Author Interviews at Tim Greaton Forum... discussion
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I love it, Rhonda. Absolutely, everyone should join the Writer's Corner thread on Amazon. I consider all the authors there to be among my best friends on the net, and they have proven themselves to be a valuable support network :-) That address again is: http://www.amazon.com/forum/meet%20ou...
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Great to have you here, Deb. My experience is that we learn as much from new authors as we do from more experienced ones. Sometimes, the best ideas and viewpoints come from not knowing what can't be done :-)
Tim wrote: "Sometimes, the best ideas and viewpoints come from not knowing what can't be done :-) "Or knowing what people say "can't" and saying, "Oh, yeah, watch this."
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Or knowing what people say "can't" and saying, "Oh, yeah, watch this." Spinner"
Yeah... I like that approach.
So long as it's not like the redneck's famous last words, "Hold my beer and watch this..."
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It's because I'm a techno-idiot, Tim!!!
Tim wrote: "Good morning, Maria, Sandy, Cesar, Teresa, Anthony, and M. It's great to see you all here. If you haven't already, be sure to direct message me so that you can get into the que for the free publici..."M. wrote: "May be jumping the gun by starting a hello thread, but what the heck. ;-)
Hi Tim and everyone else on here. I've had a busy day today. I come to my e-mail and see this wonderful invite.
I'm one of the recent authors interviewed on Tim Greaton's Forum. He is a very witty guy and great friend to have. Thanks Tim for the invite and look forward to getting to know those of you I don't already know in here.
Lynn
Hi, I'm Ed, and I'm a writer. It has been four days since my last...whoops, wrong meeting."
Rick wrote: "Hi All- thanks for invite- happy to be part of this great group!!"Is this Rick the moderator of the James Mason group...one of the busiest groups I've seen? *waving hello*
Lynn
Rhonda wrote: "It is nice to see we have a few comedians in the group. Hello everyone, I'm Rhonda (Author name: R. C. Drake). Thank you for a discussion thread here on Goodreads Tim, where DO you find the time...."Hi Rhonda!
Veronica wrote: "Tim, Thanks for the invitation to join your group.
Veronica Randolph Batterson"
Hi Veronica!
Martha wrote: "Hi everyone,I'm Martha and I have recently self-published a children's picture book titled A Reel Cool Summer. I'm working on a second book featuring the same characters which also happen to be b..."
Hi Martha,
It's reely cool to see you here too.
Lynn
mountainmama wrote: "Hi everyone! I see a lot of familiar faces and lots of new ones too. Good to meet you all and hope to get to know you better.I'm editor/publisher/promoter for my son's books, so have met a lo..."
Hi MM,
Nice to see you here. I agree I'm seeing lots of familiar names and some new ones as well.
Lynn
Teresa wrote: "Edwin wrote: "Hello, Hello... Seems this is where the action is about to spring up... (grabs a bucket of popcorn and waits for the meaningful discussions to begin)"Ok if you got the popcorn I get..."
I love popcorn, a good movie and a good book. Why not watch a good movie from a book...granted not many movies are made like the book. The original Andromeda Strain was pretty close to the book.
Lynn
Charity wrote: "Hey guys, I recognize a lot names here. I'm Charity, and I have written 5 novels. I'm looking forward to joining in :)"Hi Charity,
We meet again. :)
Lynn
Sandy wrote: "Hi all! It's nice to meet everyone. I'm an author and blogger."Sandy wrote: "Hi all! It's nice to meet everyone. I'm an author and blogger."
Hi Sandy,
I just realized how to tell which Sandy you are. I know so many. Nice to see you on here.
Lynn
Marla wrote: "Good morning everyone, guess what I am also an author. lol Tim thank you for making another wonderful place for everyone to discuss promoting etc. Rhonda I will be checking out your site today. T..."Hi Marla,
Nice to see you here.
Lynn
Patty wrote: "Hello! I am a new author published under Desert Coyote Productions. My new novel An Unlikely Arrangement is just out. Book signing Oct. 21st in Marshall, Texas. Glad to see everyone here. Hope to g..."Hi Patty, my new friend from Texas. :)
Lynn
Lynn wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Hi all! It's nice to meet everyone. I'm an author and blogger."Sandy wrote: "Hi all! It's nice to meet everyone. I'm an author and blogger."
Hi Sandy,
I just realized how to ..."
Hi Lynn! This place is crazy busy. It's nice to see you here and so many familiar people.
Sandy
Sharon wrote: "Oops, forgot the intro. I'm the radical avant-garde science fiction author you haven't heard about, but I'm working on that. *grin* I've been doing this 20 years, but just started publishing again ..."Hi Sharon,
Sci-fi with strong female characters and designed for people who like a little intelligence with their reading. :)
Lynn
C.S. wrote: "Good Afternoon Tim and everyone. Tim, thanks for the invite. My novel, Reclaiming Ter Chadain (pronounced Tare Shadane) is published by A-Argus Enterprises, a small press. It has been out since e..."
Tim wrote: "Thanks, everyone, for being here. I've had this thought for a long time that our strength as authors should come from our numbers and our common goals. I also know that readers really do enjoy talk..."
I whole-heartedly agree with your philosophy. I'm not that technical myself. I do know that the customer service people on Goodreads, are really friendly and helpful...it may take a couple days for an answer but it's usually worth it.
Lynn
C.S. wrote: "Tim wrote: "C.S. wrote: "Good Afternoon Tim and everyone. Tim, thanks for the invite. My novel, Reclaiming Ter Chadain (pronounced Tare Shadane) is published by A-Argus Enterprises, a small press..."
