Tuesday Follow: Niki J Markus

Who is Niki J Markus?
Nicki Markus is an author, freelance editor, proof-reader and fellow book reviewer based at her self-titled blog NickiMarkcus.com. Niki has a BA (hons) English with French, a PGDip in Translation, a Diploma in Editing and a Higher Diploma in Publishing. She's released several short stories and books including Time Keepers, Awaken to the Night, Dragon's Heart and Day-Walker. Niki is also a contributor to the editing team at Nights Publishing and Silver Publishing.

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About the Blog
The Nicki J Markus blog main feature is book reviews, alongside guest posts, interviews, giveaways and Follow Fridays. Information regarding her work is kept in separate tabs and pages that provide the synopsis, book details, links to where the books are available to buy and sites to read current reviews. On average, previous posting frequency has been around 20 per month.


Why do I recommend Nicki J Markus.com?

Niki is not your average reader. Her background and work in editing, publishing and writing means she can apply her skills when reviewing and so your not just getting a readers opinion but that of one which knows the industry from different perspectives. The books that are reviewed are not typical; they span a range of genres and formats and come from a variety of countries and authors. Additionally, Niki is also is very interactive with her audience and followers, actively responding to your comments and queries quickly.

How You Can Follow

You can follow Niki J Markus via:

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Or alternatively visit her blog and follow with Google Friends Connect 

Bloggers Say
Why did you start blogging? Originally it was to promote my own books, but I've always been an avid reader and so I very quickly expanded it to include book reviews and author guest posts/interviews too. That was nearly two years ago now, my blog will celebrate its 2nd birthday in January 2013.

How often do you blog and what are you posts generally about? On average I blog 2-3 times a week. My posts are mainly a mix of reviews and author posts/interviews with some giveaways and posts about my own writing popping up along the way.

One of the reasons why I love your blog is because you interact with your followers; do you find this an important aspect of your blogging? Absolutely. If someone has taken the time to read my blog and leave a message, the least I can do is reply and visit their blog in return. Plus, in an age of technology, its nice to still keep that personal touch.

What is your favourite book you've reviewed to date and why? Oh wow! That's so difficult as I've reviewed so many amazing books the last two years, making it hard to pick just one. The first that springs to mind, though, is the Vampire Empire trilogy by Susan and Clay Griffith. I read all three books and loved every one of them. Plus I recently enjoyed Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies.

Lastly, what post and features can your followers expect to see in the future? More book reviews of a variety of genres of course - they'll keep on coming and I expect a good book haul from my birthday and Xmas next month. I also have a couple of potential author interviews I am just finalising and I have a bit of a giveaway planned to bring in 2013, so watch out for that at the end of December. Last, but not least, I am just waiting on news of the print release date for my book Time Keepers, so I'll be blogging about that, too, once I have more information.