Many of us are aware of the popular authors from Stephen King to Toni Morrison to James Patterson and more; however, what about those local authors that do not receive as much PR as the big-named ones that have movies made out of their books? I have a special place in my heart for these "little" authors and wanted to give them a bit more kudos for their work! So, I thought . . . "Why not start a "little" monthly meme or challenge highlighting our local authors?!?!" And, here we are!!
On the last day of every month, I will post a reminder here on this blog. I encourage all my readers to post links to their reviews on these reminder posts or if you do not have a blog, feel free to post reviews in the comment section itself. As for the guidelines, I've posted a few below:
On the last day of every month, I will post a reminder here on this blog. I encourage all my readers to post links to their reviews on these reminder posts or if you do not have a blog, feel free to post reviews in the comment section itself. As for the guidelines, I've posted a few below:
- Local Authors Defined: Authors that you can find in either your hometown or homestate, or the equivalent if you are not in the States.
- Home Defined: Your hometown or homestate can be either past or present, meaning you can use your current location or anywhere you have ever lived.
- Type of Books: The books can be children's picture books to adult novels and everything in between.
- Literary Local Icon: Feel free to copy and paste my little icon for the meme/challenge on your own blog and proudly support those local authors!!
If you are interested in participating, please post a comment on this post with a link to your blog and I will keep a running list here. If you have any questions, just let me know. Thanks!
- Alabama Book Worm
- The Holistic Knitter @ Lynda's Book Blog
- Tony
- J. Kaye @ J. Kaye's Book Blog
- Rebecca :) @ Lost in Books
- Mary @ Books Gardens and Dogs
- Mark @ Random Ramblings from Sunny Southern CA
- TexasRed @ TexasRed Books
- Missy @ Missy's Book Nook
- Laura's Reviews
- Beth @ Beth's Book Review Blog
- Kristen @ BookNAround
- Teddyree @ The Eclectic Reader
19 comments:
I'd like to participate. Here is my blog. http://albookworm.blogspot.com/
Great Idea. My book blog is here:
http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com
This such a great idea. Local authors need our support which is why on my site I have book promos for smaller authors, and I have book reviews for some smaller authors, as well as some big shot authors. Check it out at www.tonypeters.webs.com
Tony Peters
Kids on a Case: The Case of the Ten Grand Kidnapping
www.eloquentbooks.com/KidsonaCase.html
Oh this is way cool! I'd like to play!
J. Kaye, I will add you to the list! It's great to have ya!! :)
I saw this on J. Kaye's blog and I love it! What a great idea! Please sign me up to participate. My blog is Lost in Books. I am going now to explore your blog since this is my first visit! :)
This is a wonderful ideal! I know there are quite a few authors that live near me. Nice blog too!
http://maryinhb.blogspot.com/
I'd love to participate. I do have a blog: http://markcarstairs.blogspot.com/
However, most of my reviews get posted here: http://www.epinions.com/user-carstairs38
Mark
This is a great idea! Please sign me up. I found your post through J. Kaye and will post on my page, too.
I'd like to participate! Please count me in:
http://missysbooknook.blogspot.com
http://lauragerold.blogspot.com/
I'd like to participate too - great idea!
Yeah!! It is so great to see all of you here! I will be adding each of you to my big list this weekend. Just FYI . . . I have recently posted a little extra information and reminder post about my event. Here is the direct link: http://tiftalksbooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/re-visiting-literary-locals.html
The monthly post will be out next week, so I look forward to your local reviews! In the meantime, I'm excited to check out all of your blogs!! And, please feel free to look around my site anytime and enjoy! I love to talk books!!
I'd love to join if I can actually find a real, live Connecticut author to feature! :) I think that will be the challenge, for me at least!
http://bethsbookreviewblog.blogspot.com/
It's good to have you Beth! I'm looking forward to what you may find. And, I'm wondering . . . will this website help you at all?
http://www.aboutcapa.com/
I'm doing the Literary Road Trip already so this ties in nicely to that. My blog is http://booknaround.blogspot.com and I've already posted my first North Carolina author.
Count me in please. I've just found a new local author that I'd like to help promote.
My blog is
http://teddyree-theeclecticreader.blogspot.com
Kristen & Teddyree . . . Thanks for joining in! It's great to have you!! I look forward to discovering your local authors and your blogs as well!! :)
Running behind as usual. I'll have mine posted later on this week.
J. Kaye . . . TOTALLY understand!! Look forward to reading it whenever you get it posted!! :)
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