betterworld books

enviromentalist are hunting us down, whining their sayings about think green. and they're right, but still. which brings us to today's all important writing message. don't overdo the message. because readers don't seem to like hearing the same message, so don't overdo the message.
better world books is not only good for the enviorment, they are cheap. as in cchhe-e-e-appppp. or something like that. and they have these nice reviews. okay, some of the reviews are bad. which is good. why read the reviews, even if you don't have the money to buy every book your papery heart cries for?
because we learn the biggest complaint is the same complaint.
don't overdo the message. think you got it yet?
read the reviews, drool over the wide selection, cry over your drooping bank account. reading habits for bookworms can be very expensive. sob. sob.
reading the reviews has been very good for writing, or maybe just made me nervous. because readers don't like hearing the same message over and over again.
a running gag is one thing, but most of these authors are serious.
and if you check them out, you see some people love the book, and one or two don't. so i guess an author shouldn't expect everyone to love their book, especially if you overdo the message. ha ha. are we sick of the running gag yet? i got that advice on a short story, and the editor was right, i did repeat the main theme just a bit too much. and from the many reviews, it is a common, though deadly, mistake. ah, but live and learn, especially when someone else pays the price for the mistakes.
don't overdo the message.
thank you better world books. hope you enjoy my money, you cheap book sellers. god knows i would if it was still in my bank account.

thank goodness for television. my brain is numb from hours of time wasting hidden object games. it doesn't help that my weak little brain finished a game and hit the net to look for more brain building search and find games. sometime between my eyes going numb and total coma, i had a thought. unusual for me, i know, but it happens. and the thought? was that i was bored. and i want to write. so what would i read when i was tired? what would be so good i would read even if i didn't feel like reading? becasue i just read somewhere that adult booksales are down, and that does not refer to porn.
so i realized funny would be good, becasue i alwasy like funny.
Robert Rankin new book was devoured almost as soon as i got my grubby hands on it from Barnes and Noble. i read lots of books for a laugh, like christopher moore or 'gil's fright night diner,' and 'witch with no name.' by a. lee martinez. very good books. good plots. good laughs.
new jokes, good plots, tight writing. that's what it takes to write a good novel.
sure enough, back in my early, starry eyed want to be a writer days, i had a few funny stories started than abandoned, my usual writing method. start a story, realize i have a thin plot, get new idea, write that. have thin plot, new idea. hmm. i see a theme here.
but still. when i found the old disk and called 'er up it was pretty good. i was laughing. i liked it, even if i hated the mistakes i made early on. i can tighten the writing now, i think, and maybe have a great read. it might sell. i think you just need a niche, and write.
i might have to stop abandoning novels halfway through.