What to Gift an Author: Your Opinion

One of my favorite people, Lucinda Rose, has a birthday coming up and the one thing she asked of the world at large was this: review a book. One of hers, someone else’s, doesn’t matter. Any book you’ve read. Drop a review.

Writing has been described as like telling a joke and waiting months to see if anyone laughs. Reviews, both great ones and not-so-great ones, are the best way for us writing the stories to know if we hit the mark or missed it and what our audience wants to see more of. I am grateful for everyone who downloads one of my stories or just reads one; you’re the difference between me being a storyteller and just talking to myself.

Most authors I’ve talked to feel exactly the same way.

If you’re seeing this on the day I post it or if you’re seeing this, whether it is before, on, or after Lucinda’s birthday, do her a solid and show an author some love. Or criticism. Or just honesty.

It is an amazing gift for any author for any occasion.

PS: To the left, there you’ll see a link to authors I like, most of who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. If you need something to read and then review, they’re a good place to start.