Comments | mizkit: Recent Reads: MATCHBOX GIRLS

mizkit

Recent Reads: MATCHBOX GIRLS

Feb 06, 2012 22:46

One of the things about being a writer is people sometimes ask that you blurb their books. Sometimes they’re total strangers. Sometimes they’re people you’ve known for fifteen years. Being asked by someone you’ve known forever is far more alarming than a stranger asking you, because both parties are painfully aware that it’s not just a professional ( Read more... )

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kirbyk February 6 2012, 23:56:43 UTC

I know exactly what you mean about the sense of excitement and fear when you read a friend's published work. I was so relieved when I liked Urban Shaman!

Looking forward to making room in my crowded reading schedule for Matchbox Girls.

pers1stence February 7 2012, 17:51:55 UTC

ha! i know exactly what you mean about "so relieved" -- i've had books go both ways with friends and it always makes me happy when I can genuinely *like* their books

roseaponi February 7 2012, 01:17:01 UTC

I remember chrysoula from word wars! (I keep meaning to get back into that, but my computer is officially garbage now, :( so... )

I came verrrrry close to chipping in today (like halfway through Amazon sign up), but I've only just got an art teaching gig and no paycheck yet, so no spending money until after Thurs.

Why do you have to make self-control so hard? :)

mizkit February 7 2012, 09:02:15 UTC

It's my job to make it hard. :) The good news is the Kickstarter campaign's running for another week so you'll have time! :)

marith February 7 2012, 06:13:36 UTC

Wait, what what Soula's debut novel? Awesome!! *slow on uptake*

megabitch February 7 2012, 07:45:23 UTC

I am more than happy to take a punt on an unknown to me author when you give such a great advert for the book :) *clicky-clicky* And... done! (even remembering to add the extra for postage, too)

knappenp February 10 2012, 23:17:23 UTC

I am adding this book to my list to get. 'Cause I remember Soula from the days when we all sat in the same room together. And from Northfield, I think. Maybe. Angie would know.

Kickstarter, you say? Hmm. I like funding those, right?

Anyway, isn't "I am two chapters into @chrysouladreams‘s MATCHBOX GIRLS, and I REALLY WANT to keep reading instead of going to stupid work!" a sufficient blurb? Or only for those of us who know you?