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”

  1. Thank you for deciding to ‘follow’ the ape reading story.
    I hail from Terry Pratchett’s home town and Involution- an odyssey will have more stories very very soon.
    Like all the ones that fed into the mix of taking on Darwin full frontal!

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    • I am interested in anything that can illuminate the mystery of where, how, why, etc, Homo Sapiens became what they are today.
      I’m also very interested in seeing how, in some ways, many are regressing, while in other ways, some are continuing to evolve in an apparent upwards direction.
      Your blog and book may help me learn more about these things.
      🙂

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    • Thank you Carrie,

      Your award is further encouragement to me and I will display it on my About page with pride. 🙂

      Congratulations on the awards you’ve recently been given.

      All well deserved 🙂

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  5. Oh man, attempting to enumerate all the books you’ve ever read (er–“devoured”)– what a task! (I love “devoured” by the way.)

    Thanks for following my blog, and for sharing your story-telling/story-listening ape wisdom 🙂

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