ABOUT TSRA

My literature Hero is Terry Pratchett who, in one of his Science of Discworld books, postulated that Homo Sapiens Sapiens survived all the pitfalls that made other Homo Sapiens species become extinct, by being story telling apes.

If this is the case, then in order to be effective, for every story telling ape there had to be a story listening ape.

I am descended from them, except I read stories instead of listening to them; and author’s are the tellers of the stories I read.

I don’t so much read books as devour them, (sometimes re-devouring them several times), so I’ve set myself a long term task, to list all the books I’ve ever read on Goodreads – trouble is I’ve got the memory of a sieve and I must have read thousands of them!

After years of lugging books around with me when I travelled (pre-internet), or order them to be delivered to wherever I was (post internet), I got an eReader, which enables me to support my local library, as well as giving me access to practically every Kindle, EPUB & PDF format book ever published, via the internet.

Now all I have to do is spend the next several lifetimes reading them (I hope re-incarnation is true, although not having memories from previous lives might be a snag)

What is the purpose of my blog?

1.  To introduce YOU to new (to me) authors I’ve come across in my wanderings through books and the cyberforest.

2.  To provide a platform (battered old homemade soapbox) for authors to introduce themselves to you. (See my Contact Me Section for Guest Author article Guidelines)

3.  As an informal information service to authors, poets, or anyone else who is thinking of becoming a published person of that ilk.

4.  To promote FUN and an OASIS OF CALM and Font of useful Knowledge andTips for Indies (please do NOT feed my naughty chimps or they may follow you home) from the woes and stresses of the real world.

I hope you enjoy my blog and join my Troop of Followers 🙂

In order to maximise the promotion of featured authors and books I have joined several other organisations, please check them out, Like or Follow them, spread the word about them (AND THIS BLOG), or whatever you can do to support my efforts, THANK YOU 🙂

Chris Graham aka The Story Reading Ape

 

583 thoughts on “ABOUT TSRA”

  2. Thank you for following my Blog. It is flattering that a person whose interest is finding writers you believe deserve acknowledgment finds my offerings worthy of following as well. I hope one day you highlight me as well as an Author worth investigating. 🙂

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  3. Hi, thanks for visiting and following my blog. I love reading as well, though it sounds like you’re orders of magnitude more prolific a reader than I am. My reading goal for this year is 12 books. For me, this is doable, yet still a challenge that will require regular attention. 🙂

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    • The blog is taking up more of my reading time than I thought it would, but I’m not complaining, because it is promoting new authors to everyone and that was my intention.
      but I allocate reading time in order to keep finding more 🙂

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  6. Eating Poetry
    By Mark Strand

    Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
    There is no happiness like mine.
    I have been eating poetry.

    The librarian does not believe what she sees.
    Her eyes are sad
    and she walks with her hands in her dress.

    The poems are gone.
    The light is dim.
    The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.

    Their eyeballs roll,
    their blond legs burn like brush.
    The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.

    She does not understand.
    When I get on my knees and lick her hand,
    she screams.

    I am a new man.
    I snarl at her and bark.
    I romp with joy in the bookish dark.

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  9. Great blog. Really well thought out, and a lot of hits on it. I started mine at about the same time, and I’ve only had a tiny amount of traffic compared to your 1000. Well done, and thanks for popping by mine.
    I’ll look forward to reading more of your posts.
    All the best.
    Rob.

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    • THANK YOU CHRIS!

      I thought today just couldn’t get any better after seeing my hits zoom past 1000 and the number of followers hit 100 (the blog was only started on 4th April 2013)

      Then along came CHRIS KUHN handing out prizes ….. WOW

      🙂

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