Bloggers’ Bench with Nia Wright
Bloggers’ Bench with Nia Wright
Let’s sit down on the bench next to Nia Wright and ask a few questions about her blog: The Most Sublime Things
Hi, I’m Nia – I’m a bookworm and general geek from North Wales. I read pretty much anything I can get my hands on but I really enjoy horror and mythology stories.
My blog is called ‘The Most Sublime Things’ and is a mix of book reviews and personal posts. It’s still a work in progress and I’m slowly making it more ‘me’ as I go along and learn new website building tricks.
I’ve been blogging for a little over a year now, it’s been one heck of a learning curve!
I really wanted to get back into reading, I used to go through 5+ books a week until I turned about 16 and discovered kittens on the internet so I decided to combine my loves.
Blogging about books keeps me motivated in my reading and also helps me keep track of series I want to keep up with.
This is my first and only blog, I’m too scared to start any extra ones in case I give up on leaving the house altogether.
Urgh….. not enough. I’m currently on a bit of a slump after 12 months of being so good, it used to be 3-6 hours a week but now it’s more like 1 or 2 at best. Shame on me!
Where Nia blogs from, with Phil the burly Russian dwarf hamster
It helps you get to know the authors whose work you’re reading, which is an amazing experience. You get insider information on their work and generally get a view inside the mind of the people who create the worlds you love.
Making time for it all. There’s the book blogger triangle of frustration, I feel like I should always be doing these things and feel guilty that I can only do one at the time:
Read a book
Review a book
Write a post to fill in the time between reading and reviewing, thus delaying both.
Most of my communication with other bloggers happens on Twitter, I love watching everyone help each other out with guest posts and blog tips. I haven’t really joined in yet until I can commit my time to helping other people out too!
Absolutely not! The few ‘real life’ people who know about my blog aren’t really book lovers so I feel pretty safe that they won’t read it. I’m self-conscious about my friends reading my work and who knows when I’ll need to vent about my family on my blog!
I vaguely remember it being terrible…. It was your typically naïve ‘I have no idea what I’m doing’ post. I’m too scared to go back and read it a year on!
‘Beware of dealing directly with authors to get review copies of books’, you have to be honest in your book reviews so you’re going to feel pretty crap if you’ve enjoyed chatting with an author then given them 1 star on their work.
So. Very. Awkward.
Don’t compromise, write in your own voice and say what you want to say – someone out there wants to read it!
Well, I am currently qualifying as a proof reader and copy editor so I’m hoping to eventually offer that service via my website so I can reach aspiring authors! The only trouble with that is that I’m going to have to start reading over my own work a little bit better…
You can find me over at :-
I would just like to say a very big thank you to Nia for giving us an insight in her blogging life, and we wish her lots of success for the future.
Love reading these posts, ladies!
Ha ha re the dealing with authors directly then not liking their books – it’s something writers have to deal with too, because we want to support our friends but sometimes we can like them and what they blog/chat about, but not their books. I review for a review team too, Nia, and find it best just to say thank you when the writer sends a mobi copy, just in case – and get into the chat later if I’ve liked the book!!
Many thanks for your comment Terry. It is good to know we have something in common in the blogging/writing world.