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[Chrys]

Amy--Tilly talks fluent parrot. Occasionally she comes out with some English, fortunately none of it rude!

[Amy]

Nooooo should be rude words. I have no class!

As you say Alex I can’t be bothered to put any more time into Radish, but as least I tried. Naturally the free erotica is being read and the free chapters of the sci-fi but not the paid for chapters.

[Amy]

I’ve got a whole $3.03 sitting there waiting for it to reach $20 so I can request a pay out. (Thank you, Carole)

[Amy]

I know. Thankfully Medium doesn’t do that. Over the last three months I’ve been paid $40 so I’m on the way to earning my annual membership back.

[Amy]

It’s mainly down to people here.

[Carole]

Amy wrote: "I’ve got a whole $3.03 sitting there waiting for it to reach $20 so I can request a pay out. (Thank you, Carole)"

lol. My hands are sore from clapping.

[Alexis]

Facebook is ending its brief experiment to show more posts from friends and family members in newsfeeds.

In January, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social media service would show less posts from businesses and publishers while ramping up personal contacts. The stated goal was to encourage more interaction among friends and family.

The unstated goal was to lessen reliance on organic (i.e. unpaid) traffic for businesses and publishers that use the service as a tool to drive traffic. The longer game was audience retention and growth, which would drive revenue.

But in a company blog post from Adam Mosseri, head of news feed, Facebook now says it is ending its “test” of the Explore Feed.


Long article: http://deadline.com/2018/03/facebook-...
Thank goodness.

[Carole]

lovely- shared.

[Carole]

Rl wrote a great piece about finding the right people to work with. It popped up on my feed and I’m glad it did. I must have missed it here. Take a look at it. I’m getting my nails done and can’t put a little MJ till I get home. Lol. In medium. Check it out. Find your tribe my our own rl jackson

[Carole]

Can’t put s link. Not a mj. Lol

[Carmel]

Alexis wrote: "Facebook is ending its brief experiment to show more posts from friends and family members in newsfeeds.

In January, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social media service would show less posts from bu..."
Interesting. And I agree, thank goodness! Thanks for letting us know.

[Carmel]

Alex wrote: "Hey, everyone. I've done a little blog piece to talk up the lovely Angel and I'd appreciate it if it could be shared around

https://alexrcarver.wordpress.com/201..."
That was really nice, Alex. I shared it on Twitter.

[Carole]

;)

[Carmel]

Alex wrote: "Thanks, Carmel. I really wanted to say more about how nice she is but I always struggle with these kind of things."

Well, I think she would be tickled with what you wrote, if she had the ability to see it! :)

[Erica]

Thanks for the info Alexis. I have seen a huge dip in reaches since the change and was giving up on Facebook. I will hang in a bit longer and see what happens.

[Petra]

Ooh, they look great, colourful, but still stylish.

[Erica]

Sweet! They look great!

[Alexis]

Alex wrote: "Got a lovely delivery from Amazon today and in it were these



I got the interiors from Draft2Digital and they look gorgeous, I'll take some pictures later."

Awesomeeeeee!!!

[Carole]

lovely!!!

[Erica]

I agree! Very eye-catching. I would pick those up off a shelf in a bookstore.

[Alexis]

You should be really proud of yourself!

[R.L.]

Awesome Alex!! They look amazing!

[Carmel]

Nicely done, Alex! Complimentary in style and color, but each unique as well. Really nice! Best of luck with getting them out there.

[Anna]

They look terrific! Worth all the hard work.

[Amy]

They look great, Alex.

I am just under £10 away from earning back my annual Medium membership. I paid around £38 three months ago. It’s not mega bucks but it’s something.

[Faith]

Congratulations and good luck to thriller author R.W. Adams https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... who has been signed up by a professional agent and has a new book on the way.

[Dale]

Faith wrote: "Congratulations and good luck to thriller author R.W. Adams https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... who has been signed up by a professional agent and has a new book on the way."

That's better than an unprofessional agent. Which is what I ended up with a decade and a half ago...

[Amy]

It's better than no agent which is where I’ll always sit!

[Carmel]

https://medium.com/@chmayella/when-un...

Newest story on medium!

And it is always terrific to hear that someone has accomplished their goal...congrats to R.W. Adams!

You guys make me chuckle with your comments!

[Erica]

Clapped and commented. :)

[Carole]

Alex wrote: "Carmel wrote: "https://medium.com/@chmayella/when-un...

Newest story on medium!

And it is always terrific to hear that someone has accomplished their goal...congrats..."


