Comments on: What Makes A Good Book Blogger? (From A Writer’s Point Of View) http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/24/what-makes-a-good-book-blogger-from-a-writers-point-of-view/ Thu, 24 May 2012 19:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cindy http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/24/what-makes-a-good-book-blogger-from-a-writers-point-of-view/comment-page-1/#comment-2232 Cindy Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:59:45 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1737#comment-2232 Very good points! I liked reading them. Cindy Very good points! I liked reading them.

Cindy

]]> By: John Lunn http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/24/what-makes-a-good-book-blogger-from-a-writers-point-of-view/comment-page-1/#comment-2214 John Lunn Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:38:18 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1737#comment-2214 On point #3. I had a guy come up to me at a signing to say my book got better as it went along and wondered if my editor knew this, implying that it was all written in some linear fashion and I never took a second look at page one. He sauntered off, satisfied he'd just thrown me a lifeline, while the other writers at the event dropped their jaws as if they hadn't really heard that. On point #3. I had a guy come up to me at a signing to say my book got better as it went along and wondered if my editor knew this, implying that it was all written in some linear fashion and I never took a second look at page one. He sauntered off, satisfied he’d just thrown me a lifeline, while the other writers at the event dropped their jaws as if they hadn’t really heard that.

]]> By: Terry Weyna http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/24/what-makes-a-good-book-blogger-from-a-writers-point-of-view/comment-page-1/#comment-2209 Terry Weyna Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:12:00 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1737#comment-2209 Nice post, Mark. Thanks for the insight. I started reviewing just because I love books and wanted to let people in on the good news. I've gradually come around to criticizing books I didn't think were well-written or had other problems, but I've strangely found that much more difficult to do (most people seem to think that writing a bad review is easier than writing a good review). I think, too, that the more reviews I write, the better my critical faculties get, so that my prior "default to like" is no longer so default, if you know what I mean. Good choice for your favorite three book blogs, too! Hope after a lot more practice and more reviews I someday wind up in someone's blog post of best review blogs. Nice post, Mark. Thanks for the insight.

I started reviewing just because I love books and wanted to let people in on the good news. I’ve gradually come around to criticizing books I didn’t think were well-written or had other problems, but I’ve strangely found that much more difficult to do (most people seem to think that writing a bad review is easier than writing a good review). I think, too, that the more reviews I write, the better my critical faculties get, so that my prior “default to like” is no longer so default, if you know what I mean.

Good choice for your favorite three book blogs, too! Hope after a lot more practice and more reviews I someday wind up in someone’s blog post of best review blogs.

]]> By: On Negative Reviews « Tia Nevitt http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/24/what-makes-a-good-book-blogger-from-a-writers-point-of-view/comment-page-1/#comment-2207 On Negative Reviews « Tia Nevitt Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:20:13 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1737#comment-2207 [...] Newton (Yowza he’s young! Born in 1981! And what a cutie!), and he wrote a post entitled, What Makes a Good Book Blogger (From a Writer’s Point of View). Here’s point [...] [...] Newton (Yowza he’s young! Born in 1981! And what a cutie!), and he wrote a post entitled, What Makes a Good Book Blogger (From a Writer’s Point of View). Here’s point [...]

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