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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Love your blog concept and i look forward to reading more, thanks for reading and following mine as well 🙂 Beth
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You have a great blog Beth, and I hope to explore it further as time goes by 🙂
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Hooray for Terry Pratchett!!
Where would the reading world be without him?
Thanks for checking out Writer Block!
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The world would be Ankh Morporkless 😛
I like your blog lots 🙂
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Isn’t it amazing the things you remember?
I am a walking reference for random things that most people don’t have a clue about.
I’m always amazing people at work, but I must admit, they are pretty mundane up there…
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Thanks for the FB like and visiting my blog!
I know exactly what you mean.
Years ago during a job interview, I was asked what I was reading currently.
I couldn’t think.
That was over 20 years ago.
Since then I have kept a list in a journal.
When I threw away the journals, I kept the list.
Now it is all online, and I’ve added reviews of some of my favorite authors.
I’m having a lot of fun with it.
Otherwise my memory is like a sieve, too! 🙂
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Your blog is a goldmine of information TC and I look forward to reading all those nuggets of information you post 🙂
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You are TOO kind, but those nuggets of information are my goal! 🙂
Thanks again for reading, SRA! 🙂
PS What perfect initials for a reader.
You are surely too young to remember, but we used to have to read every day at school from a leveled reading program.
It was almost a contest with yourself to see how many stories you could get through and answer the questions correctly.
The name of the company? SRA.
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I am as old as Methuselah and as young as a new born babe TC 🙂
As I’ve said before, apart from giving me life, the greatest gift my Mother gave me was the love of reading, which expanded my world far beyond my immediate surroundings and time period 🙂
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My mom gave me that same gift. Best gift she gave besides life!
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THANK YOU KATE!
What a nice surprise to be nominated by you on your blog:
http://dadialogues.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/the-sweetest-thing/
I think I’ll have to make a special page for all these awards if this keeps up 🙂
Meanwhile, I shall display ir on my About Page with pride 🙂
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Damn all flow!
You could have crashed and felt welcome.
How did you know banana cake was the ONLY one I make?
Now if you’ll excuse me I must go make my bed (my website) and learn to lie thereupon.
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I’ll knock loudly next time I call by Phillippa 😛
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You have been through all my rooms while I was out.
Thank you.
I would have liked to welcome you personally, but drop in any time!
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I hasten to explain that I was merely tip toeing through quietly, on my furry paws, so I didn’t disturb your creative flow Phillippa 🙂
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Great blog here.
Thank you for the follow!
Gwen
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Pleasure to be following you Gwen 🙂
Call again as often as you like, there is always a banana for visitors (Note to self, stop nibbling at the stockpile meant for visitors)
🙂
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Thanks so much for the kind post of my website under “editors” … admittedly, my website used to be *fancier* until I hit a snag with a guy I blog about at 108plus.wordpress.com… ah, the wonders of LOVE!
Soon, I hope I’ll have time to make a site worthy of your fan base!
I look forward to reading many of your posts to come!
Terry Pratchett is one of my all-time favorite writers! After Douglas Adams (R.I.P.) that is…
Fun blogging with you!
Cheers,
•§- ²Tüscòñ -¡- b£õndé -§•
(signature created in ascii art by Jim Aldrich at runningfather.wordpress.com)
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Keep progressing the way you are Jessica … you will soon overtake me 🙂
If you can, it would be great if you (and all my other followers) could add a link to my blog, on your blog.
This would maximise the promotional opportunities for all the new authors I’m putting in front of everyone 🙂
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Will do! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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I love Terry Pratchett and I can completely comiserate with the reading, re-reading, the lugging
(I once shipped my “favorite” books to Ireland and back, so I wouldn’t have to be without them. I had to limit myself to 50) and the forgetting!
Thank you so much for the follow.
I’m looking forward to reading more from you, too!
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You are always welcome to stroll through my blog Katie 🙂
I like to call into yours as often as I can 🙂
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