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[Xavier]

Hi, Susan, Matt, and Ella

[Susan]

Xavier wrote: "Hi, Susan, Matt, and Ella"

Thanks for the welcome Xavier! When I (eventually) get a day off, I shall spend some time discovering you all. Nice to meet you!

[Maggie]

Her life was a lie!
Hi. I'm Maggie Thom author of Captured Lies. I live in Alberta Canada. We are very cold and white right now - you can feel sorry for me. Great weather for writing - suspense/murder/mystery/romance - all rolled into one. Nice to meet the rest of you. :) Merry Christmas.

[Susan]

I can't feel sorry since I live in the same province. Nice to meet you, too!

[Steven]

Hi Maggie,

Welcome to the group.

[Maggie]

Susan wrote: "I can't feel sorry since I live in the same province. Nice to meet you, too!"
So I guess you are probably enjoying this winter as much as I am. Are you north or south?

Thank you Steven.

[Susan]

Maggie wrote: "Susan wrote: "I can't feel sorry since I live in the same province. Nice to meet you, too!"
So I guess you are probably enjoying this winter as much as I am. Are you north or south?

Just north of Calgary.

[Xavier]

Hi there, Maggie

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Hi Everyone!! Just dropping in to introduce myself. I just embarked on my longtime dream of being a published author. I just published my first two novellas...and I tell you its a very exciting feeling!! I look forward to getting to know my new cyber buddies on goodreads!! Best wishes to everyone and Happy Holidays!!

Alaina

[Xavier]

Hi, Alaina

[Erren]

Hello! My name is Erren Grey Wolf and I have just recently self-published on Amazon. My book is called, Beneath the Surface: The Lost Boy and it is the first book in a science fiction adventure series about two telepathic brothers. I'm just trying to figure things out and get noticed.

[Steven]

Hi Alaina and Erren,

Welcome to the group.

[Xavier]

Hi there, Erren

[Christoph]

Hello everyone,
my name is Christoph Fischer, I am a writer of historical and general fiction. I published my first book last months, it is called "The Luck of the Weissensteiners"

Happy to talk and help others with the process and to exchange reviews

[Steven]

Hi Christoph,

Welcome to the group. I look forward to communicating with you.

[Xavier]

Hi there, Christoph

[Cari]

Hi-I enjoy reading all genres of books, self-discovery, romance, historical, sci-fi and many others.

[D.J.]

Christoph wrote: "Hello everyone,
my name is Christoph Fischer, I am a writer of historical and general fiction. I published my first book last months, it is called "The Luck of the Weissensteiners"

Christoph, Welcome! I really like your book cover and web site.

Well done! I wish you all the best with your book.

[D.J.]

Cari wrote: "Hi-I enjoy reading all genres of books, self-discovery, romance, historical, sci-fi and many others."

Hello Cari. It's great that you have such broad enjoyment across many types of books! Hope you can find some new stories to read from some of the authors in this group.

Happy reading!

[Steven]

Hi Cari,

Let me welcome you also. I wish you joy in the quest for good reads.

[Xavier]

Hey, Cari

[Rick]

Hi everyone.

My name is Rick Gualtieri. I've been self-publishing for about two years. I have 7 books available (with an 8th on the way :) in the following genres: horror, comedy, and contemporary fantasy. I've been on GR for a while now, but am just starting to branch myself out a bit in terms of the groups I'm a member of. Just wanted to pop in and say hello.

[Sara]

Hi everyone.

My name is Sara Burr and I just published my first novel with Amazon.com entitled Enigma Black. It's the first novel in a planned science fiction/dystopian/romance trilogy and I had loads of fun writing it. On top of writing, I also enjoy reading (especially Indie authors), blogging, shopping, and meeting fellow authors/readers.

[Steven]

Hi Rick and Sara,

Welcome to the group. 'Glad you're here.

[Sara]

Thank you very much. Glad to be here. :-)

[Xavier]

Hello Rick and Sara.

[Christoph]

Thanks for the warm welcome. D.J. your cover art looks pretty good, too, and the book looks interesting. Best of luck to you, too. I am sure you won't need it ;-)

D.J. wrote: "Christoph wrote: "Hello everyone,
my name is Christoph Fischer, I am a writer of historical and general fiction. I published my first book last months, it is called "The Luck of the Weissensteiners..."

[Erren]

Hello, my name is Erren Grey Wolf. I'm just trying to figure my way around Good Reads at the moment. I am an author, as probably many of you are. What is the difference between promoting your book, which is allowed, and adverising your book, which is not?

