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[Lynn]

Kay wrote: "Sorry for the mix up Lynn."

That's okay. Just didn't want the wrong person being given credit.

Lynn

[Mary]

Know what you mean, I am the same, look at me here now and I am meant to be editing!!! Yes, research can be a D word, discipline and daunting and daring, but also delightful. Keep focused and the fascination will take over, love Mary

[Brook]

Hello, my name is Brook Lynn Dorcent and I have self-published my first novel in print and on Amazon for the Kindle. Missing the Mark, is a two part series and has been embaced by my local readers. I am very excited to join this group. I write Christian Romance/Fiction. I looking to connect with other Christian Authors. Are you out there? Please give a shout!

[Katherine]

Hi everyone,

My name is Katherine Owen. I'm the author of two novels in the genre of women's fiction: Seeing Julia and Not To Us. Both books are available in trade paperback print and e-books at the usual online retailers (think of Amazon, Barnes and Noble). I am busy writing/procrastinating/editing with my third and fourth novels (halfway done with both). I'm also an avid reader of all kinds of fiction, so I'm looking forward to interacting with all of you here.

[Susan]

Hi, Katherine! Nice to meet you! I think we use the same writing protocol -- writing/procrastinating/editing :)

[Lynn]

Brook wrote: "Hello, my name is Brook Lynn Dorcent and I have self-published my first novel in print and on Amazon for the Kindle. Missing the Mark, is a two part series and has been embaced by my local readers...."

Hello Brook,

Just thought I would post this link for you. It is about a fellow indie author. Her book is listed on Independent Authors and Writers website. On this particular link it gives a Facebook link for Christian books by indie authors that might help you in your quest.

http://www.independentauthors.org/201...

Lynn

[Lynn]

Katherine wrote: "Hi everyone,

My name is Katherine Owen. I'm the author of two novels in the genre of women's fiction: Seeing Julia and Not To Us. Both books are available in trade paperback print and e-books at t..."

Hi Katherine.

I'm kind of multi-tasking between books, too. I think that is a kinder word for it. Just have different priorities to doing things through out the day. Yes, that's it, different priorities. (smile)

Lynn

[John]

Hey Lynn, Katherine, Susan, Brook, and Mary,

Nice to meet you all. I'm not sure if I've introduced myself here before, but my name's John and I write YA fiction. My book, a fun vampire yarn called Bloodwood, is available from the usual online suspects and brick and mortar stores.

Okay, so I have a general question for whomever is curious. The other day I was talking with another writer and we both commented on the fact that, often when we sit down to write a story, we get a vague, discomfiting sense that we don't quite know what we're doing. It's beyond not knowing where the next scene is going or being unsure how to describe the next setting. It's more a question of, do I really understand my craft, understand what I'm doing as I put these words on the page? Anyway, just curious if anyone else experiences this.

Cheers,

John

http://www.jdrykken.com

[Kay]

Hi Brook,
Welcome to Goodreads. My name is Kay Baker. I am a Christian fiction author. My books are based on true stories. My first book "Sentenced to Life" was recently released by Barnes & Noble. I writing my 2nd book and will be starting my third soon.

http://kaybaker.tateauthor.com

[Spencer]

John wrote: "Hey Lynn, Katherine, Susan, Brook, and Mary,

Nice to meet you all. I'm not sure if I've introduced myself here before, but my name's John and I write YA fiction. My book, a fun vampire yarn calle..."

If your wanting to have an opinion on his book, I would reccomend it to anyome who likes a goodread. It is great from what I've read and I can't wait to read more!

[Tammy]

Hello, my name is Tammy and while I'm interested in a wide variety of books, I'm finding that at this point in my life, I'm leaning more towards inspirational books that teach life lessons.

[Lynn]

John wrote: "Hey Lynn, Katherine, Susan, Brook, and Mary,

Nice to meet you all. I'm not sure if I've introduced myself here before, but my name's John and I write YA fiction. My book, a fun vampire yarn calle..."

Hi John,

I feel that way quite often...on the other hand I do all the typing for both my co-author and myself....so that is probably part of the problem. I've done some research for both of us. So I try to be as informed as I can be but...there are those moments.

I think the best way around that is to make it feel as plausible as you can...then maybe get a critiquing partner to help you flush out any problem areas. That's what I've been hearing alot about anyway.

Hope this helps.

Lynn

[Kelli]

Lynn wrote: "John wrote: "Hey Lynn, Katherine, Susan, Brook, and Mary,

Nice to meet you all. I'm not sure if I've introduced myself here before, but my name's John and I write YA fiction. My book, a fun vampi..."

