Our good friend Annie Dean has been helping us (Shuzluva and I) with book reviews (esp. e-books) for the past few months and for that we think she’s wonderful (she’s wonderful for other reasons, but the reviewing was one of our favorites. ha ha). She can’t review for us anymore, but we here at It’s Not Chick Porn wish her the best of luck and hope she comes back again to visit soon. Like on Monday. Her parting words:

I’m no longer doing reviews. Why? Well, a couple of reasons — I want to devote my reading time to stuff I choose to read. Reading for review is weird because quite often if I hadn’t promised a review, I’d just discard the book because it’s bad or boring or whatever. In addition to that, my time is going to be at a premium, going forward. Lots of deadlines.

She will be reviewing the ebooks she has on queue… and then… *puts arm to forehead* NEVER AGAIN! So if you email Annie your ebook, you’ll probably get uh, “Yeah… no. Thanks. Bye-bye”. So don’t. Seriously.

Good luck, Annie! We Lurve You!

Hi, guys, please check out my new About Me section. It’s got chockful of stuff about… you know, me. Wacky, huh? If you look at the left sidebar (of the About Me page), you may notice a new navigation entirely. The links will lead you to works I have published, some short stories I have posted, and stuff I’m currently working on. If you’re looking for a tense, erotic tale that has one of those endings that will have the Twilight Zone theme song playing in your head, please check out Dead World. It’s good times. Anyway, have fun, and as always, let me know what you think!

For the past few months, you all may have noticed that from time to time, I have guest reviewers on this blog, namely Shuzluva (who sends in reviews whenever she feels like it, dang!) and Annie Dean (once a week, like clockwork!). This is because 1) I’m lazy 2) I get so busy with stupid, stupid school that my two BFFs have decided to pitch in so I can have new and fresh content for you guys everyday 3) Did I mention I’m lazy? Anyway, you may have also noticed that Annie’s been doing the majority of ebook reviews, while I… review whatever I feel like, dang! Annie reads faster than me and also writes her reviews faster, while I… like to take my time and write, as Karen Scott calls ‘em, “fucking tomes, mate!”. If you’re interested in sending your book to Annie for review (instead of me, ha-ha!), read this:

Oh, and for those who are curious about my reviewing schedule:

Next Thursday, I’m reviewing Rock Star by Roslyn Hardy Holcomb. The week after, it’s Dirty Shame by Selah March. After that, I’ll be reviewing Nightswimming by Rebecca James.

Beyond that, my schedule is clear. So if you send me your book at this point, you’re looking at a review date of May 10th.

I review on a first come, first served basis. I download the file, put it in my To Be Reviewed Folder, then in a sub-folder called “It’s Not Chick Porn Reviews”. Once in there, I number the files. 1 is the next book on deck, 2 is the following week, and so on. Once I review a book, I put the file in my “Completed Reviews” folder. This is how I keep track of things and make sure it’s fair, etc. (Dee Bam was very amused by my organization.)

Now you have an intimate understanding of how I do business. If an author sends me a book, I swear I’ll read it but I don’t promise to like it. I don’t blow smoke up anybody’s ass, and if you want that done, buy a bong and three feet of hose instead of emailing me.

Otherwise I’ll be happy to hook you authors up.

Annie doesn’t just review ebooks, she does print too. ANNIE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE! If your book is in print, though, she’d prefer it it you sent her a digitized copy. She lives outside the country and it takes her weeks (sometimes months, sometimes never) to get mail from the U.S. Oh, and here’s a handy dandy email button: