Alexis’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

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

Ember wrote: "Ok, so I write in two completely opposite genres am I only adding my romantic suspense and not my YA Dystopian? Also are we adding all of our stalker links to the book pages?"

You may add two books as long as they are different genres, so you can add your YA Dystopian as welll. And I will add any info/links that you want to your author page.

Thanks Alex!


Updated event page: http://navigatingindieworld.com/portf...
I've decided to keep the Pexels images (you can't beat free) but I edited their colors so that the images match a bit. The sci fi one is photoshopped and is so cool, if I may say so myself. :D

I'm excited!

R.L. wrote: "Blog Round 4 List being created will be sent out by 10:30PM tomorrow night. Older participants ONLY, a couple things: 1. send me an email expressing interest to be included, so i know what im worki..."

I'm skipping this round because I'll be very busy but I'll be back for the next round.

Erica wrote: "I agree with keeping the number of books down to one per genre. If someone is interested in your book, they will be able to find your other books when they click it. I see what Carole is saying too..."

I agree.

Erin wrote: "I think we should put out a call to World Writing and Wealth. They have several authors but no dedicated events of their own. Thoughts?"

Good idea. They have to become members though. :D

Erica wrote: "Alexis wrote: "The children genre is my favorite. The covers are adorable lol.
http://navigatingindieworld.com/book-..."

Aww...Thanks Alexis! I am loving looking at all these covers...."

How come you don't have a kindle edition of your book Erica?

Alex wrote: "I agree there should be a limit, Carole, but I think that limit should be maybe 2 titles per author per genre, so if you write in multiple genres you can list more books.
I don't think it would loo..."

Can you guys add your official links to the other thread or in your case Alex, add them to your post in there? The list one? Just so that I don't miss anything.

The children genre is my favorite. The covers are adorable lol.
http://navigatingindieworld.com/book-...

I already put the books up Brittney. But thats okay. I'll edit the author pages later tonight.

Erin wrote: "At first I was wondering if all books should be displayed and not indexed by category - reason being that sometimes you are intrigued by a book you normally wouldn't be searching for. However, I ha..."

Yes, exactly what I was thinking. Plus it can become crowdy and overwhelming very quickly. Most of us, when we shop on Amazon, we usually go to the genres that interests us the most; this website allows for that pattern of consumer behavior to continue.

P.S. I hate the Pexels images on the Book event page by the way. I will try to find better ones on Dreamstime later. (Or if anyone has any images, let me know,)

J.B. wrote: "Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Romance, Young Adult, New Adult
"Miriamne the Magdala"



“Miriamne the Magdala” tells the richly detailed story of..."

Hi Angel and J.B. Can you guys list the top 3 genres that best fit your book?

Brittney wrote: "Here are some books to add to the site...

Paranormal Romance- Stillwell: A Haunting on Long Island by Michael Phillip Cash

Paranormal Suspense- Tortured Souls: The House On Wellfleet Bluffs- by L..."

Hi Brittney! Actually, Carole is the one that said one book each. I don't mind. Look at her, breaking her own rule. :p

I added Carole's book under the tab for authors. She didn't ask me to do this but I thought it was the right thing to do. Carole is always ready with advice or to hear someones rants via DM (erhm, erhm, yeah that would be me lol), or to offer her time and money by organizing swag bags etc. After shamelessly stealing her book title for the website's name, I thought a bit of free advertising was the least I (well, all of us) could do, really. I'm sure you all would agree!

But with your help, I hope that we can use the website to add resources, share cool articles etc. We won't just use it for the EVENTS. We'll turn it into a very cool, non-stuffy, informative website "FOR INDIES BY INDIES". :D

Took me like the whole night to think of that tagline. Lolol.

Alex wrote: "I've just tweeted the link for both the new site and for this group to see if we can get some new members and perhaps some additional participants for the event, maybe even some people interested i..."

Whoa, whoa, hold your horses lol. We still need to add an about page and Erin has to fix the text before it's ready to be tweeted lol.

Thanks Erica!

Hi Nathan. Have you tried making covers before? If so Photoshop is a good bet. If not; Canva is a good option.

Thanks Alex, that's very generous of you.

A couple of things before you click on the website:
1. The text is temporary. Erin has offered to do the copywriting. I will make a user profile for her and hand over the reins.
2. The images are from pexels and might be temporary if you all think that we should make the website more colorful. I like a clean palette but I will make it more colorful if the majority says to spice it up.
3. The book event page is up. I've added the different genres. When you click on the genre, it leads you to the books that fall under that category. When you click on one of the books shown there, it leads you to the blurb, amazon link and an individual author page.
4. The author pages contain text/pictures that I grabbed from everyone's amazon author page. If you'd like to change the text, let me know. If you'd like to add your website, facebook or twitter, DM me the links with NAVIGATING INDIEWORLD AUTHOR INFO in the subject line.
5. I added a part of my own interview to the blog lol. If you have an article or interview you'd like me to include on the blog, DM me the info with as subject line: WAZZZZUP ADD THIS. Lol. Or "BLOG ARTICLE".
6. If your book hasn't been added yet, don't worry, we'll add it soon.
7. If you have any suggestions or tips regarding the website layout or content to add, please tell me in this thread. I'd love to hear them! No (wo)man's an island.
8. Our group doesn't have a FB or Twitter page. If someone wants to set one up, please do so! :)
9. Finally, here's the link: http://navigatingindieworld.com

The brand, Navigating Indieworld, is growing by leaps and bounds. We decided there was a need for a collaborative marketing effort that required a bit of an investment to begin a website, giveaways, events, and special projects that are in the works. Our goal is that you will all benefit from this in many ways. We will ask authors to contribute (social media promoting, shares, tweets, etc) and the organizers will present you with promotional material and a really cool website that consumers can visit, etc. We want to build a large network and support system for all indie authors.

Carole wrote: "Okay it's set up- You guys can correct anything I messed up

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We need to post a date and even name it- Like Spring Reading..."

Maybe a general name and then we can use your suggestions as taglines??

Carole wrote: "We can link it to Amazon right? Should we list more links like out Facebook or other social media- I don't know if that's too hard?"

Hey, that's a good idea. We can put each author's facebook, twitter, website on their books page. No, I can do that easily as well.

Carole wrote: "Can I gush? I hope you don't mind, but I am so proud of my son- this was in my email from Kirkus Review for his book The History Major.

"As the year carrries on, we’re looking back at some of ou..."

Wow awesome. I need to check out some of his books!