John and I have already talked about this but for me it's the moment that I sit down to start a new project and since I personally feel like every new piece I start is another step up and another degree of challenges the last one didn't represent I just have this moment of sheer panic where I'm not sure I can pull it off. Then the whole book sometimes feels like a sloppy rambling floundering mess and then I get to the end and somehow I feel like I've managed to pull it off.

[Lynn]

Kelli wrote: "Lynn wrote: "John wrote: "Hey Lynn, Katherine, Susan, Brook, and Mary,

Nice to meet you all. I'm not sure if I've introduced myself here before, but my name's John and I write YA fiction. My book..."

I can understand that. For us this was the biggest project that either one of us ever undertook...and completed...if a book is ever really completed that is.

Lynn

[John]

Lynn wrote: "John wrote: "Hey Lynn, Katherine, Susan, Brook, and Mary,

Nice to meet you all. I'm not sure if I've introduced myself here before, but my name's John and I write YA fiction. My book, a fun vampi..."

Lynn,

"I think the best way around that is to make it feel as plausible as you can." Yep. Agreed. Your line reminds of that old Hemingway quote, which I refer to a lot of times when I'm stuck. "Do not worry," he wrote. "You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence, write the truest sentence you know."

Such a great line. Can't say how many times, when I've been stuck, it has helped me keep putting down words.

[Lynn]

Hi John. I like that quote...I haven't seen it before. Then again...I haven't read much Hemingway. I agree that is a great line. True too.

Sometimes, I try to get a visual picture in my head of what is going on with the characters (be it our book or someone else's book) and then I can hopefully feel what they are feeling or seeing or touching or whatever.

I'm re-reading our book...long story...let's just say re-editing found issues. Anyway, I like the parts that I can actually visualize the action that is going on. (I think sometimes...I typed that or I wrote that...are you sure we did this.)

Thanks for the quote.

Lynn

[M.J.]

For all the bloggers out there: http://authormjschutte.pos​terous.com/

[Brook]

Lynn wrote: "Brook wrote: "Hello, my name is Brook Lynn Dorcent and I have self-published my first novel in print and on Amazon for the Kindle. Missing the Mark, is a two part series and has been embaced by my ..."

Lynn, I really appreciate you posting my message. Thank you so much!

[Zarin]

Hi I'm Zarin, I'm a writer (cocktail books, screenplays, poetry, www.smashwords.com/books/view/66849) love reading (of course) - I live in Stellenbosch, near Cape Town City.

[Lynn]

Brook wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Brook wrote: "Hello, my name is Brook Lynn Dorcent and I have self-published my first novel in print and on Amazon for the Kindle. Missing the Mark, is a two part series and has been e..."

You are most welcome.

Lynn

[Clark]

Hello from glamorous Hollywood, California. My name is Clark Thomas Carlton and as a writer in Tinsel Town my life is an endless series of drug fueled parties peopled with A list movie stars and super models. I make hundreds of millions of dollars just tapping on a keyboard by my pool while my live-in masseuse rubs my shoulders.

Well … not really. The living in Hollywood part is true, but if you’ve ever been here you’d know it’s one of the most industrial parts of Los Angeles. I came to California not in search of fame and fortune but because I love writing, good stories, good movies. Hollywood has liked my original scripts but never enough to make them. Over the years I’ve taken screen and t.v. assignments, done rewrites, and I’ve been a “producer” of reality television. “Producer” is the credit you get when you write for a so called reality show. I have also been a ghost writer which is working on projects that more successful people don’t have time to write but have time to take credit for. I couldn’t take pride in any of it but it kept kibble in my dog’s bowl.

About 14 years ago I decided I would get all Howard Roark about my writing and only do it my way. I wrote a play that was well received and am happy to report that everywhere it was performed, not a word of it was changed. Shortly after, I started work on my first original novel which is Prophets of the Ghost Ants. My book was ten years in the writing and is the passion of my life. It’s a “tweener” of a novel: not exactly sci-fi, not fantasy in the dragons and sorcery mode and not precisely Young Adult. Interested publishers asked me if I would alter or excise certain elements which are Older Adult and my answer is no. Still is. I wrote this novel for myself, the book I always wanted to read. My sincere hope is others will like it too.

My favorite people to talk to are other writers and avid readers. I don’t mean to brag, but aren’t we just a more interesting bunch?

Love, peace and ants,

Clark
www.prophetsoftheghostants.com

http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-rev...

http://io9.com/5812056/a-tale-of-the-...

[Vasant]

Hi friends,
I am Vasant Davé from India. My historical novel 'Trade winds to Meluhha' will shortly be released on the electronic platform. It is set in the Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Indus Valley. Incidentally, maritime trade between the two ancient civilizations was validated in 1977 by Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame who undertook a successful voyage in an 18 metre long reed-boat named ‘Tigris’.

