Lea Carter's Blog - Posts Tagged "amazon"
On competition...
While I'm waiting for the next tier of the Kindle Book Review competition (Sept. 1st), I'm probably going to do a lot of thinking aloud (aka blogging) on the subject. ;-)
One of the first things I realized after the initial exhileration wore off is how very different the book titles are. Just in Young Adult alone, for example: "A Kettle of Fish," "Ghost Hand," "Playing the Genetic Lottery," "There Must Be Horses," and "Watch Me Disappear." Fifty titles. Fifty stories that most likely have little or nothing in common as far as storyline.
And I find myself thinking how very grateful I am for my years of submitting stories to the Crowder Quill. I might say that I have more to lose in this competition, so yes, my heart beats a little faster...but the ground rules are the same. Once I've pressed that button to "submit," that's all I can do. So I'll wait. I'll try not to think about it. I'll blog about it (and try not to think about it). lol... I may or may not make paper chains so I can count down to it like I would to Christmas or some other life-altering event.
I will definitely regret, though, that I don't have the time and resources to read each of the other 49 semi-finalists' stories. My only solution is a bit risky. If the author has chosen to allow Kindle browsers to "take a look" I should be able to at least read the first chapter! That will be very similar to what the reviewers did to select these books out of the hundreds of submissions. Those that I have time to check into I will blog about here and on http://leasbookshelf.blogspot.com/
What can I say? I'm slightly masochistic! ;-)
One of the first things I realized after the initial exhileration wore off is how very different the book titles are. Just in Young Adult alone, for example: "A Kettle of Fish," "Ghost Hand," "Playing the Genetic Lottery," "There Must Be Horses," and "Watch Me Disappear." Fifty titles. Fifty stories that most likely have little or nothing in common as far as storyline.
And I find myself thinking how very grateful I am for my years of submitting stories to the Crowder Quill. I might say that I have more to lose in this competition, so yes, my heart beats a little faster...but the ground rules are the same. Once I've pressed that button to "submit," that's all I can do. So I'll wait. I'll try not to think about it. I'll blog about it (and try not to think about it). lol... I may or may not make paper chains so I can count down to it like I would to Christmas or some other life-altering event.
I will definitely regret, though, that I don't have the time and resources to read each of the other 49 semi-finalists' stories. My only solution is a bit risky. If the author has chosen to allow Kindle browsers to "take a look" I should be able to at least read the first chapter! That will be very similar to what the reviewers did to select these books out of the hundreds of submissions. Those that I have time to check into I will blog about here and on http://leasbookshelf.blogspot.com/
What can I say? I'm slightly masochistic! ;-)
Special Request for Reviews!
Thanks again for your support, everyone. I hope the book(s) have been enjoyable all the way through as they seemed to be at the beginning. :-)
It isn't the writing alone that takes so long, it's trying up all of the loose ends! I guess you might call it a yarn-hydra. Tie off two loose ends and get four more! lol, no it's not quite that bad. I just have a lot to learn still. Which is why I'm here.
I'd like to do a promotional free period with Silver Princess (#1) and Silver Majesty (#2) on Amazon, in preparation for releasing Silver Verity (#3), but all of my research indicates that having more reviews yields more downloads (even for free stuff, lol). That being said, I'd really appreciate it if those of you who have read either Silver Princess or Silver Majesty (but haven't reviewed them) would please take a few minutes to review them on Amazon (since that's my sales platform). Any and all Goodreads reviews are also (sincerely) appreciated!
Thank you in advance, it really does make a difference.
:-)
Links to their respective Amazon pages can be found here: http://leasbookshelf.blogspot.com/p/b...
Thank you, Lea Carter
It isn't the writing alone that takes so long, it's trying up all of the loose ends! I guess you might call it a yarn-hydra. Tie off two loose ends and get four more! lol, no it's not quite that bad. I just have a lot to learn still. Which is why I'm here.
I'd like to do a promotional free period with Silver Princess (#1) and Silver Majesty (#2) on Amazon, in preparation for releasing Silver Verity (#3), but all of my research indicates that having more reviews yields more downloads (even for free stuff, lol). That being said, I'd really appreciate it if those of you who have read either Silver Princess or Silver Majesty (but haven't reviewed them) would please take a few minutes to review them on Amazon (since that's my sales platform). Any and all Goodreads reviews are also (sincerely) appreciated!
Thank you in advance, it really does make a difference.
:-)
Links to their respective Amazon pages can be found here: http://leasbookshelf.blogspot.com/p/b...
Thank you, Lea Carter
