Rachel Thompson (1)
Autor de A Walk in the Snark
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Educación
- California State University, Sacramento (Communications Studies; Journalism)
- Ocupaciones
- author agent
blogger
writer - Organizaciones
- BadRedhead Media
- Biografía breve
- Here's my deal: I graduated from California State University, Sacramento in 1986 with a degree in Communications Studies and a Minor in Journalism, and went straight into…selling! After 17+ years in soul-sucking Big Pharma (sales, marketing, and training, now recovered, thank you), I started my blog, RachelintheOC back wow, in '08. Mostly because like you, I had something to say. I embraced blogging and social media like a dog to a bone. Blogger, Facebook, Twitter — yea! Okay…I'm here everyone…! Now what? *crickets*
Perhaps many of you feel the same. And that's where I come in. Utilizing my almost two decades of sales, marketing, and training, plus my own experiences in social media and publishing, I learned how to brand myself, what pre-release activities work prior to book launch, all about Amazon, and what it takes to make my seven books all Number One bestsellers! I own BadRedhead Media, creating effective social media and book marketing campaigns for authors.
I currently write social media articles for many outlets, such as Huffington Post (Books Section), Feminine Collective, IndieReader, BookMachine, BlueInk Review, The Verbs on Medium (for Pronoun Publishing), Business2Community.com, and am currently the Senior Director of Social Media Services for AuthorBytes.
Not just an advocate for sexual abuse survivors, Rachel is the creator and founder of the hashtag phenomenon #MondayBlogs, the weekly live Twitter chat, #SexAbuseChat, co-hosted with C Streetlights and Judith Staff (every Tuesday, 6pm pst/9pm est), and #BookMarketingChat (every Wednesday 6pm pst/9pm est), helping authors learn all kinds of great tips to market their books!
She hates walks in the rain, running out of coffee, and coconut. She lives in California with her family. [from Website, 11/5/2023]
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This review applies to the paperback edition of this book.
Are you an author? Do you read books on Kindle? If you answered yes to *both* of these questions, then maybe this book is for you.
I use Apple Books, I use Kobo, and I read paper books. I do not have a Kindle device and I do not have the Kindle app on my iPhone.
This book came highly recommended by other indie authors, so I checked it out. I saw it was available on Kindle or paperback, so I bought the paperback.
Why?
Seriously, why is this book available in paperback? What's the point? It's full of hyperlinks. Now, sometimes those are long strings of texts I can faithfully type into my browser to check out, fair enough. But other times, they're just random bits of underlined text. For example:
Erm, sure. Why not? Oh, wait. I can't.
Or how about this:
Is that a hyperlink? Emphasis? [shrug]
Anyway, this book may well contain all the wisdom in the world when it comes to book marketing. I wouldn't know.
If you don't have a Kindle, you may as well pour your money in the toilet. But don't really do that; it'll clog your pipes.… (más)
Are you an author? Do you read books on Kindle? If you answered yes to *both* of these questions, then maybe this book is for you.
I use Apple Books, I use Kobo, and I read paper books. I do not have a Kindle device and I do not have the Kindle app on my iPhone.
This book came highly recommended by other indie authors, so I checked it out. I saw it was available on Kindle or paperback, so I bought the paperback.
Why?
Seriously, why is this book available in paperback? What's the point? It's full of hyperlinks. Now, sometimes those are long strings of texts I can faithfully type into my browser to check out, fair enough. But other times, they're just random bits of underlined text. For example:
"Give her a follow on Twitter here."
Erm, sure. Why not? Oh, wait. I can't.
Or how about this:
"Treat your writing like a business because it is."
Is that a hyperlink? Emphasis? [shrug]
Anyway, this book may well contain all the wisdom in the world when it comes to book marketing. I wouldn't know.
If you don't have a Kindle, you may as well pour your money in the toilet. But don't really do that; it'll clog your pipes.… (más)
This book is a fast-paced, easy read; alternating between hysterically funny observations about the differences in the way men and women approach life and poignant, sometimes raw, recollections of personal experiences and revelations.
There has been some noise that this is a "Woman's book". Nope, I don't think so. I wouldn't classify this as Chick-Lit either. I think that's too narrow. Nor is it a feminist, male-bashing manifesto. It's more like a general field guide to relationships in the wild. [a:Rachel|488162|Rachel Thompson|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]'s kinda like a red-headed, Marlin Perkins.
There is no presumption of gender superiority here. Her razor sharp wit dissects the communication blockage between males and females and surprise! We are both to blame! Or not, because blame is so negative ... I digress.
