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Nov 23, 2016 07:30PM
New York Fries serves poutine so I would have expected them to have it in New York!
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Regardless, I see Poutine all the time around here, and I'm quite far from the Quebec motherload of curds.
C.L. wrote: "New York Fries serves poutine so I would have expected them to have it in New York!"LOL! See, it's sort of the opposite here. If I see a place in Texas called New York Pizza, I can guarantee I'm going to be disappointed by decidedly non-NY pizza.
That's wonderful news, Alex!! Congratulations!I have to find me some poutine!
Alex wrote: "Today is a good day, I have finished typing up my next novel (157,000 words became 115,000, that's a nice chunk of padding gone) I finished reading and reviewing another novel, I sold a couple of b..."So great!! Congrats!!
Congratulations, Alex! Hugs
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"Gloom, despair and agony on me..."
Great fun!
Alex wrote: "Alexis wrote: "It's Black Friday. Enough said."
I love it, this looks like the kind of thing my great-uncle would have done, he was a brilliant artist and used to do cartoons like this all the t..."
A lot of artists post their little comics on Instagram: very fun to read.
I live for Black Friday so I basically live like a scrooge starting September so that I can go semi-crazy in November lol.
My good thing is that I haven't found much to tempt me in the Black Friday sales. Yay for not wasting money! :pMy other good thing is that the lovely Alexis wrote me a fab review on my latest release. <3
Woohoo. :D I never write reviews (and it shows lol!) I usually just rate books but I'm trying to write reviews for every book I read now since I know much it can help us authors on Amazon. :D
Alexis wrote: "Woohoo. :D I never write reviews (and it shows lol!) I usually just rate books but I'm trying to write reviews for every book I read now since I know much it can help us authors on Amazon. :D"Definitely! If I know the book is an indie, I try to be better about reviewing. But I pretty much only do Goodreads. I should look into doing Amazon more.
Thanks again! I really appreciate it.
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You have to create a new account with a different email address. My kids made the "book" gmail account. My real name is not Carole P. Roman. We keep these two aspects of our lives totally separate. So, I set up an Amazon account under that name and I buy everything through there. I also started reviewing on Amazon right after I first published. It's great when you can give someone a review with the Verified Purchase above it.
Dwayne wrote: "I always put my reviews on Amazon. If reviews help sell books at all, that's where they will do the most good. It's a fantastic way to show support of the authors you like. I know I appreciate revi..."Dwayne is right. Goodreads is a community of readers and Amazon is a community of consumers. I never even noticed the reviews until I started going after them. Now I read them before I buy anything. I try to "pay it forward" by reading and reviewing an indie at least once a week. They need the reviews to influence people to buy the books.
Alex wrote: "Carole wrote: "You have to create a new account with a different email address. My kids made the "book" gmail account. My real name is not Carole P. Roman. We keep these two aspects of our lives to..."Contact them- all my credit cards are in my real name and it's not a problem. I had a similar thing happen when I tried to create a business account and I lost all my reviews. I wrote and asked them to call me, they did immediately and ironed the whole thing out.
In the states, I think, I'm not sure- you can go into your profile and edit the information. I've done that a bunch of times. (not recently, though)
I learned a new knit stitch today! Learned being the operative term here. My scarves still turn out pretty knobbly, but at least now they look uniform in the front and back. Between this and my art projects, I may get all of my Christmas presents made this weekend!
Alex wrote: "I've had a bit of play Carole, and I think I might have done it, experimented with a review, just waiting for it to go live to see if I'm right. If I am then I have a bunch of reviews to transfer t..."Thank you, Alex!! I love seeing stars!!!
I love the idea of Christmas and watching snow on television (grew up in the great white north and escaped as quickly as I could), but all the shopping and car ads and whatnot grinds me, which is why I always stop all ads and promos for the entire month of December. I then get to spend the month writing, making things, and planning what outrageous Christmas dish I'm going to attempt to turn vegan so my husband and his uncle can eat it. This year I'm attempting traditional Italian ricotta cheesecake. Yes, I love food challenges.
