Good morning/afternoon/evening class. Well, we had a great response to our Favorite Book post last Friday… even drew a bunch of lurkers out from the darkness and into the light.
Hey, why am I talking like Benny Hinn?
Sorry. Anyway, we heard from many people who are passionate about their books and discovered that, like me, many of you have been profoundly influenced and inspired by some of the great authors, thinkers and teachers of our time.
Giddyup.
So last week Tami from Alabama floated the idea of developing some kind of book club right here on me-dot-com, complete with regular book reviews for our readers. Waddya think? Initially the idea didn’t blow my socks off ’cause to be honest, it just sounded like more work for me and my already-over-worked right-hand-man, Johnnie. Another thing to add to our very long ‘to do’ list. But then I considered it for a while and had an idea.
Why don’t I get you to do the work?
Bingo!! That’s right, I’m on the hunt for three (more) book reviewers (I already have one in Tami). That way we can feature one book review each week of the month. For those silly enough or brave enough to seek one of these extremely glamorous positions, the way it will work is as follows:
1. You’ll work hard and get paid absolutely nothing – attractive I know. If you’re ever in Melbourne I’ll take you out to lunch. Cheesecake and coffee on me.
2. You will be required to submit one book review per month (for example, the second week of every month) for the rest of this year. Each review should be somewhere between one hundred and five hundred words in length.
3. You will be required to rate your reviewed book out of five stars.
4. You will be credited as the reviewer and if relevant, provided with a link to your site.
5. The reviewed book must have some tie-in with personal and/or professional development. Romance novels probably ain’t gonna make the cut, even though I am a massive Mills and Boon fan.
6. While these reviews will be read by a lot of people (thousands), you do not need to be a professional writer and you need not panic about your creative writing skills. Just give it a go! I’m just an old bodybuilder, so if I can write ten thousand words every week, you can write a few hundred each month. Don’t talk yourself out of something which you may enjoy and may be an opportunity to learn and grow. Remember, pain and fear are two of our greatest teachers.
Okay, there it is in a nutshell; Book Reviewing 101.
If you’re interested in becoming practically involved in this site, would like to be a contributor and would like to be part of my team, just click on the ‘Email Craig’ thingy in the left sidebar and shoot me an email telling me a little bit about you and voicing your interest. Johnnie or I will get back to you soon-ish (within a few days).
As I write this, I don’t even know if this concept will work. We may get zero responses or one hundred. I guess we’ll find out in the next few days. Everything starts with an idea right? If we get a good response, we’ll do it. If not, we won’t.
Simple really.
On with today’s post (below)….
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