Monday Spotlight: Public Readings
It's Monday morning: time for another RJS Monday Spotlight, calling attention to one of the 500+ documents on my website at sfwriter.com.
As it happens, I'm in Alberta right now. Yesterday, I did a reading from Mindscan at the Edmonton Public Library, which went over very well. Indeed, people often compliment me not just on what I read but how well I read it, which is nice. There's nothing more excruciating than sitting through a bad public reading, which is why, back in 1992, I wrote this little guide to doing readings. Enjoy!
Posted by Rob on Monday, January 30, 2006
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Thanks for the guide.
Hi Robert! I enjoy your blog, you seem to know what you are doing with this blog stuff. I was wondering if you could check out my blog and let me know what you think? I am trying to garner some feedback so I can better my own blog. I would appreciate it!
Hi Rob.
I think one of the greatest challenges for writers is the task of self promotion. Its not enough just to write great stories. The literary world is full of great writers that have difficulty believing in themselves.
You manage to make us believe in you and we buy your books not so much because we enjoy reading them but because we know you enjoy writing them.
R.J. Sawyer is out there and talking to the public.
Keep up the good work.
From Robert, Downunder.
Why not record a couple of these sessions and put out an audiobook?
I didn't see any entries on sfwriter when I did a search for audiobooks.
best,
Jonathan
Robert,
The guide was a goldmine. I am at a losss for the reading chart of word per minute. wow! talk about crossing your T's dotting your I's.
Thanks, everyone! JKS, I've been thinking of podcasting some of my fiction ...
You can get my Hugo Award-nominated short story "Shed Skin" as an MP3 audio book at Fictionwise, and an unabridged audio book of my The Terminal Experiment is commercially available on audio cassettes.
Hi there
You should podcast some of your fiction. This way more people can listen to your works.
Thanks, FixsWhatsBroken! I'm looking into it!
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