HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: It's "what we're writing week," and it's got me thinking about writing styles. I know what I think I write--but what do others think?
Somewhere in the deep recesses of my childhood memories, I have an image of my mother quoting
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| Portrait of Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1787, Scottish National Portrait Gallery |
to see oursels as ithers see us!"
which translates to
In libraries and book stores and on Amazon and everywhere else, we readers are greeted with the titration and analysis of our reading choices and the resulting suggestions for if we like X, we will like Y.
And they pretty much work!
(Pretty much.)
So let’s play "also bought" today!
If I do my own, I would say:
If you like Hank Phillippi Ryan, you will also like--Lisa Jewell and Laura Dave
If you like Hallie Ephron, you will also like--Ruth Ware
If you like Rhys Bowen, you will also like--Richard Osman
If you like Deborah Crombie, you will also--Ann Cleeves
If you like Julia Spencer-Fleming, you will also like--Sarah Stewart Taylor and Ana Reyes
If you like Lucy Burdette, you will also like--Joanne Fluke and Alexia Gordon
If you like Jenn McKinlay, you will also like--Emily Henry
Am I right? Or do you disagree?
Now: You do it.
Tell us, darling Reds and readers, who do you think all of our also-boughts are? (And, commenting authors, yours?) I would love to know--and I bet it will be pretty revealing!
Copy and paste:
If you like Hank Phillippi Ryan, you will also like
If you like Hallie Ephron, you will also like
If you like Rhys Bowen, you will also like
If you like Deborah Crombie, you will also
If you like Julia Spencer-Fleming, you will also like
If you like Lucy Burdette, you will also like
If you like Jenn McKinlay, you will also like
And authors, put yourself in! If you like (insert your name here)— you will also like:
Cannot wait to read these!
"Oh, would that some power give us,
the gift to see ourselves as others see us!"
And now, because my mother was always right, (just ask her), that ability to see ourselves as others see us becomes a mainstay of book selling!
(Pretty much.)
If you like Hallie Ephron, you will also like--Ruth Ware
If you like Rhys Bowen, you will also like--Richard Osman
If you like Deborah Crombie, you will also--Ann Cleeves
If you like Julia Spencer-Fleming, you will also like--Sarah Stewart Taylor and Ana Reyes
If you like Lucy Burdette, you will also like--Joanne Fluke and Alexia Gordon
If you like Jenn McKinlay, you will also like--Emily Henry
Am I right? Or do you disagree?
Now: You do it.
Tell us, darling Reds and readers, who do you think all of our also-boughts are? (And, commenting authors, yours?) I would love to know--and I bet it will be pretty revealing!
Copy and paste:
If you like Hank Phillippi Ryan, you will also like
If you like Hallie Ephron, you will also like
If you like Rhys Bowen, you will also like
If you like Deborah Crombie, you will also
If you like Julia Spencer-Fleming, you will also like
If you like Lucy Burdette, you will also like
If you like Jenn McKinlay, you will also like
And authors, put yourself in! If you like (insert your name here)— you will also like:
