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Sharon wrote: "Not good, could leave you high!"There was a window open upstairs, slightly open. It's probably why I don't have any pain in my knees after inhaling the fumes for two hours!
That is something at least! We have lovely clear skies here at the moment, even that yellow thing is shinnning, not sure how long it will last though.
Sharon wrote: "That is something at least! We have lovely clear skies here at the moment, even that yellow thing is shinnning, not sure how long it will last though."What's it shinning up? Lol our blue sky is under threat from big grey clouds and I should be thinking about cooking lunch but can't be a***d! Looks like being Couscous and duck breast, that only takes a few minutes to do!
Hmmm sounds lovely. I have chicken and rabit food.
Trisha wrote: "MorningIt's freezing this morning"
Morning Trisha we have sunshine and blue sky here today.
Sharon wrote: "Hmmm sounds lovely. I have chicken and rabit food."It was yummy! Alain's taken Eclair with him to the house, bless him he thinks Hugo is hiding behind the chair he keeps going to the chair and whining for me to move it so he can get out.
I am up to chapter 16 with my reading so it looks like it will be Tuesday after all when Paul gets the Menorah Murders!
I am not far behind, so far I have 3 red marks.
Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "MorningIt's freezing this morning"
Morning Trisha we have sunshine and blue sky here today."
I am hoping we get some sun soon
Sharon wrote: "I am not far behind, so far I have 3 red marks."Not bad I've probably already zapped them I found three stupid errors too, letters missing from words, I really must get a new keybooard, this one sticks sometimes!
Trisha wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "MorningIt's freezing this morning"
Morning Trisha we have sunshine and blue sky here today."
I am hoping we get some sun soon"
This is unexpected for us today, according to statistics France had 89% less sunshine this January than last year at the same time!
We are expecting that horrible white stuff, possibly on sunday!
Sharon wrote: "We are expecting that horrible white stuff, possibly on sunday!"Us too but not until later in the week here in Brittany, but then if it happens they say we will get it for at least 3 days. We shall see. Did you sort your little dilemma? Did the piece I sent you help out?
Will get yours back to you over the weekend Sarah.
Sharon wrote: "Will get yours back to you over the weekend Sarah."No rush I won't be sending it until Tuesday, I have to go into town, fetch some mussels for supper and take a quick look at Sophie's school. The actual tour takes two hours and my knees are hurting. Lol the effects of the varnish have obviously worn off!
AfternoonI just got my first review for Cally's Secret, a five star review at that. Why not pop along to Amazon and take a look inside Cally's Secret, make this author's Sunday a happy one!
Sarah wrote: "AfternoonI just got my first review for Cally's Secret, a five star review at that. Why not pop along to Amazon and take a look inside Cally's Secret, make this author's Sunday a happy one!"
i coudnt see it, really want to read it but I've forbidden myself, at the moment; to buy more books, already have 400 in my kindle. I'm a bookoholic
http://www.amazon.com/Callys-Secret-e...=UTF8&qid=1360505234&sr=8-1&keywords=callys+secret
I think you can borrow from the kindle library too, for free! I still get paid and you can still do the review too. The links above go take a look, and join Kindle prime!
That's areally good review. I bet you are happy.I'll join the kindle prime once i finish the beautiful creatures trilogy. It's a good idea
Eva wrote: "That's areally good review. I bet you are happy.I'll join the kindle prime once i finish the beautiful creatures trilogy. It's a good idea"
Yep I am, I showed Alain and he's thrilled too, it means people are taking notice! A good end to a bad week. I'll immortalise Hugo in HOD or GOD, I did the same for our first dog, Daisy in Cally's Secret!
you should advertise in here, I could invite you to a couple of chick lit groups so you show it to people.
Eva wrote: "you should advertise in here, I could invite you to a couple of chick lit groups so you show it to people."That would be great Eva. I looked into advertising on Goodreads, it was expensive, likewise Facebook. I'll see what Paul has in store publicity wise and meanwhile I'll keep plugging it on Twitter and Facebook myself!
Eva wrote: "that's it! hope it works!"So do I, I already earmarked the pool I want online, the nice guy at Dolphin said I would have to wait approxiamately 3 months from order to delivery! Lol all that's left now is to sell approximately 6000 copies! Tall order I know but when The Menorah Murders joins it on Amazon it will help, the more of my books there are out there the better chance I have of achieving my goal!
Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "that's it! hope it works!"So do I, I already earmarked the pool I want online, the nice guy at Dolphin said I would have to wait approxiamately 3 months from order to delivery! Lol a..."
do you know how the bestsellers works amazon for kindle? I've heard a few writers offer their books for free for maybe a week, the more downloads you get the higher you are on the list, then price the ebook to like 99p and then after another week put the price up again. At least i think that's how amanda hocking did it.
