Comments on: Surefire – But Often Ignored – Trick to Superb Writing

By: TechChunks

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:10:43 +0000

I read a lot on technology, gadgets, latest happenings, personality development, sports, life science, space science, SEO, blogging, humor...

But, (un)fortunately most of them happen online these days!

By: darbs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:55:57 +0000

Another review of this blog entry... to answer the question on what have I read lately not just read but relive the exciting moment of history... "The United States to 1900: ONE NATION MANY PEOPLE: Volume one"

By: berget

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:22:58 +0000

I love to read, and I try to do it at least an hour a day. I read books about blogging, and Internet marketing, and I read novels (mostly fiction).

I'm not sure how much it helps my blogging, but it helps me relax and it helps my creativity... so in the end, I think that my writing is better because of my reading.

What I enjoy the most, are thrillers (I know, they are not anything like Toni Morisson or Joyce Carol Oates) from authors like Jefferey Deaver and Lee Child.

One day, I hope to write my own novel :-)
- jens -

By: suacky

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:09:07 +0000

hello author. suacky here, are you an ex-seminarian too? can u suggest a book i can read? i want philosophical, those that can reshape one's way of thinking after reading it. topic: just about everything, about life, about money, about careers, anything. of course from a notable author. im an exseminarian. its "ex". right now in wandering mode, still discerning. if you can give me a sound advice, it would be helpful.

thanks thanks
by the way, ur blogs are worthy of reading. great job

By: kathleenmaher

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:07:35 +0000

Always good advice, Jan. I would add that there so many great books that if you find one doesn't "console, distract, and excite" you, pick up another.
Love Toni Morrison, for instance, while Joyce Carol Oates truly puts me to sleep.

By: kathleenmaher

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:07:35 +0000

By: yodz

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:10:50 +0000

Sometimes a quote in a book or an exchange of conversation in a novel gives me sparks of ideas. So bad I haven't read a book for the past month - lots of other stuff to think about. I read this post and it makes me want to buy a new book this evening.
A Paulo Coelho novel perhaps.

By: jangeronimo

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:10:11 +0000

Oh, those uber social media books. Great choice!... Wow, and I thought I
was being democratic with my blog reading choices. Four hundred is a tough
one to beat. I've got less than 200, I think. But I rarely pare it down no
matter how unmanageable my reader has become. It's like my database -
typing a keyword on its search box and there it is spewing out a surprise
article or two.
I skim blog titles, too. But I find myself lost in a post without sense of
time when a piece is particularly well written. That's a skill I have yet
to master - scanning a post.

By: Ricardo Bueno

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:14:09 +0000

Reading is a hobby of mine (always has been). In fact, I make a great Barnes & Noble customer (I'm a sucker for the fresh smell of new books, ha). I usually wonder over to B&N at least once a week. Lately I've been reading: "Trust Agents", "Socialnomics" and am looking forward to picking up "Six Pixels of Separation" by Mitch Joel.

Sure I read a ton of blogs (I think I'm subscribed to about 400+; I don't read all of them obviously, I've learned to skim!). I check in on Status updates with friends and all but I also definitely take the time to read something new and keep fresh.

By: minniemadz

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:16:58 +0000

Hi Jan! I am not really into reading books. I must admit I envy my classmates way back in High School who were 'book worms' ~ reading novels and a whole lot more. Oftentimes, I would kiddingly say that I would just wait for that book to be made into a movie.

But, there had always been the desire in my subconscious to read a book. Probably 'Tuesdays with Moorie' or the like. Soon Jan. Soon.