That's a pool at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. I took this pic at like 6 in the morning in the fall of 07 when I was making a delivery to some new restaurant they were building.
It has nothing to do with this post.
Well, I've got an agent now. Two years after I started this blog, my career really gets underway and I start taking slightly larger steps. Part of that involves my blogging, and what I blog about. Book blogging has been a lot of fun and introduced me to a ton of really cool people in the Utah blogosphere. (There are so many book aficionados there, reader/writer alike.)
As per the advice of a friend, I'm going to really ease up on my book blogging from here on out. I'll still read just as much, and post regularly at Goodreads, but in-depth reviews won't come here more than twice a month. Furthermore, I'm only going to Chop books that I'm really excited about.
Why? Well, the brutal truth is, in writing nationally you don't get to punch your fellow authors in the stomach. (Nor should you want to.) There are some crappy books out there, and it's up to readers to decide what they are. I just want to point them to the really great ones and do well by my fellow writers in the interim.
I might Chop more than just books from time-to-time as well. TV shows and movies, for example, will pop up here and there.
That's all. I'm gonna get to work now. So should you. Y'all take care, and keep reading.
Congrats! I think this is a very sensible policy, and I hope you have a lot of success as you move forward.
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