[Annelie]

John wrote: "Hey Lynn, Katherine, Susan, Brook, and Mary,

Nice to meet you all. I'm not sure if I've introduced myself here before, but my name's John and I write YA fiction. My book, a fun vampire yarn calle..."

Hey John, I have that also. I think it has to do with having met your readers. When I was a teenager, I wrote stories for myself and that was just plain fun. But once you've been published and you know people are actually going to read and judge your work, a huge pressure is added. So I try not to think too much about this, once I sit down and start writing.

[Zarin]

Good day!
I have recently published my cocktail book 'The Cape Town Bartender's Guide' and would like to introduce myself to the group and announce my book.
One of my biggest frustrations with cocktail books has been that one needs to many ingredients, so I devised a system that only requires ten liquors and spirits. This way I am able to educate more then just a few bartender's – which I have been doing for many years in different bars and restaurants in South Africa.
'The Cape Town Bartender's Guide' is an eBook (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...) designed to help people in being able to make a large variety of mixed drinks without having to go to a bar school and at the same time not to break the bank with equipment/liquors/spirits/glasses. It explains step by step, through the process of mixing great drinks all the time. My FaceBook group page 'The Cape Town Bartender's Guide Guild' is there for new recipes that do not appear (yet) as well as for discussion groups.
If any reader would like to write to write a review for my book, I would be happy to send you a free copy. Or if there are any authors on here who would like to do a review exchange, we can read and review each other’s eBooks.
I am looking forward to contributing to this group as well as networking with other writers.

[Kristin]

Hi guys! My name is Kristin and I am an avid reader and one of the bloggers of Book Sniffers Anonymous. We started the blog this past June because we both enjoy reading. Actually the other blogger, Monique, is the one that got me into books. I read pretty much everyday and have been known to carry a book in my purse on occasion. I am still learning which authors and genres I like but so far I have found that I like romance, paranormal and ya.

[Conrad]

Hello Fellow Members:

My name is Conrad Taylor. Little about my primitive upbringing, in a remote mining town carved into the upper reaches of the Amazon jungle, prepared me for a first-of-a-kind scholarship to the United States Military Academy during Age-of-Aquarius, Vietnam-era America. An extraordinary opportunity for most, West Point was a life-changer for me. Culture shock hardened my ensuing experience. Third World politics tested it - severely.

I recently completed my first book, PATH to FREEDOM: My Story of Perseverance. It is an inspirational memoir, which is available as an eBook at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iBookstore, and Sony Reader Store.

Thanks for allowing me to make this shameless plug!

Best Regards,
Conrad
www.tcfbusgroup.com

[M.J.]

Hi, I'm M J Webb author of Jake West: The Keeper of the Stones, I'm looking forward to receiving any feedback at all about my novel and reading the recommendations of others on this site. Thank you and best wishes.

[Ruth]

Kristin wrote: "Hi guys! My name is Kristin and I am an avid reader and one of the bloggers of Book Sniffers Anonymous. We started the blog this past June because we both enjoy reading. Actually the other blogger,..."

Hi Kristin!

We authors love readers :) I go through reading a ton of books, too. Love them!

[Lisa]

Hey guys!
Just wanted to say hello! I have recently started getting into reviewing books so I am always open for new books coming down the wire! Reading has always been my passion so this is heaven to me. My favorite genre is YA and YA/Paranormal. Please feel free to view my blog at http://ultimatefanblog.blogspot.com.

Thanks!
Lisa

[Lisa]

Hi everyone!
I guess I am considered a newbie! My passion is reading! I have started my own book blog where I want to put up book reviews, author interviews and eventually giveaways. Please visit me at http://ultimatefanblog.blogspot.com. Feel free to leave me opinions, suggestions or even criticism!

Thanks
Lisa D.

[Marissa]

Hello! My name is Marissa de Luna. I have just published my first novel, Goa Traffic and close to finishing the first draft for my second novel, The Book Club. Writing is my passion!

http://thecoffeestainedmanuscript.blo...

[Emily]

Hullo hullo!

Thank you so much for this board! I'm just beginning to figure out Goodreads and came across this lovely conclave!

I'm an author, playwright, director and educator. I write primarily fantasy ("Niamh and the Hermit," "Charming the Moon") or fantastic ("Nachtsturm Castle: A Gothic Austen Novel") books.

From Playscripts.com I've published four of my plays ("Math for Actors," "Charming Princes," "Wallace's Will" and "The French Butler"), and my Cupid and Psyche (five act iambic pentameter) premiered in Boston in 2009.

As a director, I'd send you to http://www.youtube.com/gaudete to see video clips. For the whole kit'n'caboodle, take a look at http://www.christianfantasy.net/emily....

So, that's me! Can't wait to poke around and meet you lovely people!

[Summer]

Hi everyone (waves from the back) - I'm Summer!!

