Today is a very special day, as my book’s first review has been published. You can read the whole article in the below link (in Spanish):
A special thanks to professor Xavier Diez, a historian, author and professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, for his invaluable support.
HR
Last month I started to send ARCs to authors, academics and journalists who are interested in reviewing my book, prior its release date.
If you know anyone who may be interested in reviewing my book, please feel free to contact me at noticias@es.hectoraliruiz.com
(This applies for the Spanish version, as the English version is currently being edited).
Thank you!
As an independent author -and also self-publishing-, I have bee walking what I refer to as “The long journey to make it…” Definitely it’s not anything new, as hundreds of thousands of writers before me have transited it before.
Sometimes I think on how hard the competition is out there. How many thousands of authors like me are trying to fit in and have their works heard and read. But then I think about how lucky we are for living in the present time, where we have plenty of resources to make our journey worth it. It brings perspective to the meaning of the phrase “enjoy the journey, more than the goal”.
HR
Today is a very special day, as I am releasing the first Book Trailer of my book as you will see below.
Note: This is the book trailer for the Spanish edition, as the English edition of the book is still in the works, but for those English speakers who are also fluent in Spanish, I hope you enjoy it.
Happy New Year 2021!
HR
Merry Christmas!
HR
Due to an event that took place recently in my personal life and of which for now I cannot share, but I will later, I will be taking a break from blogging for the upcoming weeks.
I will resume in January or February, 2021.
HR
After dozens of recommendations, I finally decided to watch the first attempt at a Star Wars series (non-cartoon), which is The Mandalorian.
For many years now the Star Wars universe (movie-wise speaking) has been broken, and several divisions in the Star Wars fanbase have appeared given the controversial approach presented by the prequel trilogy, the animated series, the standalone films and the sequel trilogy. Needless to say I myself am surrounded by this division given that two of my best friends are hardcore Star Wars fans.
Once again, objectivity and subjectivity are part of a discussion that has messed up the interpretation of the Star Wars universe, and I think I may give it a more deepened analysis in a future video.
For now I will say that The Mandalorian is an effective series that can be highly rated based on its own merits and not just because it’s part of the Star Wars universe… and that’s a wonderful achievement.
HR
A few days ago I was browsing the youtube comments of Deep Purple’s Japan’s live performance of Child in time. One of the people who posted claimed that “Deep Purple was/could have been better than Led Zeppelin, had they stayed together as Zep did.” This got my attention.
Speculating in sports is a bit easier because you can see the career’s projection of the person, therefore you can safely assume (to a certain degree) that similar results may keep happening in similar future contexts. IE: Monica Seles would have kept dominating the tennis cirquit throughout the 90s had she not been stabbed, because she had been doing so for the past three years and nobody had an answer against her game. In music though, it’s a bit different.
Regardless of either Deep Purple had kept its original line up (Giliam, Blackmore, Lord, Paice), Led Zeppelin was a great band, arguably second to The Beatles, or at least worth enough to be mentioned in the conversation of candidate bands for second place after The Beatles. Zep’s only “average” album is their last one, which is not that bad and it’s just that it’s not on par of its predecessors. I also know that Zep may have plagiarized a few songs and recorded them as their own without giving proper credit, but still it’s not like it was 80% of their songs.
As much as I love Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin’s songs cover a wider range with a variety of themes, than those of Deep Purple. I can listen to DP all day long and I know that it’s hard to believe they are the same band that play “Smoke in the water”, “When a blind man cries” and “Lazy”. Overall I think Zep was able to perform and demonstrate their talents on a more consistent basis than Deep Purple, and this is why I have to rate LZ over DP. The same logic applies to Uriah Heep: as much as I love “July Morning” (I can listen to this song in loop all day), “Rain” and “Gypsy”, UH also fell short to showing what they could have been.
HR
It looks like I may have a book cover reveal coming out soon.
Stay tuned.
HR
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