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A review by jlennidorner
47 Mind Hacks for Writers: Master the Writing Habit in 10 Minutes Or Less and End Writer's Block and Procrastination for Good by Karen Dimmick, Steve Dimmick
4.0
There were parts of this book that interested me as a writer. It would certainly be more relevant for non-fiction than fiction, but it's still useful either way. The book had some insights and knowledge that I had not encountered before. I enjoyed doing the suggested exercises to the best of my ability (see next section about downloads). The book has helped me set some new goals, and for that, I'm grateful.
To create my "pick up plan" I was supposed to download a template. To download a template, I had to go to the site (again) and enter my name and email (again) and wait for yet another email that never comes (and yeah, I've checked spam).
When an author has templates that go with the book and I have "sign up for" or jump through a hoop to get them, I feel annoyed and exploited.
When that template doesn't come, I feel cheated and betrayed, and my opinion of the author's authority drops considerably. I question if the author does not believe in the work, and thus created a way to trick readers onto a mailing list.
I wonder what my purchase meant to the author. I wonder if I'm just a number to grow an email list.
I would prefer if I could go to a web page and download the templates which accompany the book, and then be given an option to sign up for a mailing list and such. If a book is genuinely good, then I'd sign up. But I feel that being required to sign up for an email list (especially to get what I'd consider "the other 25% of the book I paid for) is a weak and shady business practice.
As a result of several templates that never came and being required to sign up for an email list to attempt to get them (rather than signing up because of a genuine interest), I'm knocking off two stars. I'm genuinely more displeased at having to sign up for a list than I am that the emails didn't come. Forcing me to sign up to get the rest of what I paid for is a choice the author made. Only one download (the 8-page workbook) out of all of them coming is probably some computer glitch, and that's something which annoys me but that I could forgive.
The sections about Trolls were well-written, humorous, and insightful. (However, it doesn't address how to deal with doxing. Perhaps because no one actually knows how to deal with it yet.) But I liked that section enough to give back one star.
That's a total of 4 out of 5 stars for this book.
So long as you're prepared to click on SIXTEEN links to 47MindHacks.com (backslash whatever template or directory), and enter your name and email address each time, you'll enjoy this book.
I do believe that plenty of people read, and that self-publishing is a viable option, and most of the rest from the workbook. (The only email download from the sign-up list to come.)
To create my "pick up plan" I was supposed to download a template. To download a template, I had to go to the site (again) and enter my name and email (again) and wait for yet another email that never comes (and yeah, I've checked spam).
When an author has templates that go with the book and I have "sign up for" or jump through a hoop to get them, I feel annoyed and exploited.
When that template doesn't come, I feel cheated and betrayed, and my opinion of the author's authority drops considerably. I question if the author does not believe in the work, and thus created a way to trick readers onto a mailing list.
I wonder what my purchase meant to the author. I wonder if I'm just a number to grow an email list.
I would prefer if I could go to a web page and download the templates which accompany the book, and then be given an option to sign up for a mailing list and such. If a book is genuinely good, then I'd sign up. But I feel that being required to sign up for an email list (especially to get what I'd consider "the other 25% of the book I paid for) is a weak and shady business practice.
As a result of several templates that never came and being required to sign up for an email list to attempt to get them (rather than signing up because of a genuine interest), I'm knocking off two stars. I'm genuinely more displeased at having to sign up for a list than I am that the emails didn't come. Forcing me to sign up to get the rest of what I paid for is a choice the author made. Only one download (the 8-page workbook) out of all of them coming is probably some computer glitch, and that's something which annoys me but that I could forgive.
The sections about Trolls were well-written, humorous, and insightful. (However, it doesn't address how to deal with doxing. Perhaps because no one actually knows how to deal with it yet.) But I liked that section enough to give back one star.
That's a total of 4 out of 5 stars for this book.
So long as you're prepared to click on SIXTEEN links to 47MindHacks.com (backslash whatever template or directory), and enter your name and email address each time, you'll enjoy this book.
I do believe that plenty of people read, and that self-publishing is a viable option, and most of the rest from the workbook. (The only email download from the sign-up list to come.)