For all your blogging needds!!

[Cambria]

Hi Janice!!! Congrats on the blog. It is scary to think up topics! I haven't started my own blog yet but I am a guest blogger on booksfromthepurplejellybeanchair.blogspot.com and I have started keeping a little notebook and everytime i get a thought like "oh that owuld make a good post." or "that is funny, i could spin that into a topic" i write it down. I am hoping to grow a list.... :) Also, check out the Tips and Tricks folder for bloggin tips!!

[Janice]

Thanks for the tip Cambria.

[Dale]

Hi everyone! I'm following all of you! Would love to have more followers myself.

Jenn...I'm also a new blogger and boy, I was in the same boat as you. I was constantly online looking for help!

http://dalesplace-dale.blogspot.com/
Twitter
@DaleIbitz

[Amy Eye]

Dale wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm following all of you! Would love to have more followers myself.

Jenn...I'm also a new blogger and boy, I was in the same boat as you. I was constantly online looking for help!

ht..."


You have another new follower!!

[Jenn]

@ Dale, I'm slow checking the forums, but I followed now that I've stopped by :)

[Jen]

I'm also following you Dale. And I will hopefully be working my way through this thread to find more to follow :)

[Cambria]

Janice wrote: "Thanks for the tip Cambria."

Anytime :)

[Jenn]

I thought it might be neat though because promoting the blog is so much work to start linking up reviews of the same book in linkys sort of a sharing traffic kind of idea. I also thought it might be nice to have a resource for information on hops, challenges linkys and etc. So I set up a yahoo group, like I'm still putting it together and haven't invited members setting up to kind of be able to get promotion updates. If anyone would be interested in that sort of thing that blogs that can be found here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloglin...

I'm setting it up as a strictly no chat group, just info and having moderated posting to make sure that happens. I don't want for it to be a flood your inbox group filled with conversations, that's what forums and places like goodreads are for, to chat and talk, I just thought an email sort of group with members sharing info would be a quicker resource to help build and promote blogs.

[Cambria]

Great idea Jenn!!! sounds awesome. :)

[E.R.]

I'm @Edmarrow I spend lots of time on twitter. On FB I'm Facebook.com/ermarrow

[Jenn]

@ Jackie & Cambria, thanks, I did search the groups first to see if there was one already made, but I didn't see one. Posting will probably be slow info wise at first mostly because the more people who contribute info, the more valuable the resource becomes. If you don't see your post right away, don't worry, as long as it fits the guidelines, ie info post, not conversation, I'll get it approved as soon as I log on. I like to keep my chatting on forums and comments and my email manageable, so I'm going to try to do the group with the idea most people feel the same way.

[Dale]

Cool Jenn! I'm going to join when I'm off my work computer (shhh!)

[Cambria]

E.R. wrote: "I'm @Edmarrow I spend lots of time on twitter. On FB I'm Facebook.com/ermarrow"

Hi E.R.! great to see you around here!

[Cambria]

Jenn wrote: "@ Jackie & Cambria, thanks, I did search the groups first to see if there was one already made, but I didn't see one. Posting will probably be slow info wise at first mostly because the more peopl..."

I just joined the group Jenn!! Thanks for starting it, it looks really cool!

[Amy Eye]

E.R. wrote: "I'm @Edmarrow I spend lots of time on twitter. On FB I'm Facebook.com/ermarrow"

Gotcha on FB!! If you would like, come join another great page on FB at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Journal...

[Christopher]

Followed you Dale. I have a blog as well if anyone would like to check it out. You can also feed your blog into your goodreads author page.

ChristopheJohnchater.blogspot.com

[OpenBookSociety.com]

Hello hello everyone! Nice to be apart of this great group! My name is Annabell. Just wanted to let you know about a website I am a part of called OPen Book Society. We write book reviews along the genres of supernatural, paranormal, fantasy and sci-fi. We also do author interviews as well as actors. Host book clubs and TONS of contests and giveaways! You can check it out at: http://openbooksociety.com/

You can also check out my personal blog at: http://www.nerdalien.com/


We have a BUNCH of contests going on to giveaway a bunch of really cool prizes so check out the site!

Featured contests: SEVEN BOOKS FROM THE DARK DAYS OF SUPERNATURAL: http://openbooksociety.com/article/gi...

MULTIPLE MINI CONTESTS TO GIVE AWAY GOODIES: http://openbooksociety.com/article/cu...

[Amy Eye]

Thank you so much for all of this Annabell, it is a wonderful website!!

[OpenBookSociety.com]

No problems! Always looking for fellow book lovers! =) Oh and IGNORE the MULTIPLE MINI CONTESTS post. That is going to be changed around some soon. But there is a contest going for a chance to win a SIGNED COPY of EYES LIKE STARS by Lisa Mantchev.

Here's the link: http://openbooksociety.com/article/wi...


IGNORE the date at the bottom saying its closed! It's NOT!! You can STILL participate in the contest!!!

[J.A.]

Jenn - like the yahoo group idea!
Will have to do that one from home though...will get there eventually!
JAC

[Jenn]

No worries, I'd just appreciate you joining. :)

[TC]

Hi, I'm new to this fab group. When my little one isn't sat on my lap pulling my hair and waiting for lunch I'll go through this and take a look at all the blogs.

My blog is a bunch of eclectic reviews, at www.tc-bookedup.blogspot.com and on Twitter I'm @TCBookedUp

TC

[J.A.]

Wotcha TC! Nice to see you here!

This is a fun group, you'll enjoy this one!
JAC

[Cambria]

TC wrote: "Hi, I'm new to this fab group. When my little one isn't sat on my lap pulling my hair and waiting for lunch I'll go through this and take a look at all the blogs.