Hi, Is it free to put our book on amazon?
Rishika wrote: "Hi, Is it free to put our book on amazon?"Yes it is
Rishika wrote: "We don't need to pay anything?"nope, but you need to do everything yourself, design the cover and the formatting, wich is a right pain in the backside.
By the way, if you guys are inspired can you have a quick look at my first chapter. I would appreciate the feedback
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...
Rishika wrote: "Thanks a lot..."yourwelcome
Eva wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "that's it! hope it works!"So do I, I already earmarked the pool I want online, the nice guy at Dolphin said I would have to wait approxiamately 3 months from order to de..."
Interesting, I'll try and talk to Lorna Suzuki and ask here how she did it, she has a movie deal too, nice lady.
Eva wrote: "Rishika wrote: "Hi, Is it free to put our book on amazon?"Yes it is"
Err, I think you have to have bought stuff from Amazon in order to qualify for it being free!
Eva wrote: "Rishika wrote: "We don't need to pay anything?"nope, but you need to do everything yourself, design the cover and the formatting, wich is a right pain in the backside.
By the way, if you guys ar..."
It just requires patience and tenacity, luckily I was endowed with oodles of both!Blooming good job I was or I would have never finished Cally's Secret let alone The Menorah Murders.
Amazon also has the final say on the book, its contents and it won't let you finish the upload until you address any errors it finds, especially spelling and grammatical errors, protecting the integrity of the site is very important.
Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "Rishika wrote: "Hi, Is it free to put our book on amazon?"Yes it is"
Err, I think you have to have bought stuff from Amazon in order to qualify for it being free!"
really?
OK, so the part I hate the most about writing is the one or two paragraph book description that's going to sell your story to readers. I always just want to hand my manuscript to someone and say "Just read it," but I know its necessary to have a good description to hook people. So I was wondering if maybe some of you could read what I've got going on in my head right now and let me know what you think. Good, bad, or in between please give me your feedback. Honesty may make me cry but it will--hopefully--make me a better writer.Thanks in advance for all your help. Here it is:
A life she couldn't remember...
Kari Tucker was the typical high school senior, stressing over grades and worrying about getting into a good college, until she passed out one night at the mall and woke up in a stranger's bedroom. Her life soon becomes anything but typical. Why does the stranger who kidnapped her seem so familiar? What's up with the bright orange ring of fire burning in the sky? Why does everyone keep insisting she's speaking a foreign language? And what does the strange X-word everyone keeps spewing at her actually mean?
It isn't long before Kari realizes she's a lot further from home than she ever imagined, and that's only the beginning. What if everything she thought she knew about her life was a lie?
Hi Eva. Did you want feedback or editing advice (grammar, spelling etc)?
Adriana. With that blurb I would give it a try.
Tony wrote: "Hi Eva. Did you want feedback or editing advice (grammar, spelling etc)?"just feedback, thanks. I've not started with the editing yet, i have this horrible feeling that it's absolute nonsense
Adriana wrote: "OK, so the part I hate the most about writing is the one or two paragraph book description that's going to sell your story to readers. I always just want to hand my manuscript to someone and say "J..."hi, i like the open questions, makes me want to find out the answers, but just to let you know i wouldnt use the word spewing...
Okay Eva, I'll give it a read this evening.
Tony wrote: "Okay Eva, I'll give it a read this evening."Thanks Tony.
Eva wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "Rishika wrote: "Hi, Is it free to put our book on amazon?"Yes it is"
Err, I think you have to have bought stuff from Amazon in order to qualify for it being free!"
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I'm sure that's what Anna said, she released her last book through Createspace and she had to buy something first!
Adriana wrote: "OK, so the part I hate the most about writing is the one or two paragraph book description that's going to sell your story to readers. I always just want to hand my manuscript to someone and say "J..."It's a synopsis you need to write, without that no publisher will take your book seriously and from which you write your blurb for the back of your book.
Sarah wrote: "Adriana wrote: "OK, so the part I hate the most about writing is the one or two paragraph book description that's going to sell your story to readers. I always just want to hand my manuscript to so..."I'm planning to do self-pub on Kindle. I've done the Agent dance and never gotten very far. So I was trying to come up with the paragraph or two to use for my book description on there.
Adriana wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Adriana wrote: "OK, so the part I hate the most about writing is the one or two paragraph book description that's going to sell your story to readers. I always just want to hand my ma..."Yes I know the dance two steps forward and five steps back, been there, done that, got the t shirt etc.. So it's your blurb you want help with okay, I will take a look at it for you tomorrow.
Thanks so much! And to Eva and Tony...yea spewing may be a bad word choice...
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That's it for today all this exercise is one day! Not to mention the smell from the varnish getting right up one's nose!