Zane Yates's Blog

Having coffee the other day with an author friend who had just read my book MIAMI P.I. She commented that it was such an easy relaxing read and she loved the style.

I told her I read a lot of books, but I don't have time for epic novels anymore, I read a hell of a lot of J.R. Rain, Eve Paludan, John Locke, you know, bubblegum books. She looked at me like I was mad and asked,

"What's a Bubblegum Book?"

A bit of fun, a sweet little morsel you can chew on, enjoy it, and then spit it out and move to the next.

You can read a whole Bubblegum Book in a single sitting on a lazy Sunday afternoon or over a couple of days worth of stolen moments, a chapter or two here and there with a cup of coffee.

I coined the phrase a few years ago with a few reading mates and it stuck. My iPad (Kindle) is loaded with 268 books at this moment. I have read all but a few over the last two years. That a rate of 2.723 days per book.

My wife and I are both very busy. She goes to work early and gets home late, and I work/write from home, so seeing that in a 24 hour period I sleep, I work, I write, I run kids to and from school, I handle breakfast, I make lunches and I cook dinners. So I steal reads in any spare moment I can find, ten minutes here, twenty minutes there, a few times a day and a read to get to sleep.

What's more fun than Bubblegum?

How do you like your books served?

Do you love the feel of real paper, the smell, the noise of the turning page, the view of it on the shelf along with your other paper friends?
Do you enjoy the hunt through your favourite book store looking for your next treasure? (R.I.P. Borders)

Or, the convenience of digital. On a PC, eReaders, tablet, even on your phone. Carry 200+ of your favourite books in your pocket or purse. Buy a new book while you eat lunch, or lay in bed. Browse thousands of titles, without climbing out from under your blanky.

Or finally, Audio. Remember when you were little and mum would read to you as you went to sleep. Well have that happy thought all over again as your personal narrator talks just to you, while you drive to work, or sit in traffic. You can use cassettes and disc, but now in the world of digital, we can listen as we walk, run, or laze under a tree from our phones.

So, whats your favourite way to get your fix?

What ever your choice, read.

Well, I am not a Blogger, but here I am.

What I am, is a new born author, entering the world of publishing for the first time. Taking the first baby steps, wavering as I move forward, having my eyes opened as I explore the world of multimedia and it's many faces.

I am, at the same time a parent. Offering up my first born child to you, the masses.

Be patient with us, and treat us well.

MIAMI P.I.

I have always had the ability to tell a story, spin a yarn, deliver a joke, but, over the past few years, since I took the first step to authorism, and I started to put keystrokes to screen in the form of a book, I learnt that I cannot spell, I have no grammatical abilities, and a sentence should not be the length of a chapter.

With help, I got better, but I know I can learn even more. My best friend told me that if I released my first book, in its first draft as I wanted to, you the masses, would laugh at me, not with me. So I sat back down after hearing this, and started again, then I gave it a few more edits.

Is my first effort a literary masterpiece? NO.
Will you laugh when you read it? I hope so, there are some great little bits in there, and Roy's a hell of a guy.

So read my book, have a laugh, enjoy it for what it is.

By the way I know "authorism" is not a real word. See you in the pages. ZOY

Zane Owen Yates