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I'm on GoodReads!
Hi, everyone!
Yep, I'm on GoodReads now.
It will take me a little time to get up to speed (especially since I'm on a deadline right now!), so please be patient with me. But I should have some fun stuff coming up soon.
In the meantime, I'll be funneling my BLog from barrylyga.com here, so if you're not already following me there or on Tumblr, you'll be able to keep up right here.
See y'all soon!
Barry
Yep, I'm on GoodReads now.
It will take me a little time to get up to speed (especially since I'm on a deadline right now!), so please be patient with me. But I should have some fun stuff coming up soon.
In the meantime, I'll be funneling my BLog from barrylyga.com here, so if you're not already following me there or on Tumblr, you'll be able to keep up right here.
See y'all soon!
Barry
Hey, reviewers!
Hmm... I bet there are a few reviewers around these parts who might be interested in a review copy of UNSOUL'D, eh?
Click here...
http://barrylyga.com/2013/08/unsould-...
Click here...
http://barrylyga.com/2013/08/unsould-...
Unsoul'd Now on GoodReads!
Today's a big day for Unsoul'd news!
In addition to the call for reviewers to get copies, I've also gone and posted roughly the first half of the book for any and all to read!
Check it out here: Unsoul'd.
In addition to the call for reviewers to get copies, I've also gone and posted roughly the first half of the book for any and all to read!
Check it out here: Unsoul'd.
Feelings about GoodReads
Whew! Hi, everyone!
It's been a little while since I joined GoodReads, and that time period happened to coincide with some exciting goings-on for me. (If you've seen previous blog entries, you know what I'm talking about!)
It's only recently (like, literally five minutes ago!) that I found the time to really sit down and start thinking about GoodReads and what exactly it is I'm doing here. And the first thing I noticed -- duh -- is that I don't have any books listed on here! Books that I've read, I mean.
Wow! Talk about embarrassing! You'd think I've never picked up a book. :)
But then I realized something else. You see, I have a sort of allergic reaction to authors talking about other authors' work in public. I mean, I get that authors blurb and review each other (I've done it, too), and that's all good. But I don't like to see authors beat each other up or pan each others' work. And I told myself a long time ago that I would never, ever say something bad about another's authors' work in public. It just doesn't seem right. Or fair.
I'm not saying I don't believe in bad reviews. I'm just saying that for ME, I feel strange dissing another author.
You see where this is going?
Those damn stars next to the books!
If I give a book by one friend five stars and a book by another four, am I gonna hear about it later? If I give one book a richly-deserved one-star review, is someone going to throw that back in my face someday?
And hey -- if Stephen King joined GoodReads and gave, say, I HUNT KILLERS, a one-star review, I would be crushed. What if there's some budding writer out there who likes my books and I pan his book and he sees it...
I'm Catholic and Jewish, folks. I got enough guilt in my life. :)
So, here's what I've decided. Yes, I will list books I've read. No, I will not assign them ratings. That's my little compromise to help myself sleep at night. I'm sorry if it seems to violate the basic tenets of being here in the first place, but I just can't bring myself to do otherwise.
At least this way you'll know what I've read. Y'know, in the event you care. :)
Oh, and BTW: I'm starting to add things to my shelf with stuff I really love, so these first books are pretty damn awesome.
More later!
It's been a little while since I joined GoodReads, and that time period happened to coincide with some exciting goings-on for me. (If you've seen previous blog entries, you know what I'm talking about!)
It's only recently (like, literally five minutes ago!) that I found the time to really sit down and start thinking about GoodReads and what exactly it is I'm doing here. And the first thing I noticed -- duh -- is that I don't have any books listed on here! Books that I've read, I mean.
Wow! Talk about embarrassing! You'd think I've never picked up a book. :)
But then I realized something else. You see, I have a sort of allergic reaction to authors talking about other authors' work in public. I mean, I get that authors blurb and review each other (I've done it, too), and that's all good. But I don't like to see authors beat each other up or pan each others' work. And I told myself a long time ago that I would never, ever say something bad about another's authors' work in public. It just doesn't seem right. Or fair.
I'm not saying I don't believe in bad reviews. I'm just saying that for ME, I feel strange dissing another author.
You see where this is going?
Those damn stars next to the books!
If I give a book by one friend five stars and a book by another four, am I gonna hear about it later? If I give one book a richly-deserved one-star review, is someone going to throw that back in my face someday?
And hey -- if Stephen King joined GoodReads and gave, say, I HUNT KILLERS, a one-star review, I would be crushed. What if there's some budding writer out there who likes my books and I pan his book and he sees it...
I'm Catholic and Jewish, folks. I got enough guilt in my life. :)
So, here's what I've decided. Yes, I will list books I've read. No, I will not assign them ratings. That's my little compromise to help myself sleep at night. I'm sorry if it seems to violate the basic tenets of being here in the first place, but I just can't bring myself to do otherwise.
At least this way you'll know what I've read. Y'know, in the event you care. :)
Oh, and BTW: I'm starting to add things to my shelf with stuff I really love, so these first books are pretty damn awesome.
More later!
Unsoul'd is Now...Sold!
Hey, gang!
Here we go... It's Unsoul'd Day!
My first novel for adults is now available on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo for the nigh-obscenely low price of just $3.99! And if you're still worried about spending the bucks before you're sure, I've posted almost half the book here on Goodreads. Try before you buy!
Since the book is on Kobo, this also means that your local indie bookstore can sell it on their website. Because I love me some indie bookstores!
I hope you enjoy Unsoul'd! Let me know what you think!
Here we go... It's Unsoul'd Day!
My first novel for adults is now available on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo for the nigh-obscenely low price of just $3.99! And if you're still worried about spending the bucks before you're sure, I've posted almost half the book here on Goodreads. Try before you buy!
Since the book is on Kobo, this also means that your local indie bookstore can sell it on their website. Because I love me some indie bookstores!
I hope you enjoy Unsoul'd! Let me know what you think!
Just for Goodreads: My Fave JFK Book!
So, 50 years ago, the president was assassinated. You may have heard.
I figured for my Goodreads audience, I would go ahead and tell y'all about my favorite book on the JFK assassination. And it's not non-fiction -- it's a novel. It's made up.
I think...
See, the book is Corruption of Blood by Robert K. Tanenbaum. It's a terrific legal thriller, about a NYC DA who is assigned temporarily to help investigate the JFK assassination. It's well-written, impeccably paced, and has some great character work, to boot. I've been a fan of Tanenbaum's since high school. (Hell, his first novel made me want to be a prosecutor! How different would that have been?)
But more than that... Tanenbaum also served as a lawyer for the House Select Committee on Assassinations! Which...investigated the JFK assassination! So, he brings a wee bit of experience and insight to a novel on that subject. And while Corruption of Blood is a novel, given its provenance, it's not too "out there," I don't think, to wonder how much of it is very, very thinly disguised fiction.
Check it out! You'll enjoy it, I'm sure.
I figured for my Goodreads audience, I would go ahead and tell y'all about my favorite book on the JFK assassination. And it's not non-fiction -- it's a novel. It's made up.
I think...
See, the book is Corruption of Blood by Robert K. Tanenbaum. It's a terrific legal thriller, about a NYC DA who is assigned temporarily to help investigate the JFK assassination. It's well-written, impeccably paced, and has some great character work, to boot. I've been a fan of Tanenbaum's since high school. (Hell, his first novel made me want to be a prosecutor! How different would that have been?)
But more than that... Tanenbaum also served as a lawyer for the House Select Committee on Assassinations! Which...investigated the JFK assassination! So, he brings a wee bit of experience and insight to a novel on that subject. And while Corruption of Blood is a novel, given its provenance, it's not too "out there," I don't think, to wonder how much of it is very, very thinly disguised fiction.
