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Hop on it, David. I want to get you my book, GURL-POSSE KIDNAP. It's melting the ice cream in my freezer.
Thanks Lee, group rules state that you need to ask David if he'd like you to add a two star review to Amazon.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... My review of Kevin Futers Caedmon:The Lord's Poet. Also posted to Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk - but yet to show up there. Alison
Lambert Nagle
Thanks for the review Alison: tough but fair I suppose.I made the choice to present the Journey Charm without a contextual translation because it was alien. There is a translation at the back of the book, along with other lines of otherwise untranslated poetry. I was advised by my most strenuous critic and editor (my wife) to remove all but the most fleeting extracts of Welsh poetry, which I agreed with her were un-necessary because Cadfan himself understands the poetry because he is Welsh. The only logical alternative would be to write the entire dialogue in Welsh, which is not only beyond my capabilities but also would severely limit the target audience to those who live within the Principality and, I believe, a community in Patagonia.
Kevin wrote: "Thanks for the review Alison: tough but fair I suppose.I made the choice to present the Journey Charm without a contextual translation because it was alien. There is a translation at the back of ..."
I think a Welsh language version would be great, Kevin and I bet you might even find some funding for that - if not from a Welsh cultural organisation but from some EU grant - promoting indigenous languages is just up their street...
Just finished Peter Prasad's Book, Gurl-Posse Kidnap, what a rush! Very well done!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thanks Ronin, but Peter's was your third round book, so you still have to get your first round review, for Lee's book done by 19th April, not that I'm in the least worried that you're manage it!
E. wrote: "Thanks Ronin, but Peter's was your third round book, so you still have to get your first round review, for Lee's book done by 19th April, not that I'm in the least worried that you're manage it!"I will be done this weekend, I'm getting a little editing done today, giving myself a break, first day moving around this week, will probably read it this weekend, I have communicated with F.S. Fayth, as I finished her book also. Thanks for the reminder and confidence, E!
It can be tricky fitting everything in, but most of us are in the same boat, hence the groups last for 12 weeks. I'm editing as well today, not a lot of fun is it?It'd also be really handy for me if you could all post the round your review is in along with your goodreads link. Makes the process of ticking each review off as 'done' a little quicker.
e.g. my second round review (Link)
Thanks, Emma.
My review of Brenda Cheers 'In a house in Yemen' has just been posted.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Cheers
FS Fayth
F.s. wrote: "My review of Brenda Cheers 'In a house in Yemen' has just been posted.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Cheers
FS Fayth"
Thank you.
Brenda
Scott's "The Four Kings" was entertaining. Here is my review posted on Goodreads, Amazon US and Amazon UK:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/review/RSB9KP1F...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3K64L...
Thanks Brenda! For all of you, books are being reviewed so fast, but also so thoroughly, so far... will try to get my first book review up shortly!
Muckraking is alive and well. For God's sake, England, do not let this abuse stand. Prasad reviews INNOCENT, VULNERABLE and LEGALLY ABDUCTED by F.S. Fayth. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
"All reviews of 3, 4 or 5 stars must be posted to GR, Amazon .com and Amazon.co.uk."Please note the extract from the Review Group rules, above. We are all to post our reviews, not only to Goodreads, but to Amazon US and UK.
My review of Peter Prasad's Gurl-Posse Kidnap for Round 2 is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Peter wrote: "Muckraking is alive and well. For God's sake, England, do not let this abuse stand. Prasad reviews INNOCENT, VULNERABLE and LEGALLY ABDUCTED by F.S. Fayth. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Peter -
Thanks for your review on GR and Amazon. Being a first time author I was unsure of what to expect and so far have received feedback/reviews from yourself and Ronin, which hold 2 very different views. However, as this is based on my own story, I greatly value any feedback, good or bad, to aid future books I wish to write, so I would like to take this opportunity to pass on my thanks again.
Cheers,
FS Fayth
Help...FS Fayth tried to post my review on Amazon, but as she is new to the site, it would not let her.
Does anyone have a workaround for this?
Brenda
If you both give me permission, I'll post the review in my name. But BETTER is for FS Fayth to sign up at Amazon. You don't have to buy anything and it's the biggest bookstore in the world, like ever.