Really nice article, Carmel.

[Carmel]

Thank you, Alex, Carole and Erica. I appreciate you all!

[Carole]

Please check out all three of the blogs I manage! You might just find your name mentioned!

Michael Phillip Cash: http://www.michaelphillipcash-officia...

Michael Samuels: http://michaelsamuelsbooks.blogspot.c...

Carole P. Roman: http://caroleproman.blogspot.com/2018...

[Anna]

42 reviews and 4.9 stars - oh boy, Carole! That is some feat. I'm going to leave this as a mystery to others as to which book of yours I'm referring to.

[Dale]

It probably counts as something good when a short story idea occurs to me these days. I used to write a lot of them, but not so much any more. Anyway, I got the idea on the way to work this morning, and now it's on Medium: A Perfect Crime. Please enjoy and share!

[Carole]

Brit Lunden hasn't been promoted much yet, Alex. I've neglected her. Brit is doing a website for her as we speak. She's getting some attention now. I don't even know which book Anna's looking at- there are over fifty of them - lol.

I plan on promoting everybody who sent in for the Spring promotion on the three blogs I manage- please let us know if you have any movement in sales. The first mailchimp- the kids one is going out today- I will have a number on how many emails it reached later.

[Amy]

I'm still trying to get something out on Medium every week. I've not got a lot to say, but I wrote this:

https://medium.com/@debzcooper/the-an...

I'd appreciate any claps for it.

[Carole]

Nice article Amy. You are a thoughtful mom. I clapped and clapped!!

Here's the gift I was talking about.

http://caroleproman.blogspot.com/2014...

[Amy]

Carole wrote: "Nice article Amy. You are a thoughtful mom.

Here's the gift I was talking about.

http://caroleproman.blogspot.com/2014..."

Thank you. That's a lovely idea for a gift.

[Carole]

She will have it forever.

[Amy]

I don't think anyone in my family does anything like that. When our son was at nursery school they arranged for them to put their hand prints on tea towels. I bought a couple for grandparents. My in-laws loved theirs and kept it. My Dad gave it back saying they didn't keep things like that. Needless to say I was quite hurt by that.

[Carole]

Your Dad's loss. I had to cut a piece of a door when I sold my house. It had Eric's handprints and I never washed them off! lol

[Alexis]

Needed this article today. Maybe someone else does too.

Excerpt:
The older we get, the more culturally invisible we become, as writers, as people. But you have your words. Writing and publishing are two very different things. Other writers are not your measure. Try not to worry about what other people your age or younger have already accomplished because it will only make you sick with envy or grief. The only thing you can control is how you write and how hard you work. The literary flavor of the week did not get your book deal. All the other writers in the world are not having more fun than you, no matter what it might seem like on social media, where everyone is showing you only what they want you to see.

Write as well as you can, with as much heart as you can, whenever you can. Make sure there are people in your life who will have faith in your promise when you can’t. Get your writing in the world, ideally for the money you deserve because writing is work that deserves compensation. But do not worry about being closer to 50 or 65 or 83. Artistic success, in all its forms, is not merely the purview of the young. You are not a late bloomer. You are already blooming.


Full thing:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/op...

[Erica]

I had a couple sales and reviews show up on Amazon the day after you featured me, Carole. Not sure if it's related, but I don't get sales and reviews everyday so it wouldn't surprise me. Thank you!

[Amy]

That’s a great article, Alexis.

I love that you took a chunk of door with you Carole. I really want it to have been it right in the middle.

[Carole]

Alex wrote: "Carole wrote: "Your Dad's loss. I had to cut a piece of a door when I sold my house. It had Eric's handprints and I never washed them off! lol"

Did you then mount the piece of door? Seems like the..."

I actually did not- but I have it in my closet.

[Jean]

Loved the Mother's Day story, Carole. Beautiful.

[Carmel]

Alexis wrote: "Needed this article today. Maybe someone else does too.

Excerpt:
The older we get, the more culturally invisible we become, as writers, as people. But you have your words. Writing and publishing a..."

Thank you for sharing, Alexis....very sweet and encouraging. Everyone needs that.

[Judy]

Carmel wrote: "https://medium.com/@chmayella/when-un...

Newest story on medium!

And it is always terrific to hear that someone has accomplished their goal...congrats to R.W. Adams!..."

applause for you, Carmel, a great description of your uncle

[Carole]

Jean wrote: "Loved the Mother's Day story, Carole. Beautiful."
Thanks, Jean.