Tooting Your Trumpet #18

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• 5 REASONS BOOK BLOGS ARE GREAT PLACES TO PROMOTE BOOKS (a think piece on Briana's blog Pages Unbound Reviews)
•  GOOD NEWS FROM THE WEIRD WIDE WORLD (a fun post on Lissa's blog The Memory Tourist)
• BEST FREE SERVICES FOR EMAIL BLOG SUBSCRIPTIONS (a tips post by Jen)
• TITAN SCOOPS WINNING FANTASY THE SHADOW GLASS (a book deal announcement on The Bookseller online magazine)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #17

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• TROY TALKS CORPSEY'S CHEAP CHILLERS (an interview on Gaily Dreadful by guest Erin Callahan with author Troy H. Gardner about his indie feature-length film, with a link to the thing itself!)
•  2021 ADULT SCIENCE-FICTION AND FANTASY BOOK RELEASES BY AUTHORS OF COLOR (a list on Amber's blog Du Livre)
• READ MORE BOOKS – FREE, LEGAL ALTERNATIVES TO PIRATED BOOKS (a list on Shealea's blog Shut Up, Shealea)
• ALL THE POSITIVES WITH NEGATIVE REVIEWS (a think piece/discussion post on Rivka's blog The Orangutan Librarian)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #16

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DISABLED TEENAGER (a personal/ispirational post on Simone's blog The Wheelchair Teen)
•  HELPFUL BLOGGING HINTS FOR THE NEW BLOGGER INTERFACE (a series of tips for Blogger users on Mary's blog Dark Thoughts)
• THINGS BLOGGERS SHOULD WORRY MORE (AND LESS) ABOUT (an advice post on Jen's blog Jen Ryland Reviews)
• OCD AWARENESS WEEK: MY PROBLEMS WITH THE WORD "OBSESSION" (a think piece on Emily's blog Paperback Princess)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #15

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• BOOKISH MUSINGS: I WANT READING TO STOP BEING STRESSFUL AND START BEING FUN AGAIN (a think piece/discussion post on Kit's blog Metaphors and Moonlight)
• GETTING WORDY: FRIENDSHIPS IN BOOKS (a discussion post on Veronika and Sabrina's blog Wordy and Whimsical)
• THE #OWNVOICES LABEL HAS LOST ITS WAY (a think piece on Fadwa's blog Word Wonders)
• EXPERIMENTING WITH BLOGGER (a tip for Blogger users on Charlotte's blog Uglemors)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #14

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• LET’S TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AS AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEWER (a think-piece/discussion post on Fadwa's blog Word Wonders)
• BLOGGING TIPS: 5 EASY WAYS TO MAKE YOUR BLOG MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR SCREEN READERS (+ BONUS SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS!) (a tips list - duh - on Kit's blog Metaphors and Moonlight)
• BOOK BLOGGING VS. BOOKTOKING AKA "WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?" (a discussion post + interview on Emily's blog Paperback Princess)
• HOW TO CREATE DISABLED REPRESENTATION IN SCI-FI AND FANTASY (a tips list/ownvoice think-piece on Simone's blog The Wheelchair Teen)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #13 (The Black Lives Matter Edition)

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. June on Twitter was all about the #BlackLivesMatter movement, for a number of reasons - from police brutality to inequality in publishing - so I thought I'd collect four of my favourite and/or the most relevant posts that sprung up because of it. (I mean, those that I know of - feel free to add more in the comments!). This month on TYT...

• SUPPORT BLACK OWNED BOOKSTORES (a list on Jen's blog Jen Ryland's Reviews)
• 5 BLACK LITERARY PROFESSIONALS TO SUPPORT RIGHT NOW (a list by The Parliament House)
• BLACK LIVES MATTER (a resource post on Nicole's blog Feed Your Fiction Addiction)
• THE BOOK COMMUNITY’S BIAS (a think-piece on Amber's blog Du Livre)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #12

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• MY EXPERIENCES WITH PURE OCD (a post on Emily's blog Paperback Princess)
• MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH : 10 YA BOOKS WITH MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION (a list on Marie's blog Drizzle & Hurricane Books)
• READ INDIE FORWARD (a pay-it-forward initiative to support independent bookstores by Sourcebooks)
• WITCHPIN (a book by Joshua Winning)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #11

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• THINGS WE’VE BEEN DOING TO KEEP OURSELVES CALM AND OCCUPIED DURING ISOLATION (a list on Veronika, Ruzaika and Sabrina's blog Wordy and Whimsical)
• LEAVING BOOKS UNRATED (a discussion post by Sabrina on the same blog)
• THINGS I LEARNED WRITING MY FIRST BOOK – MY WRITING MISTAKES (AND SOME SUCCESSES!) (a tips post on Rivka's blog The Orangutan Librarian)
• FANTASY WORLDS (a discussion post on Greg's blog Book Haven)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #10

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• DO BOOKS HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE? (a discussion post on Veronika, Ruzaika and Sabrina's blog Wordy and Whimsical)
• WEIGHT-LOSS SCARE (a post on Simone's blog The Wheelchair Teen)
• SPRING BOOK BLAST (a campaign on Amber's blog Du Livre)
• PAY IT FORWARD GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY (a charity giveaway on Karen's blog For What It's Worth)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #9

