This post is going to sound a bit rambling, but really all topics have one thing in common, and that’s Jill (hence the post title).

1. Is it just me of have blurbs (esp Harl/Sil blurbs) become, well, sucky? I read Jill’s Free Fall last night. I read the blurb before I started and got a definite “eh?” vibe, but since it was Jill, I read it anyway. The book was awesome, but after I finished, I re-read the blurb and then got a definite “Huh?” vibe. It didn’t really have all that much to do with the book.

So, I read a few other blurbs of books that I really enjoy and the blurbs were all kind of “eh?”

For me, that’s one of my favorite things about ebooks. When the author has to write their own blurbs, I think they’re better. I think it’s much more effective to have the author have to sell their own book in blurb form than to have a publisher sell it. There’s not that whole blood sweat and tears thing going on.

But regardless of the blurb, everyone should still read it.

2. Jill’s “big bastard” made it into the book!

The bear scene was so much funnier having read Jill’s escapades on her blog! I actually laughed out loud at a few parts, just because I “know” Jill.

I guess my point here is how much blogging is cool! It’s cool for readers (I’m wearing my reader hat at the moment) to be able to interact with their favorite authors, and I think it brings so much more to the whole reading experience.

I know this has been discussed to death, but there are so many new authors I’ve added to my TBR pile because I read their blogs. (For instance, since I’ve decided I will not be able to wait ’til July to read the new Sherrilyn Kenyon book, I’ll also be picking up The Beast Within when I go to the bookstore this afternoon).

3. I’ve been judging contest entries for a contest that shall remain nameless (unless I already said it and then oh-well). The entries are bad. They’re really not good.

One of the questions on the scoresheet that I’ve been struggling with is “Does the setting enhance the mood and tone of the story?”

Now that I’ve read Free Fall, I understand that No, pretty much none of my entries do that. Towards the end of the book, Logan and Lily (can I say that I think it’s hysterical that when they get married her name is going to be Lily White) are spending their last night together. It’s dark and the snow was falling and it was perfect! There was just enough setting detail that I got how special EVERYTHING was.

Now I have to go lower my scores. *sigh*

So there you have it, three reasons for why Jill should be Queen of the World!

And now that I’ve written this, I hope I don’t come across as crazy….:shock:

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