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Firle found a link to an interesting little UK magazine that she put in the Gossip Corner. I found that they were looking for reviewers. I applied, which I mentioned quietly in the post, by sending in a couple of reviews I've done.
And I got it! emoticon

There's no money, but you do get to choose free books! emoticon

I tend to write reviews anyway as a writing exercise and because sometimes it's just easier than writing fiction.

The magazine is sponsored by Orbit publishers so I suspect most of the books will be theirs. They also have reviews of DVDs, films and TV in the mag, although I'm not sure exactly how they organise that. I assume you just send in reviews of things you already have or have seen recently, although I'll check.

I have to admit that the quality of the reviews I've seen in the mag was a bit varied. Plenty of them were good but there were a couple that gave opinions but didn't say why they thought that, which I personally think isn't a great technique.

Still I'm pretty happy to have been accepted and so quickly.

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8/18/2008, 5:37 pm

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Congrats!

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8/18/2008, 6:03 pm

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Yay, congrats!

Well done! emoticon

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8/18/2008, 7:25 pm

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Sounds like fun, Dragonlady! Enjoy the FREE BOOKS! (That'd be encouragement enough for me, too!)

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8/18/2008, 9:10 pm

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Congratulations! Free books and words that other people are reading. Those two things are awesome.

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8/20/2008, 6:43 pm

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Thanks everyone.

I got my first book today! It's fantasy based on ancient legend, which is a favourite topic of mine as long as it's done well.

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8/22/2008, 5:37 pm

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Yay! Be sure to link us up to the review!

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8/22/2008, 7:31 pm

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Hope it will work out very well for you and that many great stories will be yours to read. emoticon

8/22/2008, 9:59 pm

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So my first review got published in the magazine. It's for Black Ships, which was a good book that I enjoyed reading.

http://www.hub-mag.co.uk/

It's the latest one (issue 66) which is kind cool cos 6 is my lucky number.

Reading it through again I can see how the review might be better, but I think I make my opinions clear and give reasons why I liked the book.

It's a nice little magazine, and free too so it's worth subscribing if you're interested. Also they pay for fiction, which is cool, unfortunately I haven't got a short story that'll fit at the moment.

Currently reading the second book they sent me, not liking that one so much though.

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9/28/2008, 10:04 am

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