If you're as much of a fan of "The Sopranos" as I am, you know the rest.
I got myself a gun. No, not a real gun! As if. I come from a long line of clumsy folk (on the paternal side; Mom, you remain one of the best athletes I've know personally), and if I were to pick up a handgun, I'd probably shoot off my fingers or accidentally put a hole in one of our rugs.
No, I woke up this morning and realized that this is, for all intents and purposes, the first blog I'm maintaining that has no other ties/weights/restrictions on it. I can write about anything I want, any time I want, in any fashion I choose. I don't need to worry about standards or deadlines or bosses or promotions or SEO or advertising or clicks or ANYTHING. I can do that stuff elsewhere...here, it's my very own sandbox.
Many of you would already have realized that if you were writing this blog, and probably did with your own blogs, or your journals, or Twitter accounts. Whatevs. The Book Maven woke up this morning and got herself a new sense of independence.
Which means: a new sensibility towards independents. I want to give more time, coverage, and attention to independent presses and their books and authors, so I'm going to start a regular "Independents Day" blog feature. Look for it next week; I'll be covering Joyce Hinnefeld's In Hovering Flight from Unbridled Books.
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