Happy Wednesday, one and all! This August I wanted to take a moment to share books recommended to me by you, my wonderful fellow creatives.
The genre tastes here will vary widely, so bring your sparkling water to cleanse the palate between sips. Let’s continue on with…
What does a reader experience in those opening pages, and what lessons can a writer take away in studying but a few paragraphs? Should I be reading these books after long days of grading? Let’s find out!
If you do not see the audio player above, you can access the podcast here.
This book was recommended to me by indie author S.J. Higbee. I do hope you check out her stellar blog and books!
If there are any stories you would like to recommend for sipping on this podcast, let me know in the comments below! I’d also welcome reading any indie authors’ own stories. Let’s all enjoy different genres and styles of storytelling throughout the year, shall we? xxxxxx
Read on, share on, and write on, my friends!
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Thanks so much!
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Your sighs about odd words made me smile. I admire your patience with being thrown right into a dialogue without context. Of course, some readers like to be teased, and will hang in there 🙂
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Lol, many thanks! I suppose it’s one thing to read silently and work through the words, assuming one will learn to pronounce as one goes. Reading aloud, though, doooooesn’t exactly allow that in the beginning…still, I’m tempted to hang in any way. Just not out loud, 🙂
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A great companion for our three weeks of pandemic lockdown. Thanks.
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Another lockdown! Oh, Peggy, I hope you and yours are okay. Please be safe!
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Still all good here.
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Another one who can’t stop smiling through the podcast. These are so wonderful. x
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Thank you, my friend! I hope the school start has been…well that it was survived by all parties. 🙂 We are back from an adventure to the North Woods and no longer roasting. I’ll let Blondie tell Hawklad about the eagle. I hope YOU are finding reasons to smile, too! xxxxxxxx
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First time listening to your podcast – sounds good – keep posting😊
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Many thanks! I’m enjoying this podcast thing quite a lot. 🙂
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You know I always enjoy listening to your podcasts, Jean! The ‘olde-worlde’ language and tongue-twisting names are probably easier to deal with when reading silently to oneself, but I have to admit if I have difficulty with characters’ names it does sometimes get in the way of the story.
Looking forward to tales of dragons… xx
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I am as well, Chris! And you’re right. Were I just reading silently, I doubt I’d be bothered much by the language. Reading BEOWULF comes to mind. I’ll give it a go in my head, but you ask me to read the Olde English out loud and I am going to back out of the room. 🙂
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Oh yes, Beowulf. Mmm… forced to read that one at school. I’ve got over it now though 🙂
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Ha! I admit that I survived my second go in college. (first go in high school–UGH.) Reading Seamus Heaney’s translation made all the difference. 🙂
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