{"id":1345,"date":"2003-07-01T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2003-07-01T20:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2003\/07\/01\/schwag\/"},"modified":"2003-07-01T13:29:45","modified_gmt":"2003-07-01T20:29:45","slug":"schwag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2003\/07\/01\/schwag\/","title":{"rendered":"Schwag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/crossroads.net\/a\/archives\/2002_12.php#000294\">written before<\/a> about why I blog, but you probably knew that was a load of hooey. The real reason I keep a blog is because I hope to achieve wealth and fame through it.<\/p>\n<p>So far, my success on the fame part has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/issues\/dispatch\/2003-02-28\/screens_feature2.html\">limited<\/a>, and the wealth part hasn&#8217;t been working out at all. Until now: I&#8217;ve received an offer for a &#8220;complimentary review copy&#8221; of what I am promised is an &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theotori.com\">entrancing novel<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a few reviews on <a href=\"http:\/\/epinions.com\">epinions<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/allconsuming.net\/\">All Consuming<\/a> but my guess is that I got this because of my blog&#8211;the book has a Japanese angle, and it would be too difficult to find reviewers on those sites with an interest in Japan (my profiles mention nothing about Japan). But contacting would-be reviewers on the basis of their blogs wouldn&#8217;t be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dashes.com\/anil\/index.php?archives\/006409.php\">a first<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Will I take them up on it? I haven&#8217;t decided, but I&#8217;m not inclined to. I prefer to choose my own reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cha-ching! 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