\/p>\n

The UK Guardian<\/a> predicts an ePublishing revolution by way of …MySpace, and a British publisher called Social Disease<\/i>… also by way of LW, this tidbit of interest from Garrett Freymann Weyr<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Houghton (my publisher) has asked me to draw up a list of questions for a reader’s guide. They\/We are thinking of marketing the novel to mother-daughter book clubs. Obviously, I know the book ridiculously well, and can think of my own questions. But any from the outside would be greatly appreciated. I do worry that perhaps reader’s guides are for people too stupid to think, but hey, I need to be more proactive about reaching readers. I may be too shy and socially retarded to join a book club, but for perfectly normal people who think perfectly well, a reader’s guide may be perfectly normal. Fire away. Or, just let there be a thundering silence.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Admittedly, I’ve never used a reader’s guide in my life, but I do imagine that it would come in handy in a mother\/daughter book club where not all of the mothers\/daughters could be counted on in any way to open up and talk — and this is a book that could be the perfect springboard for some intense, revealing discussions. Anyway, you know we don’t do<\/i> silence around here, so if you’ve read and enjoyed the book, head on over!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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