Last night Sharon quoted Raman of having said to writers when they bring him their manuscripts for publishing, "How many books have you read? Have you read a thousand books? If not, get out and go read a thousand books, then come back with your manuscript." His point being, you've got to have read a lot if you want to be a writer. And I thought to myself, a thousand books isn't so bad. I've probably read more. Er...Wrong. After some quick calculations, we determined that if a person read a book per week, it would take around 20 years to reach a thousand. I'm a slow reader. I'm only 25. There's no way I've read 1000 books my whole life! When I got home I counted the books in my house. I estimate I own around 300 books, probably another 300 left at my parents's house. That's only around 600 books that I own... and a lot less that I've read! So with that number in mind, I have resolved to start keeping track of my book reading. I ne
you write the sponsored posts very entertainingly and i hope you get paid well but i hate the whole idea of 'em
ReplyDeletewhat we really do need is proper paying sponsorship for book blogging. i have been talking to one proactive bookshop prepared to pay good money for a sidebar banner. hope the idea takes off.
More reason for me to quit those sponsored posts then. It was good money, but then Google punished me by ranking me back to 0, which affects sponsorship opportunities. :D
ReplyDeleteBookshops sponsoring blogs is a wonderful idea! But as far as I'm concerned MPH and Kinokuniya are already sponsoring me by giving me free books... maybe I should put up some banners to show them some love!