I'm a very new (just published on August 1st) author and I'm having a lot of fun meeting authors and readers!!

Very excited about the excellent feedback and reviews my story has been getting so far.

Come join me on my journey!!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

[Toye]

Hi Everyone,

I'm a goodreads author and pen romantic suspense novels. I hail from Cleveland, Ohio. I'm dropping by to say hello and give my support and to learn a few things. I published my first book in 2010 and have published two more since that time.

I'm off to Philadelphia for a book signing this weekend, so very excited about that and nervous at the same time.

Visit my website or blog to learn more about me, if you like and I will drop by to check you out.

Happy writing and reading!

www.toyebrown.com
www.booksbytoye.blogspot.com

[Spencer]

I am doing FREE author interviews. Email me at brokaw.spencer@gmail.com if you're interested.

[Lynn]

Lisa wrote: "Hi everyone!
I guess I am considered a newbie! My passion is reading! I have started my own book blog where I want to put up book reviews, author interviews and eventually giveaways. Please visit m..."

Happy Book Lover's Day to everyone.

Lynn

[Kristin]

Summer wrote: "Hi everyone (waves from the back) - I'm Summer!!

I'm a very new (just published on August 1st) author and I'm having a lot of fun meeting authors and readers!!"

Congratulations on the new book. You chose a very beautiful eye catching cover.

-Kristin
Book Sniffers Anonymous

[Summer]

Kristin wrote: "Summer wrote: "Hi everyone (waves from the back) - I'm Summer!!

I'm a very new (just published on August 1st) author and I'm having a lot of fun meeting authors and readers!!"

Congratulations on ..."

Thank you Kristin - I designed the cover myself - so I am tickled that you like it!! ;-)

[Summer]

Kristin,

I noticed by your link that you do reviews. I would love to have you review my new release. Would you be interested?

Thanks,

Summer

[Tarek]

Hi Kristin,

May I add my voice to Summer and ask if you can review my book as well?

Thanks

Tarek

[Charity]

Hi, my name is Charity Parkerson. I am the author of 3 books. "The Danger from Within" a contemporary romance. "A Fighting Chance" a contemporary romance, and "The Society of Sinners" a paranormal romance. I love to read all things romance from historical to the paranormal and everything in between.
I'm looking forward to chatting with people who share my interest.

Thanks,

Charity Parkerson
http://www.charityparkerson.com

[J.L.]

Hi all,
Fairly new to goodreads, but heard a lot about this group. (Active/friendly)

I am Jo Murphey. I write under several pen names. Like here J.L. Murphey is what I write my suspense under. I write southern fiction suspense under Jolee Morriss and children's stories under GrandmaJAM. I've got two novels listed in GoodReads with a launching coming up at the end of the month for my new horror novel, "Zombie Apocalypse: Redemption."

I am a traditionally published nonfiction author breaking into the novel writing market as an indie author.

Anything else you want to know...just ask.
Jo

[Emy]

Hello everyone!

My name is Emy Deris, and my first YA book, Color-Gifted (the first of a series) will be self-published within the year. I look forward to meeting, learning from and connecting with other authors.
If you would like to check out a preview of my book, you can head on over to my blog http://emyderis.wordpress.com

Any tips or comments (or following) are immensely appreciated.

Best of luck to everyone!

[Louise]

I'm Louise and an author as well as a heavy reader. I've two books out: and which are doing well so far.

I'm hoping to connect with other authors and readers of romance.

[[deleted user]]

My name is Rebekah and I'm a reader, writer and all around fun gal.

Feel free to ignore the name Car. Goodreads combined my reader account with my author account and my Car is my pen name.

-Rebekah

[Bailey]

What a great, talented group. Success is in the wind!
Bailey

[Jodi]

Hi! I'm an author and brand new to goodreads. I am very happy to be here. Please feel free to check out my book. I hope you love it and that it brings more joy into your life! :)

[Tracy]

Hi all! My name is Tracy Sharp. I'm a writer and I LOVE books! I look forward to hanging out here!

[Leonard]

Hi all,

I've been an avid writer since I was very young. I am the author of The Darkness series (Predators of Darkness: Aftermath, Beyond the Darkness, and The Game of Pawns). Feel free to stop by my author page on here, friend me, or come check out my blog: http://deimosweb-hilley.blogspot.com/

Currently, I'm working on my MFA in creative writing and hope to teach creative writing at a college sometime in the future.

Best to you all!

[Marissa]

Vincent wrote: "Please introduce yourself! Do you write books? Do you just enjoy reading them?

Let us know a little bit more about who you are:"

I have recently published my first novel (Goa Traffic)and absolutely love writing. Glad to be a part of this group

Marissa de Luna
http://thecoffeestainedmanuscript.blo...