Peter wrote: "If you both give me permission, I'll post the review in my name. But BETTER is for FS Fayth to sign up at Amazon. You don't have to buy anything and it's the biggest bookstore in the world, like ..."Thanks for the offer, but you will need to post one yourself for this book, so that won't quite work. Much appreciated, anyway. :D
Brenda wrote: "Help...FS Fayth tried to post my review on Amazon, but as she is new to the site, it would not let her.
Does anyone have a workaround for this?
Brenda"
Someone else, who won a paperback version of a novel of mine, tried to post a (good) review on Amazon. I believe they had an account, but no history of having ever purchased anything from the site. Their review was disallowed .
You do have to buy at least one thing on Amazon in order to post a review of anything. You could ask the authors for permission to post it on some other site where it's available, if any, like B&N or Kobo or Smashwords.
Brenda wrote: "F.s. wrote: "My review of Brenda Cheers 'In a house in Yemen' has just been posted.Thanks FS
Emma
you could try downloaded a free book from Amazon, or even buynig your own book (at least you'll get some of the royalties back.). it is a condition of the group that reviews of 3 stars or more are posted to Amazon.com and .uk.
E. wrote: "you could try downloaded a free book from Amazon, or even buynig your own book (at least you'll get some of the royalties back.). it is a condition of the group that reviews of 3 stars or more are ..."Hi Emma -
Ok, no problem - will have this sorted asap. Brenda - thanks for all your help on this.
FS
Just to let you all know I've made my first purchase on Amazon - and can therefore post up my reviews, which I've just done for my round 1 review of Brenda Cheers 'In a house in Yemen' !FS
F.S. welcome to another signboard along the Indie Author trail. On'ya, sir.
F.s. wrote: "Just to let you all know I've made my first purchase on Amazon - and can therefore post up my reviews, which I've just done for my round 1 review of Brenda Cheers 'In a house in Yemen' !FS"
We all learned a bit more about how the Amazon review process works. Well done! :)
My review of "Luckbane" in all the usual places:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revie...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-r...
I have finished my 1st Round review for Lee French's book, Dragons in pieces. Very well done! Here are the links. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/098912...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dragons-Piece...
My review of Fractured:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2DPOYQK...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3RA6Y...
Hi Tony, thanks for your review. We'll certainly bear some of your comments in mind about character motivation as we work on the short film version of Fractured. I don't understand why fracking is considered an unfortunate term - it's what it's known as in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Alison
Lambert Nagle
Tony wrote: "My review of Fractured:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2DPOYQK...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3RA6Y..."
In BSG, 'frak' is their replacement for the f-word to avoid being censored in the US. We call the process 'fracking' here, too, though.
Thanks so much Lee. That's just so funny! We might well make some mileage out of that....
I posted my 4th Round review of F. S. Fayth's book, 'Innocent, Vulnerable and Legally Abducted' the links are below.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
http://www.amazon.com/Innocent-Vulner...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Innocent-Vuln...
thanks folks, this group is moving along nicely.
Here in Canada "fracking" is a very acceptable term. It bothers me a little that Hollywood tries so hard to sneak in swear words in our entertainment that we are now afraid of words that are similar in spelling or in sound. Or they use terms in a lustful context so we wince when these words are used even in an ordinary context.Anyway, in Canada "fracking" is controversial too as several of our provinces have shale oil capacity and we are debating the pros and cons of energy self-sufficiency and jobs versus environmental impact and too much concentration of economy on natural resources.
The crimes we do to the earth are worse than those we do to our ears.
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I decided to answer my own question for the benefit of anyone else having problems like mine. Here is the answer:
In the GoodReads top menu click "HOME"
Go to the search box and enter the name of one of your books. Search for it. When you find one of your books click your own name, which is under your book title. That takes you to your author's page. Next go down to the small type question "I This You?" Click that and attempt to become a GoodReads author. If you book is not yet on GoodReads I don't know what to do. But, consider reading the information about the GoodReads Author Program. That set of instructions may tell you what to do if you don't have a book out in the public view yet. Thanks David! Don't mention it David.