Editegrity
  • Home
  • FAQ
  • About
  • Portfolio
  • Blog
  • Contact

​​​The Editor Who Reads Too Much
~a writing, editing, publishing & book blog~

Blog FAQ

9/10/2019

 
Why does the world need another book blog? 
That’s a silly question, so I’ll skip it. 

Why am I starting the book blog? 

In 2019, I set my Goodreads Reading Challenge at fifty-two books. In hindsight, it was not a good idea. Amazed that I actually could read fifty-two books in a year, I didn’t bother to remember much of what I read.
 
What’s the plan?
My plan is to read one book from my bookshelves (physical and Kindle) every month. I intend to keep this blog as a means to capture what I hope to remember about every book I read. Mainly I hope this to be a place where I keep the one nugget from the book that if someone asks me about it, I’ll have it ready, instead of mumbling, “I read that . . . I just don’t remember it.”
 
Who is this blog for? 
It’s for everyone who reads. I read literary fiction. Fantasy. Sci-fi. History. Historical fiction. YA. Memoir. Editing and creative writing. Theater and drama and plays. Philosophy. Cookbooks. Economics. Classics. Mysteries. Autobiography and biography. I read the US government’s IRS Tax Publications for heaven’s sake. Hmm, I need some Crime and Romance recommendations.
 
Also know, these will be short. Nothing longer than 500 words. I know you don’t have a lot of time!
 
Will these be book reviews?
No. Plenty of other fine readers and book bloggers and vloggers are doing amazing jobs reviewing books. While I promise not to give away any spoilers, I’m not going to tell you what the book is about—the focus is only what I thought worth taking away with me. 
 
That’s pretty subjective, isn’t it?
Yes, it is! However, in my daily life as an editor, I spend ninety per cent of my time being objective and following style guides and rule books. I hope to be allowed an opinion and some feelings occasionally.
 
What’s your rating system?
I haven’t developed one, really. If I feel strongly about a book, I’ll let you know.
 
What does it mean, library?
My local library is right next to my Tube station. I go in every single time I pass, despite promising myself I won’t. Something always comes home with me, and I’m not about to deny you, my wonderful readers, the chance to hear my thoughts on a book I don’t happen to own* (*yet). 
 
It’s also a crucial piece of information for me because the goal is to read the books I already own. My constant trips to the library (and via Kindle) have been somewhat detrimental to this goal, so I’m trying to keep track of library versus my own books to hold myself accountable. 
 
What else?
Will add as necessary. I think this is enough to get started! Welcome to my bookshelf! 


Comments are closed.
    The author of the blog stands infront of the purple Knight Bus from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Author

    I read a lot and I hope to help authors with the craft of writing. I share good examples of difficult aspects of writing: point of view, narration, world building and more.

    Occasionally I give editing tips and share insights from the world of publishing. 


    Archives

    January 2021
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019


    Categories

    All
    2020
    Africa
    Anarchy
    Anchor Books
    Banking
    Biography
    Bloomsbury
    Book Club
    BookMachine
    Books
    Bookseller
    Bookshelves
    Bookshops
    Capitalism
    Carrie Fisher
    Chaos
    Classics
    Collapse
    Communication
    Corona Virus
    Counting Books
    Debbie Reynolds
    Diary
    Diary Of A Bookseller
    Doubleday
    Dragons
    Drinking
    Dystopia
    Economics
    Economy
    Editing
    Editor
    Family
    Family History
    Fantasy
    Farrar
    Fiction
    Finance
    Freelance
    Harper
    History
    Hollywood
    Japan
    Jonathan Cape
    J.P. Tarcher
    Knopf
    Learning
    Library
    Literary Fiction
    Medieval History
    Memoir
    Michael O'Mara
    Motivation
    Murder Mystery
    Networking
    Penguin Random House
    Pocket Books
    Progress Report
    Proofreading
    Publishing
    Queens
    Roots
    Royal Family
    Royal History
    Simon & Schuster
    Skills
    Sourcebooks Landmark
    Starting A Business
    Star Wars
    Straus And Giroux
    Thriller
    Tips
    True Love
    Tudor
    Volunteer
    War Of The Roses
    Wigtown
    Writer Tips
    Writing
    Writing Advice
    YA
    Zoom


​​Contact​
FAQ
​About

© Kelly Urgan 2016–2021

  • Home
  • FAQ
  • About
  • Portfolio
  • Blog
  • Contact