June 19, 2010
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Xangans’ First Review
Congratulations to disillusionisreal for being the first to put a review of Xangans onto its page at amazon.com
“Xangans, a book written by bloggers on the social networking site Xanga is a wonderful mix of short stories and poems. You may love getting your literary fix via the internet, while others need to have book-in-hand. This book fulfills these two separate niches. There are many talented writers out there, and this book has brought some of them together to showcase their work. It is worth the read, quick and painless..and full of thought provoking prose, thrills, chills, humor and sadness. It goes to show that you don’t have to be an established, published author to make your mark in literary history.”
Thanks disillusionisreal, 2008 Mathom Fiction Award winner.
Comments (26)
Very nice review!
That is awesome.
That is pretty sweet action!
Damn I need to come around more, I didn’t even know a book was written.
Woot!
Great work!
@saintvi - Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to join disillusion is real in this anthem of praise. It is reviews that give street credibility. This message will self destruct in 10 minutes.
@joyouswind - Qit yer wooting and snatch up yer pen. Thirty contributors, thirty reviews…. fantastic!
sweet
I just got my copy! I like the blend!
@Jaynebug - Thanks. =) I take it you mean the way. I’ve used different font sizes etc to avoid too much white space, and other reasons too. Someone – quite reasonably said that a work should have uniformity of style throughout, and so it should, if it has uniformity of author and content throughout. But “Xangans” does not, and neither do the xangans who produced it, so I went with variations according to the need to deal with the problems of 62 pieces producing 62 white spaces, many of which were nearly a whole page in size, and made the whole interior look ridiculous.Enough with this technical stuff. We need reviews, posted on the product detail page on amazon.com. Are you busy?
Awesome!
@cmclymer - thanks for the rec. I’m hoping to achieve something useful all around, but I’m having to fight off a host of critics. Fun in all directions.
Wonderful…this makes me happy.
It’s made me happy too. But also very tired.
Very cool…
@darkoozeripple - It’s there now.
That’s awesome – I’m really pleased with the outcome of the project, even if it has stirred up way more drama than was entirely necessary.
Cool beans!
P.S.: I LOVE that cat!
I started reading it last night, I love it so far!!!
Thank you for the info.
Great endorsement, from an award winning writer. We all could learn from people who write for the passion of writing itself, and not for any compliment and award.
Yay
nice