As a guy, I laughed so hard I cried. There were times when the observations stung a bit ("Manesia" for example), but if you're honest with yourself, you have to see the humor. The interactions are, for the most part, spot on (more on that later).
But, fair warning; if you haven't a sense of humor regarding the foibles of your gender, don't read [b:A Walk in the Snark|10320499|A Walk in the Snark|Rachel Thompson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300917354s/10320499.jpg|15222873]. It'll just piss you off.
I don't want to give anything away but (I'm going to), if you can buy into the concept that men speak directly to a point and women speak in circles because it's an intellectual manifestation of physical characteristics, then this book is for you!
Now for the part that's not quite spot on; I'm not sure I fully agree with the assertion that men are from Seinfeld and women are from Friends. I think it more likely that men are from Monday Night Football. That's why we have to have the remote and can't pick up paper towels. "Flag on the play!...."
In any event, I highly recommend it for anyone who has ever had a relationship. Or is thinking about one. Or thinks that relationships are wonderful. Or stupid. Well, pretty much everybody.
In the interests of full disclosure, I couldn't tell you exactly when or where I stumbled upon Rachel, but I believe that Twitter was involved. I'm not sure if it was at fault, but it certainly is to blame.
;P… (más)
There has been some noise that this is a "Woman's book". Nope, I don't think so. I wouldn't classify this as Chick-Lit either. I think that's too narrow. Nor is it a feminist, male-bashing manifesto. It's more like a general field guide to relationships in the wild. [a:Rachel|488162|Rachel Thompson|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]'s kinda like a red-headed, Marlin Perkins.
There is no presumption of gender superiority here. Her razor sharp wit dissects the communication blockage between males and females and surprise! We are both to blame! Or not, because blame is so negative ... I digress.
As a guy, I laughed so hard I cried. There were times when the observations stung a bit ("Manesia" for example), but if you're honest with yourself, you have to see the humor. The interactions are, for the most part, spot on (more on that later).
But, fair warning; if you haven't a sense of humor regarding the foibles of your gender, don't read [b:A Walk in the Snark|10320499|A Walk in the Snark|Rachel Thompson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300917354s/10320499.jpg|15222873]. It'll just piss you off.
I don't want to give anything away but (I'm going to), if you can buy into the concept that men speak directly to a point and women speak in circles because it's an intellectual manifestation of physical characteristics, then this book is for you!
Now for the part that's not quite spot on; I'm not sure I fully agree with the assertion that men are from Seinfeld and women are from Friends. I think it more likely that men are from Monday Night Football. That's why we have to have the remote and can't pick up paper towels. "Flag on the play!...."
In any event, I highly recommend it for anyone who has ever had a relationship. Or is thinking about one. Or thinks that relationships are wonderful. Or stupid. Well, pretty much everybody.
In the interests of full disclosure, I couldn't tell you exactly when or where I stumbled upon Rachel, but I believe that Twitter was involved. I'm not sure if it was at fault, but it certainly is to blame.
;P… (más)
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There has been some noise that this is a "Woman's book". Nope, I don't think so. I wouldn't classify this as Chick-Lit either. I think that's too narrow. Nor is it a feminist, male-bashing manifesto. It's more like a general field guide to relationships in the wild. [a:Rachel|488162|Rachel Thompson|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]'s kinda like a red-headed, Marlin Perkins.
There is no presumption of gender superiority here. Her razor sharp wit dissects the communication blockage between males and females and surprise! We are both to blame! Or not, because blame is so negative ... I digress.
As a guy, I laughed so hard I cried. There were times when the observations stung a bit ("Manesia" for example), but if you're honest with yourself, you have to see the humor. The interactions are, for the most part, spot on (more on that later).
But, fair warning; if you haven't a sense of humor regarding the foibles of your gender, don't read [b:A Walk in the Snark|10320499|A Walk in the Snark|Rachel Thompson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300917354s/10320499.jpg|15222873]. It'll just piss you off.
I don't want to give anything away but (I'm going to), if you can buy into the concept that men speak directly to a point and women speak in circles because it's an intellectual manifestation of physical characteristics, then this book is for you!
Now for the part that's not quite spot on; I'm not sure I fully agree with the assertion that men are from Seinfeld and women are from Friends. I think it more likely that men are from Monday Night Football. That's why we have to have the remote and can't pick up paper towels. "Flag on the play!...."
In any event, I highly recommend it for anyone who has ever had a relationship. Or is thinking about one. Or thinks that relationships are wonderful. Or stupid. Well, pretty much everybody.
In the interests of full disclosure, I couldn't tell you exactly when or where I stumbled upon Rachel, but I believe that Twitter was involved. I'm not sure if it was at fault, but it certainly is to blame.
;P… (más)