Chit-chat

[Leena]

Oh no! You could make pancakes? Cinnamon pancakes!

[Mel]

*mouth waters* Aw, I wish! :() All we had was boring old Cheerios, so I had Cheez-its for breakfast. It was the Cheddar Jack kind, but still... :(

[Kate]

Another writer just asked me for advice about gaining followers on Twitter! I told her not to bother and to just get on Good Reads.

[Mel]

:))) GR beats all those social networking sites by infinity. XD

[Kyra]

AGREED!!!!!!

[Mel]

:D

[[deleted user]]

Hi guys, I'm Ashlyn! Nice to meet you all c:
And Destiny wow you're here too you're in like every group I join haha

[Grace]

Ashlyn wrote: "Hi guys, I'm Ashlyn! Nice to meet you all c:
And Destiny wow you're here too you're in like every group I join haha"

hahahaha yes! it is spectacular

[[deleted user]]

Wow I should've put my introduction in the intro discussion right??? *smacks self*

[Kate]

OK, I have a writer topic I need to discuss in greater detail: jealousy. I went to school with some of the best writers in Canada. Lisa Moore, Charlotte Gill, Anabel Lyon and now, Jack and Holman Wang are becoming huge successes with reinterpretting classics for babies! I am so jealous.

[Jocelyn]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I have no idea who they are. On the other, hand, I know YOU, which automatically makes you cooler than them.

[Mel]

XD

[Kate]

I am so burnt out by this: http://www.ebookmall.com/author/kate-...

It is the punishing "social writing" contest America's Next Author.

I love writing, but I hate the aggressive marketing writers are now expected to do. How do you keep yourselves motivated? Please do not include the word "twitter" in your answer, it might push me over the edge.

[Jocelyn]

Simple answer? I don't.

But, if I did, I would set little deadlines for myself that I have to get things done by.

[Kyra]

That's a pretty good idea. I tried to do that, but I'm not very good with deadlines... maybe little rewards along with your met deadlines? Like, "If I meet my deadline, I'll go make myself three cups of coffee" or something.

[Jocelyn]

Three cups of coffee?!?!?! Holy Crackers!!!!

[Mel]

Coffee? Yick. XD If that was my goal, I'd.... Well, I'd abandon my goal. But I already do that, because I'm a sorry heap of procrastination...

[Kate]

Ducky wrote: "Well, if it makes you feel any better, I have no idea who they are. On the other, hand, I know YOU, which automatically makes you cooler than them."

Ducky, you are now my favourite non-related person in the world.

[Kate]

So, the whole "writing popularity contest" thing just got a whole lot better and a whole lot worse for me. I won a wildcard spot in the contest, which means I will be in the final 13 or 14 to win a $5000 prize.

That part makes me happy.

The part that sucks is that I now understand the whole "straight from the frying pan into the fire" thing. I have to spend another week of my life on twitter trying to convince strangers to read a story about a know-it-all 17 year-old and an old Chinese guy.

I do this to myself so you can learn from my mistakes. I hope.

[Jocelyn]

Kate wrote: "Ducky wrote: "Well, if it makes you feel any better, I have no idea who they are. On the other, hand, I know YOU, which automatically makes you cooler than them."

Ducky, you are now my favourite n..."

Why, thank you very much. XD

[Kate]

The America's Next Author popularity contest just turned into a battleround. I'm totally worn out from promoting the story instead of writing, I can't even describe how it works, so I am leaving that for the organizers:

The Battle Round has begun!

Here's how it works: The fourteen nominees will be randomly paired in seven head-to-head battles. You must carefully consider these two nominees and choose the author with the best story. After you vote on the f
irst pair, you'll be presented with another pair, and another, until you've seen all nominees.

If you complete all seven voting rounds, you can enter to win an iPad! You can only go through this voting process once.

A Battle Ranking will be calculated based on your votes. This will be updated daily. At the end of the week, the three authors with the highest score will move on to the Jury Round. Our jury will decide which two of these authors will win $500, and which one will win $5000 and the title America's Next Author.

Start The Battle Now!
http://www.ebookmall.com/americasnext...

[Grace]

URGENT MESSAGE: I just found my book Something Else Entirely posted on the web by someone else (here's the link: http://www.quotev.com/story/2516866/S...). Everyone please do me the biggest favor ever and go to that link and report it! It needs to be taken down as soon as possible! I repeat, this is URGENT!

[Jocelyn]

I don't see it...

[Kyra]

I can't find it, either. Is it possible they've taken it down already? Normally web moderators take down articles and posts after only one or two reports.

[Mel]

I think she announced on another thread that it got taken down. ;) It's aaaallll good.

[Holly]

Hi all!!!!

[Erie]

hey how are you doing?

[Erie]

hi guys whatcha all doing?

[Kyra]

Well, now that school's out, I hope to be on here more. Hopefully. XD

[Mel]

I have come to the conclusion through several hours worth of logic that fudgesicles are very beneficial to fuel a writer's mind.

[Kyra]

LOL, anything chocolate helps, as far as I'm concerned. XD

[Mel]

Now I feel kind of sick. That was a lot of fudgesicles. But it worked pretty good yesterday. I made another short story that Ducky will probably hate me for because it is totally morbid! :D

[Kyra]

Ooooh, I love morbid short stories!!! :D Can I see??

[Mel]

Sure! :D I'm gonna put the link in my thread in twenty seconds.

[Quira]

Hello, new to goodreads groups, I wasn't sure where to start. Hope I am not posting in the wrong place to say hello nice to meet everyone.
Hope to make writing friends
C.J.

[Jocelyn]

You're fine. Hey! We rule the world here.

[♥Marie (.A.K.A. Angel)♥]

i have a question in this group u can write anything like stiors poms ect???

[Mel]

Yah! Post any kind of writing you want! :D

[♥Marie (.A.K.A. Angel)♥]

oh ok thx :))

[Holly]

Hello everyone!!!!! I haven't been present in this group at all since I joined. I hope to remedy that and get to know everyone.

[Mel]

This group is constantly switching between sleeping and awake, so please forgive the lack of people right now. I hope to get the ball rolling, and I'm about to go through the writing folder and read a whole lot of stuff from different people. Also, I'll be talking to the head mod, Kyra, about getting a new writing contest started up. I'm gonna advertise and invite some people to the group. So yeah hopefully it'll be more active soon. Welcome to the group, Holly. :3

[Kyra]

Hello, everyone! Sorry, I've been busy with school starting up and all... but I'm back (hopefully for a lot longer)!! Holly and Christina, it's so great to meet both of you! Feel free to jump right in!

[Lynne]

I've always enjoyed experiencing new worlds through reading and writing (and viewing!). It's one of the reasons I find sci-fi/fantasy so appealing. I like finding out new places, although it helps if they're nice places to be.

[Lynne]

Hi Kat! :-)

[Mel]

Kat, I love your profile picture! :))) Tiger Lily was sooo good.

[Rachel]

Quick question, hope this is an ok spot to place it-if I wanted to post a work in progress for ya'll to maybe read-how on earth do I do that? I feel like an idiot, but I could use some feedback.

[Lynne]

I'm happy to give feedback. :-)

[Rachel]

Thanks Lynne! I posted under plot the thing I'm struggling with right now-I would love to hear what you think.

[Lynne]

I'll have to wait until this evening. I have work today.

[Rachel]

Lynne-did I just see you're a kindred Doctor loving spirit?!