My blog is a bunch of eclectic re..."

Hey TC! Welcome to the group! It is nice to see new faces on here to add to all the old awesome ones! LOL.
Feel free to post any of your favorite reviews to share! This is an awesome group so have a great time!

[Cambria]

OpenBookSociety.com wrote: "No problems! Always looking for fellow book lovers! =) Oh and IGNORE the MULTIPLE MINI CONTESTS post. That is going to be changed around some soon. But there is a contest going for a chance to win ..."

Thank you for the link, OpenBookSocietty!!

[Amy Eye]

hiya TC!! Thanks for sharing!! :)

[Dale]

TC...I'm following your blog. Christopher when I tried your link it said blogger not found. Is that the right url?

[Cambria]

OpenBookSociety.com wrote: "Hello hello everyone! Nice to be apart of this great group! My name is Annabell. Just wanted to let you know about a website I am a part of called OPen Book Society. We write book reviews along the..."

Annabell (I love that name!) thanks so much for sharing this great info. It is so great to see you on here!

[TC]

Thanks for the welcome, I'm slowly working my way through and following some new blogs. Thanks to my new followers!

[OpenBookSociety.com]

Thank you Cambria! That is very sweet of you =) And more than happy to share with you lovely gals =)

[Cambria]

This is a great group!!

[Dale]

Cambria wrote: "This is a great group!!"

We are most definitely fawesome!

[Cambria]

Yes, yes we are.

[Cassie]

As Amy would say..."Spunktacular!!!" :-) *giggle*

[Cassie]

We'll have to have a Creative Reviews convention some day...

[Amy Eye]

Cassie wrote: "As Amy would say..."Spunktacular!!!" :-) *giggle*"

Don't let JA see that! She may start thinking some bad thoughts about us all!! :)

That convention sounds super fun!

[J.A.]

did somebody say my name?!

Well up for a Creative Reviews Convention but if it's gonna be Spunktacular I'm turning up in a wetsuit and wellies.

And don't let Cassie sort out the desserts!!
heheheh
JAC

[OpenBookSociety.com]

That's a great idea Cassie! A Creative Reviews convention would be a blast! ~Annabell

[Cassie]

J.a. wrote: "did somebody say my name?!

Well up for a Creative Reviews Convention but if it's gonna be Spunktacular I'm turning up in a wetsuit and wellies.

And don't let Cassie sort out the desserts!!
hehehe..."

Ah, really??? I had this great ice cream recipe I wanted to try...

[Cambria]

I am now taking votes for where this convention will be....
Hawaii
England
Starbucks
Barnes and Nobles......

[Cassie]

Somewhere cold and rainy :-)

[Cambria]

here, here...
Most definitely cold and rainy.

[J.A.]

Well that's GOT to be England, hasn't it?! I'm currently sat in a rainy office with a jumper on, drinking hot coffee and considering fetching in fingerless gloves tomorrow. We've got April weather at the moment, which would be rude if it wasn't par for the course....

On the other hand, if you do it in Starbucks, theoretically we could all go to our local one - though am not sure that that would be entirely in keeping with the "Convention" part of it.

Talking of which, has anyone seen the TV versions of Agatha Christie's Poirot, played by David Suchet? I knocked into him in Pret this morning, which was a bit random...but then the price they charge for coffee is daylight robbery anyhow so maybe he was investigating that.
hohoho
JAC

[J.A.]

er, I should add it's not raining IN the office.

Though now I come to think of it, with the mess they've made of our aircon system, it actually has done before now.
JAC

[Cambria]

J.a. wrote: "Well that's GOT to be England, hasn't it?! I'm currently sat in a rainy office with a jumper on, drinking hot coffee and considering fetching in fingerless gloves tomorrow. We've got April weather ..."

England it is!! Maybe we could go to satrbucks after the convention. It is good to know that you have a starbucks in England. Ahhhh, my home land. LOL.
I do not know who David Suchet is....but I am sure it was exciting to knowck into him!!

[Amy Eye]

Raining in the office sounds a hit exciting...Sounds like you may already have a wetsuit waiting for the convention if you have that to deal with. So we are going with Spunktacular for the theme...we could pass out interesting bookmarks and bottles of lotion with our favorites book covers glued on for the label..oh, I think I may need to stop there!! LOL

[J.A.]

Amy....I don't think I'm used to the sort of clubs you hang out in, girl!!

Fortunately this is London and there's a club for everything, so if Starbucks declines to host the Sp*nktacular (and why should they??) there's probably an alternate venue nearby. And you can take "alternate" in the sense most appropriate to your intentions, I suspect....
A. N. O'Nymous

[J.A.]

It strikes me that I should really try to remember that all this is showing up in the feed on my Profile page. It may be that thousands of curious readers are clicking on the link, eager to find out what kind of person this author is whose book they are about to buy - and then are all getting scared off by this talk of wetsuit-wearing Sp*nktastic clubbing.

IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU, please be aware that Amy made me do it!!
heheheh...
JAC

[Cassie]

Oh me... I love you gals!!

"Creative Reviews Spunktacular Soirée"

[Amy Eye]

J.A. wrote: "It strikes me that I should really try to remember that all this is showing up in the feed on my Profile page. It may be that thousands of curious readers are clicking on the link, eager to find ou..."

It's just letting all of your future readers know that you have a wild, crazy, unpredictable side - that they should immediately go out and pick up a copy of your book because they NEVER know what will be around the next corner...will it be a hot babe in a wet suit, or someone getting beat with a piece of limp cheese...and no that is not a metaphor for anything else...BUT it shows JA is her own woman, not held back by the confines of society!! (I can get a lot of meaning from one little thing, can't I? LOL)