I've signed up for Amazon Vine, and gotten a few books already. One book that I wanted but couldn't get, American Lightning, fortuitously fell into my lap anyway, and that's become my latest review.
I'm in the midst of revising a chapter of my own work, which is always a tough time. It's hard to judge what to cut and what to keep, where to prune and where to expand. Personally, I've found that I can edit other people's work with confidence and clarity, but when faced with reworking what I've written I often get assailed by doubt.
Of course, it's always easier to diagnose someone else's problems than it is your own, so I guess that this is par for the course.
Hopefully Amazon Vine will expose me to some great new work I wouldn't have otherwise seen, work that will exercise a positive influence on my own writing, thus making me a better writer and providing you, the reading public, with some quality reviews. If only it was that easy.
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Bio
I love how "writer, historian" is in quotes next to my name. I really am one of each--I've got a Ph.D. in US History from UCLA and I've written three books so far.
My website has a ton of info about my writing, professional, and creative work. So feel free to check it out at www.dieiscast.com. Oh yeah, there's more photos of casino carpets than you ever thought existed there, if you're into that sort of thing.
As far as the writing goes, I'm hard at work on my fourth book, and regularly write shorter non-fiction pieces as well.
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