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
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Hi Chris,
It’s nice to meet you. Thank you for stopping by my blog.
You have an interesting writing style that is very engaging.
I will follow you. I love to read too.
There isn’t enough time in the day to read and write all I that I want and NEED to do.
Keep blogging! Good luck with your blog.
Follow me at jemsbooks.wordpress.com too.
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I’m already following your blog Jem, it’s Great for big Kids like me 🙂
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Thanks for the follow.
I love the ape picture!
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Thank you JJ 🙂
I AM quite photogenic aren’t I?
😛
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Yes, I find you quite a dashing fellow!
I took a photo of an ape while I was on vacation recently in Florida.
It was quite a picture but I may not post it because it reminds me of what the ape was doing as I clicked the photo.
Very disgusting animal!!!
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LOL JJ,
I can assure you that I am thoroughly potty trained 😛
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Thank you for following my blog fellow Pratchett fan. I think that after life here we are reborn on Discworld and have to work our way out of The Shades. Look out for a boot black working his way up and it’ll be me.
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Discworld would certainly make for an interesting heaven, let’s meet up at one of Ankh Morporks famous landmarks, CMOT Dibblers refreshment emporium 🙂
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As a Buddhist and A Chinese folk, I believe in reincarnation. the thing is, not many people are blessed with the memory of the past lives. I guess you will have to re-read everything in your next lives. 😀
Some elderly folks said that if one can avoid drinking the tea prepared by an old lady guarding the bridge of reincarnation, he or she would be able to keep all the memory from the previous lives. Unfortunately, I have never met such a lucky person. So I cannot tell if this old myth is true or not. 😀
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In that case I’ll just have to decline Deaths kind invitation to Rest In Peace 🙂
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Ha ha ha ha ha
I think it is the best idea for the moment!
😀
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I really like your eclectic taste, and appreciate your support for your fellow bloggers. Your freebies and news tabs are innovative and great tools for promoting authors that may be unknown to me.
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Thank you, but I’m also open to suggestions on how to improve the blog, to support/promote author’s, fellow bloggers and, of course, readers.
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I’ve only got frozen mixed veg…but I’m giving it a go!!!
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L…O…L….. 😛
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Of course…sorry, the heat is getting to me, I think!
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Must be the heat Nyla,
Best to lay down in a darkened room with an icepack on your forehead (although they tell me a pack of frozen peas wrapped up in a tea towel also works)
😛
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Hi ..Thanks! don’t know why I called you ‘T’sra’…still it makes you sound very exotic!
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Thank you, T’sra stands for The story reading ape 😛
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Hi T’sra,
I think it is a great idea to bring people together to share stories and recommendations.
I have my book “The Pavement Gardener” up for free for a limited time of Smashwords and I’d love you to take a look
It is a contemporary novel.
Also I have a blog, where you can find out a little more about me!
All the best
Nyla
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Hi Nyla,
I had a quick look at the synopsis and have downloaded it already to read.
Meanwhile, I have posted it under my FREE Undated, go take a look 🙂
Just hover your cursor over FREE Undated, look down the list of books and click on yours….
Good Luck 😛
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You have by far perhaps one of the best gravatars on the whole Internet. At least, I LOL’d. Thank you for following me. Is that Koko?
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Koko is my cousin, he went out to get some fresh leaves one day and didn’t come back!
Next time you see him, remind him that he still owes T’sra 3 bananas 🙂
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LOL! 😀
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