Thank you both (replying to you and @Kwakigra@beehaw.org at the same time) - completely on board with what you’re saying. I approach podcasting in that way as well - I make a podcast that I would want to listen to, rather than trying to appeal to other people. That’s where I am with my writing - I guess the other side of it is trying to get around feeling like I’m part of the content mill vs. writing something I want to put out into the world.

I suppose the answer to that is: write what it is I want to write. If I feel that it’s something I want other people to read, THEN figure out how to get it “out there”.

I am glad that the break I’m taking from writing feels natural and not forced, and I do feel productive in that I’m actually getting some reading done of books I want to read.

Thanks! :)

I will have no disparaging of frames, thank you very much.

Usually word of mouth - but that can be either from people I know (friends, fellow online people), or sometimes it might be buzz from the media. Usually that’s in the form of CBC’s Canada Reads. I don’t often pick things up based on retailer suggestions.

One thing I’ve done recently to help battery life is change the settings to have the device power off after 20 minutes of inactivity (I think it’s 20 minutes - either way it’s the longest time period available in the settings).

Ah yes…I forgot about that as well. My current scale can switch to mL and I find that useful, although I don’t know if it is actually calibrated any differently for mL vs. grams.

Battery life

Maybe I simply don’t read as much on my Kobo as you do, but I find the battery life amazing. I rarely charge it. As I type that, I realize that I read quite a bit of paperback books though.

cases

I’m not too picky about this. I use the navy blue Kobo case designed for the Clara. It’s not the greatest thing in the world but I enjoy it.

All in all, I don’t have much to compare it to other than a VERY old Kobo - like one of the originals I believe. It was incredibly slow and battery life on that one was horrid. Yeah, the screen was bigger than the Clara, but the Clara is leaps and bounds above that ugly thing I was using.>

I use a Kobo Clara HD. There’s a newer version available (it’s a Clara model, can’t recall the exact name) but the Clara HD does the job well. Of the reviews I’ve read, if you own a Clara HD, upgrading to the newest model may not be worth it for you.

I also use my iPad Air + Google Books, and the Kindle app, for things that are either on those accounts or don’t play nice with the Clara HD. For example, PDF advance reader copies do not work very well on the Kobo, and converting them with Calibre doesn’t always work either.

An Internet … problem

Yeah, that’s 100% it. On the Internet in 2023, everyone needs to be right or win with their comment. It’s off-putting when you’ve been on the Internet longer than Gen Z has been alive.

Well, I tried introducing myself via kbin and I was going to reply to that introduction since I have now been accepted to beehaw…but I can’t find that reply in this thread. So I’ll write again!

I work in media (behind the scenes…but I also have a few podcasts on the go and I blog), I have epilepsy, and I like to talk about all sorts of subjects. I’m doing a poor job summarizing myself so I’ll just copy/paste from my Mastodon page (with some redactions):

Writer/podcaster; fan of books, podcasts, hockey, baseball, curling & movies. Regional Traffic Manager for [REDACTED]. Views & opinions are my own.

I was also diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 35 (4 years ago, now). Sometimes I talk about that.