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

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

I saw someone with a bunch of short stories as little mini novels. They were 50 double sided pages long, (because you can perfect bind that) and the font was just the size it needed to be to fill 100 little pages.

They were glorious, and I am going to do that as well.
Selling them on Amazon as print books? Probably not, but as little mini books at a book expo, heck to the yes!

@Zoltan - I will be here! :D

@Lara - That is half the reason I say anything, honestly.

@Missy - Yes, they are friends with others in the writing group. They left my book at her house, all sneaky like, with a note of 'Read me'. I was like Alice!

@G.G. - It is a threshold certainly! I was shocked. It was also great.

@Marie - Don't give up! I have a pen name and am a cartoon elf! It can happen to you to!

I imagine that it would be much like getting a *WORD MODERATED* from an angel, on the steps of Heaven, but then they go and ruin it by *STRING OF WORDS MODERATED*.

An uplifting experience that eventually gets old.

Does it boost it to everyone out there, or just your followers?

Side Note: I would squee for everyone here!

Now you've done it Ben. You've gone and learned that blurbs are hard to write. :D

My advice: Don't learn that fact and you will be fine! ;)

T.L. wrote: "Oooh! No, it hasn't happened to me. ;-(
I want a squee!!! (*stamps foot whilst pouting*)"

SQUEEEEEE! TL!
*Hyperventilates.*
I can't believe it!
*Faints*
*slyly opens eye*
(how was that?)

G.G. wrote: "Not another idiom!"

I enjoy this Blurb-LX!

Christina wrote: "No, I can't say that has happened, but I did get to witness it in all its glory this weekend when a fan of author J. Leigh Bralick met her at the comicon this weekend. There was mu..."

Awe wonderful! That is great to hear!

@Anthony - I couldn't imagine it happening to me either! :)

@Nat - I am a bit of a scamp, I agree! ;)

V.M. wrote: "CB - I think once you've had your first SQUEE, you've officially reached Live Action Anime Love Interest Character status!

I applaud you with army of excited schoolgirls and one cat (who's kinda m..."

That is the best news ever! Thank you!

I count 'Da Bombs' and 'Restraining orders' as being on the same level as a squee.
The important thing is that you were made. (recognized) :)

Ben wrote: "That happened to me once, but I think it was more of an allergic reaction to something."

Were you allergic to funerals perhaps?

Lyra wrote: "That is FANtastic. I've yet to have that happen, though I have some some sqeeable friends who really like my books. That's wonderful, though. Must have felt awesome!"

I think they were most surprised by the fact that I am a cartoon character - even in person!

Martin wrote: "The first fan I ever met in the wild was when my wife and I were being introduced to a group of people.

"Martin Wilsey? The author?!"

Problem was, we were at a funeral..."

Honestly, that sounds like the blurb for a black comedy.

The other day I went to my writer's group and I got squeed!

A person I had not met previously was there, and I could tell they were nervous. When I introduced myself they let out an excited squeaking noise and said that they knew who I was, and they had to come to this because they were a huge fan of mine after reading my first book and had to meet me.

I was shocked, I never expected something like that to ever happen.

How about you, have you ever been squeed?
(Or even just met an excited fan)

Morris wrote: "Don't pay a cent for a review. It is a violation at Amazon. The best way is to prep your book with Create Space for print on demand and hold a goodreads giveaway. For paper copies, the reviewer is ..."

Goodreads Giveaway winners are not obligated to leave reviews.

Although, I did read that ones that do leave reviews of their winnings have a better chance of winning again. Their entries get weighted... but that might just have been hopeful book give-away-ers trying to bump up reviews.

Neat!

That is good to know Owen. Thanks!

E.M. wrote: "I thought this was a really interesting idea and just tried the Briggs-Meyers test for three of my major characters - and the results were eerily accurate. They even made me think of some possible ..."

No, not that accurate. I always do the 'Ninja Turtle' personality types on characters before writing them. (Or, more classically known as the 4 humours)

Later, while examining all of the characters in my novel because of this thread I ended up noticing that they all fit into one of the BM spots, with only a single double, and those were the twins that acted alike, Subconsciously, I had done it without realizing I had. Which fits into my own BM type pretty exactly. :)