Blake Schwendiman's Blog and Blook

I received a comment today from a reader who has noticed the same thing that I have noticed: It's awfully quiet out there. That is, there aren't many comments being posted. So, either there aren't many readers or I'm writing about things that inspire no comments.

Here's the very first comment to my book's prologue (it came today):

Okay, I read the prologue and I'll probably go on to read Chapter 1. So far so good. I'm a little disappointed though. Not so much by the writing as the fact that I don't see other comments here. That's half the fun!

I agree. Not only is it half the fun, it's really the whole point.

So, read and comment. It's easy and can be fun. It may also just be a good outlet. Now, when you comment, you may have to wait a little while for me to approve the comment. Unfortunately the spammers are quite busy posting nonsense comments that link off to their sites for Viagra, Heightmax or whatever else. But as long as your comment is not spam and not patently offensive, I'll approve it. I got this tidbit recently (and I approved it):

Title needs work. The reasons you gave for reading your book barely grabbed my attention. It was like walking up to a stranger and saying,"I'm really charming and interesting." and expecting them to just trust you. Also, "the subject of a teen magazine article" does not make me want to read further. All of this did however prompt me to waste two seconds posting this rude comment.

Every bit of feedback that I receive helps in one way or another.

So get out there and do some writing yourself.