Dwayne’s Comments (group member since Apr 01, 2017)

Dwayne’s comments from the Support for Indie Authors group.

I keep looking this over and I am finding lists of books in certain genres, and, of course, there is a way to list your genres in your profile (which I learned today you don't have to go with their fairly generic list). I'm still not seeing any way to mark one's book as being a certain genre. It would be nice if we could.

Yes, apparently you can post pictures from other places. I have never tried it before, but it worked.

Just copy this and put your url between the quotes, and eliminate the spaces between "<" and "img", and the spaces before and after "/":

< img src="http..." / >

Testing:

I can't see any genres on any of my books and I can't see a place to add them.

Onidas wrote: "How do I set what genre my book is? Does goodreads just take what Amazon has it set as?"

I don't recall a field you can fill in for genre on a book here. It's been a long time since I added one of my books to Goodreads. Generally, I just let them do it themselves. I suppose you could add the genre in the description of your book, if you wanted.

...even worse, the five rat creatures were all blind and had thirteen legs between them. Still, they were determined to reach the top of Mt. Neverest and the rumored...

No links. Thanks.

Uh... no. Despite what Hailey is requesting IF YOU PUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE COMMENTS, YOU ARE AT RISK! As I and other mods have pointed out (CB very recently on a similar thread) this is a public forum and can be accessed by anyone, human and robot alike.

It would be better to send your email address to Hailey in private message.

Closed and deleted for self-promotion and linking. Please review the rules.

Today I heard "Black & White" by Three Dog Night on the radio. To me, it sounds like a Neil Diamond song. In fact, for a very long time I thought it was a Neil Diamond song.

Anyone else ever have that happen, where you think a song is done by some other group or artist?

How about something like this - "Jersey Girl" by Tom Waits always makes me think he's covering a Springsteen song. (And, yes, it was done the other way 'round - Springsteen did a cover of it).

Oh, and "Everything You Know Is Wrong" by Weird Al sounds more like They Might Be Giants than They Might Be Giants do (intentionally).

I wish there was a bit more about the mission trip in Mexico and not so much about the job hunting. The mission trip is more interesting and seems to be the real focus of the story.

You could sum up the first two paragraphs with something like Kenley has been struggling to find a new job closer to her hometown. While still stinging, it must be put on hold while she goes on a mission trip...

Grace wrote: "A link"

No self-promotion, no links. Thanks.

Walter wrote: "Still find it odd that Stephen King writes to Black Sabbath, KISS, etc. Yes, sometimes headbanger music is good. But NOT when writing, at least for me. "

Not sure why that would be odd. I listen to all kinds of stuff, including "headbanger music" while I write. Helps me tune out whatever is going on around me and helps me to focus on the story. Whatever works, do it.

Caitlyn wrote: "Never, ever, skimp on a cover. I've paid as much as..."

"Hire a professional" is not considered constructive feedback in this group, and is against the rules.

Also, removed your comment for sharing the contact information of your artist.

Jonathan wrote: "My name is Jon..."

Please review the rules. No self promotion. Thanks.

Jan wrote: "There is so much information on writing blurbs that it would be impossible to include it in one post. Allowing people to read expert advice would surely be helpful. "

We allow people to read "expert" advice, if they want to look it up on their own. We don't allow people to post links to it here.

I highly, highly doubt all the "advice" would be necessary in one post, anyway.

We trust our members to help one another and we trust that some of us are good at seeing what works in a blurb and what does not. We like to think we're a community that helps one another. When someone posts asking for help, it's counter-productive to say, "Just go look at this web site." That's not what this community is about.

Jan wrote: "I've got loads of links to websites with information on writing blurbs, but we're not allowed to post them. "

Nope. One of the reasons is we're here to support one another. Sending someone elsewhere for help is kinda counter-productive.

It's raising all kinds of questions in my mind - is the house haunted? Is she in a dream? Is she insane? That's good. You've given enough to make me want to at least read a few pages and see what this is about.

The only part I don't like is the last line. Lines like that, to me, come across as desperate as they try to oversell the book.

Mfonemana wrote: "Hey, I didn't read the rules!"

No self promotion. No links. Etc.

Zared wrote: "I am hoping to add a book called ..."

We're no longer adding books to the bookshelf, if this is what you're asking.