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• BOOK REVIEWS: WHY DON’T THEY GET MUCH ENGAGEMENT? (a discussion post on Gayathri's blog Elgee Writes)
• SOME SITES FOR FREE OR LOW PRICE EBOOKS (a list on Lissa's blog The Memory of Rain)
• GOING TO AN ABLE-BODIED SCHOOL (a post on Simone's blog The Wheelchair Teen)
• ON WHETHER OR NOT TO SPEAK YOUR MIND ON THE INTERNET (a discussion post on Emily's blog Paperback Princess)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #8

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• THE WHEELCHAIR TEEN (a blog where Simone recounts her life as a black, disabled teenager)
• ADVOCATING FOR READING LESS (a think piece/discussion on McKenzie's blog The Literary Dragon)
• A HANDFUL OF PULP CLASSICS ARE ENTERING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2020 (a list on Forbes' site)
• SLASHER MASSACRE (a card game by Penny Dreadful Studios a.k.a. Troy H. Gardner)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #7

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• I'M TIRED OF GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS (a discussion on Shealea's blog Shut Up, Shealea)
• HAVE YA PRICES GOTTEN OUT OF HAND? (a discussion on Veronika's and Ruzaika's blog Wordy and Whimsical)
• YA VS. NA: WHY IS IT SO HARD TO CATEGORIZE? (a discussion on Emily's blog Paperback Princess)
• ON CANADA'S IDOLIZATION OF AN OLD WHITE MAN AND HIS RACISM (a think piece/discussion on Emily's blog - see above)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #6

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• GIRL HATE IN YA (a discussion on Inge's, Aly's, Ely's and Wren's blog Of Wonderland)
• I DIDN'T BREAK THE LAMP (a short story collection featuring Troy H. Gardner)
• 7 LIGHTER, NON-SPOOKY OCTOBER READS (a recommendation post on Veronika's and Ruzaika's blog Wordy and Whimsical)
• IS BOOK BLOGGING BECOMING MORE UN-AFFORDABLE? (a discussion on Alice-Elizabeth's blog MarriedToBooksReviewsAndBlog)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #5

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• READ FOR GRACE (a book challenge on Lauren's blog Bookmark Lit)
• IS ALL ART FANFICTION? (a discussion post on Rivka's blog The Orangutan Librarian)
• IN DEFENCE OF GIRLY GIRL GENRES (a discussion post on Rivka's blog - see above)
• LIBRARY LIFE: PHONE ETIQUETTE (a post on Shayna's blog Clockwork Bibliotheca)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #4

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• HOW TO USE TRELLO TO ORGANIZE YOUR BLOG (a post on Kelly's blog Another Book in the Wall)
• TEEN INFLUENCERS BOOK BLOG DIRECTORY (a database on Kelly's blog - see above)
• IS THAT A COMPLIMENT? (a discussion post on Sam's blog We Live and Breath Books, where she discusses tagging authors in positive reviews)
• BLOGGING MISTAKES NOT TO REPEAT (a TMST discussion post on Heidi's blog Rainy Day Ramblings)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #3

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• TUNNELVILLE (a YA novel, the second installment in the Mad World series by Erin Callahan & Troy H. Gardner, that recently got a makeover)
• LIBRARY MISCONCEPTIONS (a funny post on Shayna's blog Clockwork Bibliotheca - and the first one in her "library series" - where she discloses all the weird things librarians get told on a daily basis/people assume about them)
• FEEDBOOKS (a site where you can find copyright-free books to download!)
•  DIVERSE BOOKS (a list on Kristen's blog Metaphors and Moonlight)

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Tooting Your Trumpet #2

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• DEATH'S DAUGHTER (a short story by my writer friend Fanni that got recently published)
• FLIPPED  by Wendelin Van Draanen (a book review for that rare thing called a MG/YA crossover on Shayna's blog Clockwork Bibliotheca)
• GENRE SNOBBERY IS A BITCH (a witty and articulated discussion post on The Orangutan Librarian's blog)
•  HOW DO YOU KEEP GOING WHEN BLOGGING FEELS LIKE TOO MUCH? (a TMST discussion post on Karen's blog For What It's Worth) 

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Tooting Your Trumpet #1

Hello sweeties! and welcome to my new post series, in which, once a month, I intend to share a few articles/sites that piqued my interest. I know that most of you are doing it already in The Sunday Post, but since I don't participate in the meme, I thought I'd create my very own. So here goes the first installment of...

Some people toot their own trumpet. I mean to toot yours. On the first Sunday of every month, I'm sharing your posts, your sites, anything interesting I stumble upon during my internet vagrancies. This month on TYT...

• PROJECT CANVAS (a collaborative book that my blogging friend Hannah wrote a piece for)
• WORDY AND WHIMSICAL (new blog!)
• THE MEMORY OF RAIN (a blog you might not be familiar with yet...)
• DOES READING YA MAKE YOU A BETTER/MORE EMPATHETIC PARENT? (a discussion post on Karen's blog For What It's Worth)

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