Posting your writing on Goodreads

[Ken]

I've just posted a chapter from The Black Conspiracy here on Goodreads.

I wondered if many of you authors had tried posting extracts of your writing and, if so, how did you get the writing noticed?

And a question for any visiting readers... do you ever look at 'Goodreads Writing'?

[Rosen]

I put a tiny piece on here once and advertised it in my author thread. It got a few comments from people I know but I don't think it attracted any new readers. In the end I took it down so that I could include it in a Select book.

Don't let that put you off though. I've heard many good things about posting work on Goodreads, just not experienced it.

[Philip]

I didn't know you could do this!

[Ken]

I thought I'd give it a go because it was relatively easy to do and I was curious to see if it attracted any interest at all. Clearly it didn't do anything for you, Rosen.

I'll let you know if I get any results... although, without a read count it'll be hard to tell whether many folk have looked.

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Hi Ken Len, I'm not sure where this is happening on goodreads but it isn't here on this group unless you do it in your author thread.

Sorry.....

EDIT_ Looks like I got my Kens and Lens in a muddle

[Rosen]

Len,

I believe that Ken was talking about the Goodreads story section: http://www.goodreads.com/story

Rosen

[Peter]

Thanks, Rosen - good luck with all your writing.

[Ken]

Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Hi Ken, I'm not sure where this is happening on goodreads but it isn't here on this group unless you do it in your author thread.
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Simon, Rosen's right, it's in the story section. This is the chapter from The Black Conspiracy which I posted.

[Simon (Highwayman)]

We may have got our wires crossed. Somewhere around post 5-6 a chapter was posted on this thread (which I deleted).

We don't have many rules but would like the author zone to be a place for authors to chat and readers to join in about author stuff without promotions.

I am pretty relaxed about this and allow lots of sneaky (or not so sneaky) links but decided to draw the line at chapter drops within this group.

[Ken]

Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "We don't have many rules but would like the author zone to be a place for authors to chat and readers to join in about author stuff without promotions."

Simon, I was genuinely interested to know how authors had found posting "writing". This was not a sneaky attempt to promote my writing. Can this whole tread please be deleted... I really do not want to be party to something which breaks the spirit of the group.

[Rosen]

There are two people with similar names: Ken and Len.

Ken has behaved perfectly reasonably in my opinion - yes, there's a sneaky plug but his motives seem genuine enough.

Then, Len, popped in and posted some fiction directly into the thread.

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Don't get me wrong. I am more than happy for this thread to continue.

I simply removed the chapter that was posted here as I didn't want this to turn into a thread full of book extracts.

[Rosen]

It wasn't Ken - it was his rhyming imposter.

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Oh, my apologies then.

[Patti (baconater)]

Are we sorted then?

Here,I'll just pop a plate of cookies in this thread. Chocolate, chocolate chip.

I didn't know there was a place in Goodreads where authors could post chapters. Obviously I don't get out of the group enough.

How very nifty. Great place to get tastes of authors I may never have heard of.

[Ken]

Patti (Migrating Coconut) wrote: "Here,I'll just pop a plate of cookies in this thread. Chocolate, chocolate chip."

Thanks for the thought Patti, but I've set up my computer so it doesn't accept cookies.

I'm glad we've cleared up the confusion... you'd make a good detective, Rosen!

[Patti (baconater)]

Ken, everyone in our group HAS TO accept Patti cookies. :)

Yeah Rosen.

Detective novel next, eh?

[Michael]

Rosen's proper clever, she knows loads of stuff.

[Ken]

Patti (Migrating Coconut) wrote: "Ken, everyone in our group HAS TO accept Patti cookies. :)"

Sorry Patti... computer says "No...!" If you don't believe me, check this out.

Computer says "No...!"

[Patti (baconater)]

Ha!

Love Little Britain. :)

[Kath]

Hi Ken. I've once or twice been directed to stuff authors have posted on GR but I don't do looking for it (as the actress said to the Bishop!) I tend to find I have enough to read with the books I download without roaming around looking for random chapters but people are fortunately all different!

[Ken]

I know what you mean, Ignite. I've been on GR for more than a year and I only became aware of 'writing excerpts' a short while ago... I think it was a GR email that mentioned the facility.

I also found it hard to choose a chapter which gave the flavour of my writing and yet didn't need a load of back story to put it in context (although I liked my choice in the end ). So maybe it's more designed for short stories or the like?

Now that I have discovered it, I will check out some of the writing posted by others. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a 'flutter' rather than a full length novel.