Ariel’s Comments (group member since Jan 25, 2017)

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

I've just begun reading A Modest Genius: The Story of Darwin's Life and How His Ideas Changed Everything by Hanne Strager.

A very informative mix of Darwin biography, history and scientific background.
I'm not that strong on science and don't have much background knowledge about evolution theory.

My family all believe in creationism, when I was growing up evolution was a dirty word to my parents. My grandmother took the fire&brimstone approach to religion and had quite the violent temper when disagreed with. The name Charles Darwin risked triggering a volcanic explosion and could never even be whispered in the house.

Hi Justin,

Just sent you a PM.

Justin wrote: "Hey Ariel,
I see your interested in horror, would you be interested in horror poetry? I have two books that are within the genre one being my newest book and my first book as well. They are both fa..."

Hi Stevie,

Can you activate the messaging feature on your goodreads profile. I am trying to send you a PM.

Stevie wrote: "Hi Ariel, I'm Stevie Turner. I write women's fiction, suspense and humor. If any of my books interest you for reading and reviewing, I would be happy to send you a PDF. Regards, St..."

Sounds great!
How about adding "also" to 1st sentence and "very" to 2nd sentence.

In between juggling family problems and the machinations of an ambitious underling, he also has an armed robbery to investigate.

Throw in the suggestion that the Russian Mafia could be involved in Alice Keating's abduction and Stone has his hands very full.

Hi Alex,

I prefer the new blurb.
But I love this text as a front cover tagline- a kidnapping, an armed robbery and an enemy closer than anyone realises.

You might want to split the longest sentence beginning with "Not only does he have to juggle family problems" into two or three shorter sentences.

Maybe you might want to edit the final line?
Something along the lines of- A Luddite at heart, can Stone overcome his struggles with technology, find Alice before the ransom is paid, and halt the kidnappers reign of terror.

Hi Groovy,

Just sent you a PM.

Groovy wrote: "Hi, Ariel

If you're still open to reviewing, I'd like to include my kindle Romantic/Suspense, COLORS IN THE DARK.



You can contact me at atreyhu@att.net if..."

Hi Alex,

Just sent you a PM.

Alex wrote: "Hi Ariel, thank you for providing this opportunity, if you're interested I would love you to read my novel, a mystery story, first in a detective series, about a kidnapped girl and an armed robbery..."

Hi Amy,

Just sent you a PM.

Amy wrote: "Hi Ariel, I'd love it if you could have a look at mine. It's erotica, and although it's marketed as Sci Fi, it's about as Sci Fi as working in an office is (two weeks before I published it was set ..."

Just sent you a PM.

N.N. wrote: "Ariel wrote: "I adore books, ebooks and audio books.
I read all genres but sci-fi.
I am happy to read titles by self-published authors.

My top fiction genres are adventure, thriller, fantasy, his..."

I adore books, ebooks and audio books.
I read all genres but sci-fi.
I am happy to read titles by self-published authors.

My top fiction genres are adventure, thriller, fantasy, historical, horror, mystery, romance and erotica.
I read crime but prefer to keep away from issues like child abuse.
I also read non-fiction- I particularly love cookbooks and there is a special place in my heart for cocktail recipes.

Typically pdf format gets reviewed faster.
But I also read kindle mobi, epub and doc versions.
If interested send me a PM or post below.