Check it out! You'll enjoy it, I'm sure.
More info on BLOOD OF MY BLOOD to Come!
Just a quick note to let y'all know: I will be revealing the cover of BLOOD OF MY BLOOD and a tiny update about the book to my newsletter subscribers this weekend.
If you want to be in the vanguard of those seeing the cover, go sign up: right here.
The newsletter is VERY low volume (well, except for this month, when I have a lot of news!) and you can, of course, easily unsubscribe at any time. (It will hurt my feelings and destroy my self-esteem, but I won't take it out on you.)
If you don't want to sign up, that's cool -- the cover and update will post to the BLog and this Goodreads blog sometime on Monday.
See how easy that is?
If you want to be in the vanguard of those seeing the cover, go sign up: right here.
The newsletter is VERY low volume (well, except for this month, when I have a lot of news!) and you can, of course, easily unsubscribe at any time. (It will hurt my feelings and destroy my self-esteem, but I won't take it out on you.)
If you don't want to sign up, that's cool -- the cover and update will post to the BLog and this Goodreads blog sometime on Monday.
See how easy that is?
A Brief Rant about Goodreads
I'm sorry. I know it's impolite to complain when you're in someone else's "house," but I have to get this off my chest:
It drives me up a freakin' wall that people can rate a book before it even exists!
Right now, BLOOD OF MY BLOOD has a 3.33 star rating. I don't quibble with it only being rated around a 3 -- I quibble with it being rated at all! I haven't even seen a page proof of the book yet. It won't be on shelves for NINE MONTHS! That's baby-gestation time! And yet people have somehow magically discerned its quality and rated it without ever seeing it.
Gah! It drives me nuts.
It shouldn't be all that difficult for the site to have a little flag set deep in its database, which says -- in essence -- "If the book hasn't been published yet, then disable the stars."
Sigh.
In the meantime, if any of you reading this suddenly feel the urge to go give the book five stars, have at it. ;)
It drives me up a freakin' wall that people can rate a book before it even exists!
Right now, BLOOD OF MY BLOOD has a 3.33 star rating. I don't quibble with it only being rated around a 3 -- I quibble with it being rated at all! I haven't even seen a page proof of the book yet. It won't be on shelves for NINE MONTHS! That's baby-gestation time! And yet people have somehow magically discerned its quality and rated it without ever seeing it.
Gah! It drives me nuts.
It shouldn't be all that difficult for the site to have a little flag set deep in its database, which says -- in essence -- "If the book hasn't been published yet, then disable the stars."
Sigh.
In the meantime, if any of you reading this suddenly feel the urge to go give the book five stars, have at it. ;)
BLOOD OF MY BLOOD and LUCKY DAY Info Pages!
Hey, everyone, just a quick note to let you know that informational pages for Blood Of My Blood and Lucky Day are now up on barrylyga.com, including pub dates and preorder info!
Check 'em out:
Blood of My Blood
Lucky Day
Also: Blood of My Blood has been copyedited and returned to my publisher, so if I get hit by a bus, the book will still be published. Y'all can relax now. :)
Check 'em out:
Blood of My Blood
Lucky Day
Also: Blood of My Blood has been copyedited and returned to my publisher, so if I get hit by a bus, the book will still be published. Y'all can relax now. :)
Deleted Scenes, Sneak Peeks, & More
Hey, everyone. I've relaunched my newsletter and I'm having a lot of fun with it! It's low volume, so I only bug you once a month. And the latest one is going out SOON, so please subscribe now if you want to see...
Random comic book goofiness!
Serial killer fun facts!
Deleted scenes from my novels!
Sneak peeks at what I'm working on!
Fun links to cool stuff that tickles my fancy!
And more!
Plus, you can ask me questions and I'll happily answer them!
I hope you'll consider subscribing: barrylyga.com/newsletter.
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