C.B.’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2015)

C.B.’s comments from the Support for Indie Authors group.

Mail-Order Bride

Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

Needful Things

Where's Waldo?

A: The Hobbit

(*Waves* Hi GG!)

Q: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

I am taking this idea from Cabin Pressure, which is a great little radio show from the BBC, but adapting it to books instead of movies.

One person takes a book title that has a question in it. The next person has to answer it with a different book title, and then they can ask their own question.

Example:
Q: What Color Is Your Parachute? 2015
A: Going Green

Here, I shall start:
Q: Who Moved My Cheese?

I was chosen to be in the beta, but all my large books are already on Createspace, and since they are mostly for me to order copies (and I have a full wrap around cover, thanks for that info btw!) there is no reason to put them into the beta.

I have novelettes I want to make, but those would also be to order for myself to sell.

I wish I could give my beta to someone that wanted to try it!

Christina, you are a cusser after my own heart!

Thanks GG! And hug back for the B-Day!

I'll take some hugs after this week. It will only continue until the next. Ugh. :S

:D

I do like how Dwayne thinks though, which is a scary thought. ... ... 1 star review, 10/10 would not rate again!!!

If you have the right book, and the right bad review, I think that could really work.

Example: A funny book with out there humour combined with a dry review by someone that doesn't 'get it' why it is funny, hated the part with the dancing space crocodiles, and was upset when the characters escaped the life or death situation by reading the wikipedia entry on their escape to get pointers... would probably appeal to people that would actually get the book.

Joel wrote: "Funny because my editor actually put a glossary of terms in my book! "

- A Glossary? Wow, you must have really upped the Schahawarzord with the terms. But, if there is a glossary, it works. People can look up words if they want to, and others can just read and explore them!

I always thought it would be fun to market with all of your worst reviews possible.
"Come and see what the people hate!!!" 1 Star!

I think technobabble is fine, if either:
- There is a context for what the word means. "I refueled by starship with a healthy dose of Dranasiumcolium." makes it obvious that whatever that word was, was fuel.
- The word is explained somewhere. "Jumbingink'lops are the favourite breakfast cereal of the Travaxian people".
- The reader isn't supposed to know what it is because you are silly (like me) "Get out the shuzwhizzles, we are going in!"

There are other reasons, but still. The string... write for you.
:)
It clearly is working out so far! :D

I can contribute a great deal to that thread!

Sexy lizards on a cover?

A+++ My good sir.

Italics are pretty much the universal standard for 'think speak' as best as I understand it.

Inner Dialogue, telepathy, broadcast mind messages. Whenever I see them used, they are in italics.

But you are the authority as many have mentioned! :)

Oh my goodness yes!

I use different fonts. There, I admitted it. So many fonts do I use, it's not even funny! :D

I have different fonts for:
- Book Title on first page
- Series Name
- Chapter Numbers
- Chapter Titles
- Regular Text
- Upside Down Text that one time
- Stars
- Computer Displays
- Text Messages
- Mail Messages
- Certain Characters (sizing)
... I can't even think of them all, there is a lot. However, there was always a reason to do this.

However, as mentioned above, my novels are run through the Kindle Textbook Creator, so anyone reading will not be able to change their settings. This really preserves the final view the person gets, but removes a lot of function.

If you are going to get really fancy (like me) you are going to be stuck doing that, at least for now, and some devices will not be able to read your document (at least for now!). Normal fancy I think you can still do in an ebook, but you need to be careful, as settings are up for grabs, so people can change things, and it might make your Interobang an umlaut.

Saying that, in print books, you can do whatever you want, they are not going to have settings in them (for awhile).

If you are going to use a different font though, I think there needs to be a legitimate reason for it. Zoltán has a good list up there of some good times to use it.
I can add one more.
Telepathy (although this is usually in italics)

Finally, as I have some experience now with the Textbook Creator I can tell you what not to do if you are making it.
The 6"x9" size you often in print books, with the typical normal font size (10-12pt) will be impossible to read and annoying to deal with. Trust me, I made this mistake.

What isn't impossible to read is making it 4"x6", with the same font sizes. 12pt Garmond is what I am going with right now with that size and it 'feels' right. This is a nice size because it scales to 6"x9", for your covers and other projects.

If anyone needs any help with the Textbook Creator, you know who to ask!

Hello Dionne,

This is indeed the right spot for Blurb Help.

I don't think it is too far off the mark, but it could be tightened up. Stick to the very important things, for example this line:

Later, Niema joined by Snow Animals and continue on their journey.

It doesn't sound vital enough to bring up in the blurb. There are a few moments like that, which could either be removed or altered to give this more punch.

Also, it does need an edit. I understand this is your working draft though, but I had times of getting lost in the words trying to understand them. :)

For example, there is an extra 'go' right here. priestesses go arrive

good luck!

Well, I like the art, I can say that much! :D

I sort of wanted to make a book called

Hero Protagonist and the Absolutely Terrible Book Cover

Then just make the worst book cover for it I possibly could.

Just call it by it's own new title:
To Sequel the Blackbird