Guest Post: Dane Cobain on How My Book Blog Helps Me to Keep Up With Current Trends
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It's always a great idea to get to know more authors and their insights!
Since we believe that creating a book blog has benefited us in many ways, we would like to encourage you to create one yourself. We'll be handing the baton to Dane Cobain, who is not only an author but a book blogger as well, to show you his perspectives on book blogging.
How My Book Blog Helps Me to Keep Up With Current
Trends
Hi, folks! My
name’s Dane Cobain, and I’m the author of a book called No Rest for the Wicked, as well as
the proud owner and operator of a book blog called SocialBookshelves.com. In fact,
that’s what I’m here to talk to you about today!
One of the perks
of owning a book blog is that you get sent a lot of freebies – in fact, I’ve
been offered free train travel and two nights in a 5* hotel in York so that I
can cover York Literature Festival, and I’ll be talking about that a lot more
in the coming months.
As a writer,
it’s actually an invaluable source of inspiration, because I get sent books
that I just wouldn’t usually buy. I’m a big fan of a lot of old authors, and so
I could quite happily only purchase books from before I was born without being
too upset.
But owning a
book blog means that I get sent all kinds of stuff, from contemporary thrillers
to children’s books, non-fiction and even erotica. One time, someone sent me an
erotic novel which was customised to feature myself as the main character, and
it was actually pretty good. Maybe not one to read on the bus, though.
If I didn’t
receive this constant stream of contemporary work by the publishers and
publicists that I work with, then I wouldn’t be able to compete with those same
writers in the crowded marketplace. Plus, it’s a constant flow of new
inspiration – literature is like a pool that we all swim in, and I find that
the best thing to do is to just jump right in by reading any book that takes
your fancy.
As a reader, I
don’t confine myself to individual genres – in fact, that’s kind of what I’m
like as a writer, but as a reader it’s even more noticeable. I don’t think that
there’s a single genre that I wouldn’t be interested in reading, as many of my
PR friends have found out.
So if you’re
looking to be a better writer then you should work on being a better reader,
too. Think about setting up a book blog – it’s a lot of fun, and you’re
guaranteed at least one reader because if you do, I’ll check it out myself!
No Rest for the Wicked: Synopsis
When the Angels attack,
there’s NO REST FOR THE WICKED.
Father Montgomery, an
elderly priest with a secret past, begins to investigate after his parishioners
come under attack, and with the help of Jones, a young businessman with an
estranged child, Montgomery begins to track down the origin of the Angels.
The Angels are naked and
androgynous. They speak in a dreadful harmony with no clear leader. These
aren’t biblical cherubs tasked with the protection of the righteous – these are
deadly creatures of light that have the power to completely eradicate.
When Jones himself is
attacked, Father Montgomery knows he has to act fast. He speaks to the Angels
and organises a final showdown where he’s asked to make the ultimate sacrifice.
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