[Xavier]

Hello, Erren

[Steven]

Hi Erren,

Welcome to the group. Finding your way around can be problematical. I've been active for a couple of months and still struggle. But the struggle has its pleasures.

I still haven't figured out about plugging my book in the right not the wrong places. Generally, each of the groups has a discussion thread just for advertising it and you can add a link for purchasing.

I think you can talk about your work in many of the discussions if it's germane to the conversation. Like, 'researching for my book about Dark Age Briton I found little real information...' or 'does anyone know good sources for a book I'm writing on...?' Not like, 'well if you get my book on Briton you'll really enjoy all the research about... Get it at...'

Others will know more about it than me. (I don't yet have a book on that subject, by the way.)

[Matt]

Erren wrote: "What is the difference between promoting your book, which is allowed, and adverising your book, which is not? "

I've found that carefully following the posted rules for each group and making promotional posts where clearly allowed has resulted in no backlash. It helps to browse a particular group to get a feel for that group's culture and see what other authors have posted. Goodreads also has a Giveaway page (highly recommended) and a paid-advertising option (not so sure about this one).

[Terry]

Hey There.

I'm Terry Irving and I've been a TV producer for four decades and, yes, television is dreadful literature. So I'm writing several books more or less at once. "Courier" a motorcycle death race in the 1970s should be up on Amazon this month and The Unemployed Guy's Guide to Unemployment will follow soon after.

I'm just learning the social media aspect of all this (I have three blogs up and www.terryirving.com should be up this week) and am willing to help any author in need of a push (or even an edit or rewrite).

[Xavier]

Hello Terry and Carole

[Walter]

Hello, all.

My name is Walter Spence. My first publication credit was as a collaboration with fantasy author and Compton Crook Award winner Holly Lisle titled The Devil and Dan Cooley, book two of the Devil's Point series, originally published by Baen Books.

In June of 2012, I self-published my first solo novel, a paranormal/urban fantasy novel called House of Shadows, the first in a series I have titled 'The Breed Wars'. Currently I am working on book two, The Secret Room.

Occasionally I also write blog posts sharing what I have learned while climbing the self-publishing learning curve. The blog is located at http://sloggingtowardsbethlehem.blogs....

Looking forward to sharing with and learning from all of you folks herein. :)

[Xavier]

Hi there, Walter

[Martin]

Hi, folks. I'm Martin Roy Hill. I'm the author of two indie books, seen below. Look forward to getting to know those of you I don't already know.

Cheers!

Martin Roy Hill

[Cynthia]

Hi All,

I'm in process of self-pubbing my first novel. It's currently with my editor. I wrire paranormal romance and this is the first book in the series. Well, I've played long enough today so back to work on book 2. Look forward to connecting with everyone!

[Xavier]

Hi, Martin and Cynthia

[Gordon]

I'm Gordon Vivace, a chef and restaurateur who's published a tutorial on Italian cooking techniques and a satirical commentary just released. Looking forward to chatting with you!

[Maggie]

Alaina wrote: "Hi Everyone!! Just dropping in to introduce myself. I just embarked on my longtime dream of being a published author. I just published my first two novellas...and I tell you its a very exciting fee..."

Congratulations Alaina. Yay. It's exciting to be published isn't it. Way to go.

[Xavier]

Hello, Gordon

[Matt]

Hey all, good to be a part of this. I'm the author of The Devil's Fire pirate adventure series.

[Xavier]

Hello, Matt

[Maggie]

My name is Maggie Pajak and I am the author and publisher of the children's book, "

[Erren]

Hello, Maggie!

[Maggie]

Erren wrote: "Hello, Maggie!" Hello Erren :)

[Xavier]

Hi there, Maggie

[Sherrie]

Hi Maggie. Hi Erren. Welcome Susan, Matt, and Ella, Christopher, Aliana and Rick.
Erren -- I have a book about telepaths too. I'll check yours out :) -- Sherrie

[Maggie]

Xavier wrote: "Hi there, Maggie" Hi :)

[Erren]

Dear Folks, I finally UNDERSTAND this discussion group! It's all about supporting your fellow authors on Twitter. I spent the ENTIRE DAY going all the way back to the beginning to follow everyone! Here's a test for you: if I am NOT following you, it is because I encountered a glitch with your twitter name and couldn't locate you. So if I am NOT following you, it might be a good idea if you posted your twitter name again. I'd also really appreciate it if my fellow authors followed me, too. Thanks a bunch! :)
In case you missed it, I am at:
http://www.twitter.com/errengreywolf