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FF Thinks: Behind the Scenes

Posted 2 February, 2015 by Nikki Wang in , FF Thinks, meme / 4 Comments

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So for the record I am writing this on July 28, 6:53 PM. Which is why some of the pictures are a little dated…ha.

Anyways so I saw someone else doing one of these (can’t really remember who at this point) but it sounded interesting so…why not?

 

Pre-post

The Books

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So…I actually do have a shelf completely dedicated to my TBR (yes it is overflowing) but I pretty much put all my MUST READ ASAP and RELEASING IN THE NEXT MONTH books on my nightstand so that they’re right there whenever I feel like reading. (This is the part where I tell you I never get out of my bed.)

 

 

 

Notes

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Notes. I take em, you take em, but do we all take em for books? Yeah that made no sense. But anyways, I typically write notes on ANY book I read, whether it’s a review book or not. And I’ll
write them on anything. Online, on the publicity sheet, on the postits (that I carry around everywhere in my purse) or the little notepads I have on my nightstand. EVERYWHERE. Sometimes they’re actual thought out notes (especially with poignant books) but most of the time they’re just random feels and EMOTIONS and yep. Not even real notes lol.


Scheduling

dddSo. At this time (Like I said, July 28) my draft goes all the way to the beginning of May. Yes that does mean I have posts scheduled in May (really just Waiting on Wednesdays and discussion posts and stuff.) Anyways THIS IS HOW I SCHEDULE THINGS. Some people use their phone calender or Google calenders or just use WordPress to see, but I like using my email drafts. This way I can see everything in a list order. That way it’s easy to change (just copy/paste and remember to reschedule the posts.) The red means it’s been written and scheduled and formatted and pretty much ready to go. The black means that it still needs to be written. The blue means it’s an FF Thinks (I do those once every two weeks) and the purple is every Saturday so I can keep track of my weeks. I also have a green that means that I can move that post (since it’s not a review book) and a light pink that means I can only use that slot if I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.

For blog events like GYDO though, I most definitely use spreadsheets. (Green means it’s scheduled, white means the author hasn”t sent it, and red means I’ve sent interview questions and haven’t received them.)

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Postmaking

Well there’s really not much to say after all that. But here’s the part where I pimp Ashley’s . It’s absolutely FANTASTIC.

behindthescenes2So basically, when you’re writing your review all you have to do to get the book info is search the ISBN or the title and author name and you’ll get pretty much…everything. Also the publishers and authors automatic listing? SO FANTASTIC. I have no idea how Ashley makes these things. Also she’s created this thing where once the post publishes THE REVIEW WILL AUTOMATICALLY POST TO GOODREAD.S GUYS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MAGICAL THAT IS. So magical.




And…DONE

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How do you blog?

Nikki Wang

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FF Thinks: Bookish Staples

FF Thinks: Bookish Staples

So I was thinking about all the things I’ve read and never loved as much as everyone else, and all the books I’ve NEVER READ. So we’ll start with this part: Didn’t Like The books/writers I didn’t love, much to my chagrin Syrena Legacy by Anna Banks I actually LOVELOVELOVED Of Poseidon. Then Of Neptune made me feel a bit iffy. Then I completely DNF’d Of Triton because of how IRRITATING it absolutely was in the first hundred pages. I really just couldn’t guys. So […]

Posted 24 January, 2015 by Nikki Wang in FF Thinks, meme / 4 Comments
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FF Thinks: Me in YA

FF Thinks: Me in YA

HELLLOOOOO. I was reading a book and I realized, suddenly, “HEY I AM LIKE HER” which got me to thinking exactly how many books reminded me of me. And of course, I had to share with y’all my list, because hey. What else am I supposed to do with a book blog? SO I ASK YOU TO WELCOME Yes. Yesssss. Although this list is also PRETTY RANDOM. Let me introduce you to my life in YA starting with… Family My Double Life by […]

Posted 23 December, 2014 by Nikki Wang in FF Thinks, meme / 1 Comment
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FF Thinks: Pre-Blogging Books

FF Thinks: Pre-Blogging Books

We all know those books that we read before we blog. When we reread them we either hate or love or we don’t reread them because we’re scared of…not loving them so much. Yep. SO IN CELEBRATION OF MY RECENT BLOGOVERSARY, I decided to do something…pre blogging. Randomly I know I started blogging Nov 26, 2011 (holy crapsticks) but I’m moving up the timetable to about March/April 2012 since that’s when I started taking blogging seriously. Sooooo. Well yeah.   What books do […]

Posted 29 November, 2014 by Nikki Wang in FF Thinks, meme / 3 Comments
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FF Thinks: Writing

FF Thinks: Writing

(This is less of an actual musings thing and more of a Just for Fun thing. Meh) SO GUYS. Since it’s NaNoWriMo month I was like…why don’t I share my writing? And then I was like “HA NO” soooo why not share something I wrote when I was 12 for a contest (It was for a 2012 Breathless Reads slipcase I think? I just know that Jessica Khoury hosted it and we had to pick a pin from her bored and write a […]

Posted 24 November, 2014 by Nikki Wang in FF Thinks, meme / 5 Comments
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FF Thinks: Alphabetical Favorites

FF Thinks: Alphabetical Favorites

Soooooooooo I’m going to share 26 of my favorite books with you. Each book starts with a different letter. THIS SHOULD BE FUN, RIGHT? The books are all a mix of high fantasy and contemporary, mainly, but there are also thrillers and a historical. (But holy crap looking over this, no dystopians. Well. I guess I know what I drift towards. There are some other books I love that start with the same letter so if there was, I basically just added it. […]

Posted 15 November, 2014 by Nikki Wang in FF Thinks, meme / 1 Comment
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FF Thinks: What I Look For

FF Thinks: What I Look For

  which is, I guess a pretty extensive list, so I’ll limit this to five things. So this is actually a misleading title: It’s more of What I *LIKE* in YA not What I Look For! If it’s a historical novel I will absolutely 100% hope it has court intrigue. If it’s historical fantasy I will absolutely 100% hope it has court intrigue. COURT INTRIGUE GUYS. I absolutely adore this and it’s probably like the third time I’ve said that on a post, […]

Posted 21 October, 2014 by Nikki Wang in FF Thinks, meme / 1 Comment
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