Hi all,
Okay, I’m an organized person in almost all areas of my
life, but putting books, music, video, or games into certain categories doesn’t
appeal to me. I view them as fun and relaxing, which for me means I get to
disregard all the structure I build for my life. Doesn’t mean I don’t
understand the reason behind it. I do. I mean how many books are there
published daily and already out there. There has to be some way to locate what
you like to read.
However, these days most books don’t fall into just one
category. So, an authors or publishers have to deem which their books fits into
best. Problem is, not everyone has the same opinion on these. Yes, there are
genre standards and guidelines, but coming from a reader’s perspective, it
doesn’t always match with what I view a certain book as. Plus, as a reader and
avid book buyer, I hate to go and look for a book in a bookstore when I view an
author as Sci-Fi/Fantasy and I find the book stuck away in a total different
genre group. I think this is why when I go to the bookstore these days, and I’m
looking for a new author’s book, I automatically go to the helpdesk. Okay, this
also might be because if I search through each genre I’ll find ten to twenty
books other than the one I came for. Not bad for my reading time, but hard as
heck on my wallet.
(Guess by now you’ve assumed I had yet another experience
along this line when I was hunting a book this past week. Problem was, instead
of the book I went after I ended up with three others, and not the one I went
after. Know, I’ll have to wait to read the one I was looking forward to. Oh,
well, gives me something to look forward to.)
I also think my view on classification of entertainment is
why I have such a dang-gum blasted time deciding what area I declare my e-books.
It’s bad when I can say deeming what genre my e-book falls into is just as
aggravating as editing them. Yet, like I stated early I can see why and how
doing so can assist readers as well.
Now, I’ve rambled on enough, so I’m going to move onto the
update section of this post.
Update Time
This week I’ve strayed from the phrase/scene flash fictions
I’ve been doing the last few weeks. Not actually sure why, but this ramble came
to me instead, so like most author’s I went with what hit. Next week my plan is
to return to the flash fictions stuff. I’m in the process of working on a blog
story that I hope to have ready to release by the end of the year. No promises,
but we’ll see.
Also, for the meantime I’ve let the book I’ve been preparing
for release go. I’ll be coming back to it, at some point and time, but for now
I’m going to move onto another story. I know this means there will be yet a
longer delay on me releasing another book, but . . . Sometimes what an author thinks
will work don’t mesh with what the characters of said book likes. When that
happens you have to take a step back and approach it at another time. But I
promise there will be another release from me as soon as I can get another free
write through revisions and edits.
In the meantime, I’ll keep you update here, my website, and Facebook
page. Until I have another for you to enjoy and get lost in, I hope you find
some other great reads.
Hope everyone has a great week and remember:
Let your imagination soar when you read and write.
Julia
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