Angel’s Comments (group member since May 23, 2017)

Angel’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

Alex wrote: "The next follower after me is the magic 10th."

Thanks, Alex! I followed you.

Shared!

R.L. wrote: "Followed as well"

Thanks, R.L.! I've already followed you.

Amy wrote: "Followed"

Thanks, Amy. I've already followed you.

Ok, guys! I just set up a Twitter. My first one went glitchy all of a sudden and finally after months of fighting through the glitch each time trying to set one up again...Eureka! I'm back on Twitter again. Too bad I lost my following since I had to start all over again with a new one. It took me two years to gain that following. I'd be so grateful if you guys would follow me on Twitter. A lot of you I have already followed. Here's my Twitter handle, please spread the word. Thanks lots you guys!
https://twitter.com/goddessamabo23

Good for you, Alex!

Thanks, Julie and to the other mods for all you do!

I agree with Carole you have the perfect articulate voice for the audio version. Right from the start of you reading it, I was immediately drawn into the story. And it doesn't hurt that I'm a huge, huge fan of dragons, like obsessed. Yes, I have a ton of dragon art added to my eclectic Pinterest and photo gallery. Yes, I just admitted that out loud. :)

C.L. wrote: "Thanks, folks, I'm looking forward to reading these! Those who haven't sent your manuscripts along, send to author at CLLYNCH dot com. And with that, I'm capping it. Looking forward to these great ..."

Sure that'll be great!

This was so interesting, Erica! As I do all those things with my son who is ten and autistic/nonverbal and have been doing those important steps for the past eight years, since before his diagnosis that you've incorporated in the article. His speech pathologist, teachers and I have been doing these techniques along with kinesthetic learner, visual aids and visual cues among other techniques, including American Sign Language (ASL) (which my son has been fluent in by the way since he was a toddler). He picked it from a friend of mine who was fluent in ASL, just by watching her do it when she was signing the bible to the deaf members of her local church. It's beautiful and amazing what children absorb when we're not looking. I think any child who is from baby to elementary school age in particular can most benefit, especially those who have disabilities involving cognitive speech and communicative disorders. My son has been making steady and exceptional progress everyday. Thanks for your expertise! I know he and I are on the right track.

Mary Ellen wrote: "Thanks Carole!"

Shared it. Hope that helps!

Chrys wrote: "Sadly I've had flack from authors. Fortunately I'd read their books as part of a review group swap, and the moderators stepped in on my side.

It doesn't feel nice, and I don't know about you, but..."

Thanks, Chrys! And yes I have that same dread. Now I've become even more wary because of it.

J. wrote: "I recently got a 1 star review for one of my books and the review said that they didn't personally connect with the characters. And you know what? I was totally cool with that. I even appreciated i..."

Thanks, J! I'm stressing less and less about. After a while I'll have forgotten her name and existence. That's usually how it goes when I encounter toxic people. I mean if she does that with another reviewer who doesn't give her a stellar review they might not be so nice about it. She could really piss them off if she reacts like that to the next reviewer. They could totally destroy her. Even I've gotten one stars, two stars on my books. I've had the whole rating system done with just one of my books alone. I knew the deal when I started putting my writing out there. I knew that not everyone was going to like it. Some people just like to be fed B.S. and after a while they get used to the taste of it. Thank goodness, I'm not one of those people. That would be a sad existence if I was one of those.

J. wrote: "Angel wrote: "R.L. wrote: "I def don't think you should attack a reviewer regardless of what you get from them. I wouldn't engage with her if I were you. It only makes her look bad if it's one side..."

Maybe she will move on, I hope.

Amy wrote: "Nothing wrong with that."

I didn't think anything was wrong with it either. You can look at my reviews and tell that I'm always constructive and honest in my reviews.

R.L. wrote: "Yeah I wouldn't worry about her showing up to your house. Just shrug her off and keep moving."

That's what I'm going to do, R.L. Thank you all for your feedback. *Hugs*

Amy wrote: "Oh good grief, the second review I received was a one star! Nothing wrong with a three star. She emailed you attacking you? I thought the worst thing you could do as an author unhappy with a review..."

Thanks, Amy! I did. I didn't attack the author personally or anything. This is the sum up of what I said: "I didn't connect with the characters." Of course it was more in depth than that as to why I didn't connect. But I was very constructive.

J. wrote: "You do this long enough and you're going to get reviews that aren't the most glowing. It happens to everyone! Even Harry Potter had bad reviews. I'm sorry to hear that happened to you, Angel. I thi..."

Thank you, J.! Hear, hear! You took the words right out of my mouth.

Theodore wrote: "Angel wrote: "R.L. wrote: "I def don't think you should attack a reviewer regardless of what you get from them. I wouldn't engage with her if I were you. It only makes her look bad if it's one side..."

Thanks, Theodore! That hasn't happen to me yet, but I've heard horror stories and have been in virtual group hugs with reviewers here on Goodreads about that very thing that has happened to them and continues to happen here on Goodreads/Amazon reviewers. Some reviewers have left Goodreads because they've been threatened by the author and their families have been threatened, some have even had death threats.

Alex wrote: "Sorry to hear you're having this issue Angel, it's a terrible thing to have to deal with, and completely unprofessional on the part of the person you reviewed. There's nothing wrong with a 3* revie..."

Thanks, Alex! I wholeheartedly agree.