I used to love to cook. Reading the recipes- there is something exciting in thinking what you are going to make for a dinner. Most of the family is doing Paleo right now, one grandchild is allergic to eggs , milk, and cheese, another is allergic to peanuts, another allergic to nuts, tomatoes, garlic, one of my sons gets oral hives from zucchini, eggplant, cucumber, no one will eat rice, potatoes, pasta and don't ever mention sugar...They all hate chicken. I give up.
Dang! I can't blame you. Not that I can talk since I've got my own food restrictions, but I've already had to explain that I can't accommodate every diet, so others will have to share the load.
Alexis, Love the cartoon!!Aislinn, Congratulations on saving money and the fab review!
Carole, Great idea on the separate Amazon account.
Alex, Good luck fixing your account.
Christina, Glad you learned a new stitch, that's so exciting. I used to knit, but now crochet instead... which I actually haven't done in years and keep meaning to pick up. Scarves are great. I enjoy making blankets and doilies.
Smart move. Too late for me, I spoiled them all. However, this was the first Thanksgiving I didn't host in forty-one years. It was a welcome change.
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Sweet!
Oh, oh, oh, I just love baby animals!! And I love visiting the zoo!! What a wonderful day you had!!
I sold a book today for 2.99. Now I just have to hope it's not returned, I've heard of that happening to people
Rachel wrote: "I saw baby lemurs at the zoo today!"*Jealous* I bet they were cute :)
How long do people have to return books anyway. Personally I don't think that's very fair that they can :/
Kristin wrote: "How long do people have to return books anyway. Personally I don't think that's very fair that they can :/"7 days
Haha, that's really not fair. I could so read a book in a week. The weather's nice-ish here today. 40 out now
True, but Amazon keeps track of the returns and if one would return books too often, I am sure they'd do something about that customer. (They too lose money on these returns.) I think it is fair to say that every author had had at least one book returned. Sure it makes us feel like crap but it happens and we have to let it go and move on.
Sunny here outside. No idea of the temperature though. Probably cold too.
Something good happened yesterday...found and bought my hubby's Christmas gift...the bad thing is he was with me of course, and there is no way he'll wait till Christmas to use it. :P
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I took a long walk in cold rain today. As much as this weather depresses me, there are times when just going out into it can be cleansing and refreshing.
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That is a good thing.
You don't want people reading it that don't like it.
Let them return it happily, and send that virtual copy to someone that does!
I had a pretty good writing day. Split my book in 3 parts to stop being overwhelmed by my plot, which means I'm no longer doing this:
Congratulations Alexis on the writing progress!! I gotta get me a papaer bag. ; D
I have a comment regarding book returns.Regarding returning a book, physical or electronic, I won't return it, even if I didn't like it. Just like I won't return a movie or music disc. Since there is information available such as a synopsis and reviews to make a purchase decision, I wouldn't feel right about returning it like a sweater. I guess I view media as a consumable, like food.
No, I don't enjoy every book I read and review. If I don't like it, I give it away. I review everything I read objectively based on the writing, content, characters, world building, and other such things. This means even if I didn't enjoy the story, I'm able to give it a good review based on the quality of the work.
Hey folks, this is still the fun folder and this is supposed to be a thread for good things that happened. Feel free to disagree with a return policy, but let's keep this thread on topic. So in that vein, I've got cookies!
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For the last week or so, I keep getting bursts of inspiration in the middle of the night. It's 2:34 here..
J. Daniel wrote: "I got all my Christmas decorations up - inside and out."You're not supposed to eat them, Dan!
I haven't been able to write since last Monday. I SPENT ALL DAY WRITING TODAY!! It felt amazing! Pardon me. Need to get back to it... 8-)
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They sell spirits at the *hic* liquor store! Isn't that how *hic* everyone does it?
Alexis, I keep a notebook and pen on my nightstand for such occasions. ; )
I apologize if the tone of my email came across as anything other than supportive, as that's how it was intended. Also, I receive email notifications from this group; After clicking on the link and reading several message, I sometimes forget what folder I'm in when I respond.
Shannon, Congratulations on getting back into the writing groove!! Hope it keeps up for you!!
WOW Alex!! That's wonderful!! Congratulations!! Hugs
About a week ago the 'heroine' of my WIP painted herself right into a corner, and I couldn't see how or where it had all gone t*** up.This morning I had a revelation. It's all going to work just fine. Now all I have to do is persuade her to agree....
Also congratulations in large print to Alex. Go get them!
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