Hi C.S.,
I think we're twitter friends. Glad to see you here.
Lynn
Tim wrote: "Let me also add one last thing, you are all welcome to promote here with no limits. I want to see your book posts, your reviews, your blog announcements, your book trailers...and for readers we rea..."Tim,
I just added our book to the group list on the side->
I already see a few on there.
Thanks again for inviting us into your group. For those that don't know, I'm a co-author and spokesperson for David McKoy...so I often say us or we meaning David and I...not the royal we. :)
Lynn
Tim wrote: "MM (Shirley Hicks) is having a hard time leaving comments on the Tim Greaton Forum blogspot blog. Does anyone know what the problem might be?"I haven't tried lately but the key to leaving comments in any thread is joining...by e-mail or adding it to your blog reader. My friend, Mark W. wrote a great blog on how to add blogs to your blog reader...anyone who hasn't learn this trick is might want to check out his blog post:
http://www.thebloodturbine.com/2011/0...
Our blog is about our journey through self-publishing and it includes different things from many different bloggers, some are also authors...so feel free to peruse our blog from the beginning:
http://callsignwreckingcrew.blogspot.com
Have a great one!
Lynn
Sandy wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Hi all! It's nice to meet everyone. I'm an author and blogger."Sandy wrote: "Hi all! It's nice to meet everyone. I'm an author and blogger."
Hi Sandy,
I just rea..."
I agree, crazy busy but great see so many familiar faces. I think I know over half the people so far...between Amazon, Goodreads, and twitter.
Lynn
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Sandy wrote: "Hi all! It's nice to meet everyone. I'm an author and blogger."
Hi Sandy,
I just rea..."
Hi, Sandy, this place is crazy busy. Thanks everyone for taking the time to spend with us :-)
Tim wrote: "Great to see you here, Lynn :-)"Thanks Tim, it's great to be here.
Lynn
Tim wrote: "Let me also add one last thing, you are all welcome to promote here with no limits. I want to see your book posts, your reviews, your blog announcements, your book trailers...and for readers we rea..."I'm pretty sure that there is no limit on self-promotion in a certain thread. As moderator, you make the rules and police the group.
mountainmama wrote: "So long as it's not like the redneck's famous last words, "Hold my beer and watch this...""If a southern woman says, "Girl...hold my purse" you know that somebody is about to get their butt handed to them.
Lynn wrote: "Charity wrote: "Hey guys, I recognize a lot names here. I'm Charity, and I have written 5 novels. I'm looking forward to joining in :)"Hi Charity,
We meet again. :)
Lynn"
It's like we live right next door to each other :)
Here are all 5 of my trailers-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfSiq0...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7u_eo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-znxA...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpFaAV...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27vYGm...
:) Tired of me yet?
Charity wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Charity wrote: "Hey guys, I recognize a lot names here. I'm Charity, and I have written 5 novels. I'm looking forward to joining in :)"Hi Charity,
We meet again. :)
Lynn"
It's l..."
I hear ya...I live in a small town and I don't near as many people here in the real world as I do in the virtual world. :)
Good news, I got a response from MM's friend Terry. Our book is posted on there now under Adventure both for the e-book version and the print version:
http://www.booksandnovelstoread.com/
He says that he will shuffle up the order of his books so the newer ones get a chance to be seen on the front page. Really cool idea.
Lynn
Lynn wrote: "C.S. wrote: "Tim wrote: "C.S. wrote: "Good Afternoon Tim and everyone. Tim, thanks for the invite. My novel, Reclaiming Ter Chadain (pronounced Tare Shadane) is published by A-Argus Enterprises, ..."
Hey Lynn I think so. Hello again.
Craig
C.S. wrote: "Lynn wrote: "C.S. wrote: "Tim wrote: "C.S. wrote: "Good Afternoon Tim and everyone. Tim, thanks for the invite. My novel, Reclaiming Ter Chadain (pronounced Tare Shadane) is published by A-Argus ..."
Hello, I've been bouncing around alot between twitter, Goodreads, and was a column writer for Independent Authors and Writers before the website closed down. So that kind of explains why I know so many people...but not always where I meet them all the time. :)
Lynn
I just joined twitter and goodreads. Twitter in the last 3 weeks and goodreads seriously in the last week. I am trying to do whatever I can to learn, get word out abou my novel, and try to meet more people who love writing as much as I do. So far it is great. Enjoying the networking and maybe my teaching background (chemistry, not writing) will translate into me sharing something of value that I've learned while learning to write (and continue to learn).
mountainmama wrote: "Har har, Tim! I'll help anyone who'd like to make a do-it-yourself type trailer. I cannot compete with the graphics and special effects that Rob Ellis uses, but if your budget is tight (like ZERO..."You did an excellent job with that video trailer. I would love for you to make an attempt at doing one for me. I look forward to hearing from you, when you have a few moments to spare.
C.S. wrote: "...Enjoying the networking and maybe my teaching background (chemistry, not writing) will translate into me sharing something of value that I've learned while learning to write (and continue to learn)"Hey C.S.,
I love that continuing to learn attitude. To me, it's the sign of a person with, at least, the potential to be great (if they aren't there already - although, they probably wouldn't think they were, even if they were!). My background is in Zoology (learning, with a little tutoring thrown in). I bet there is a huge variety of backgrounds here. I think that is what makes a gathering of writers so vibrant.
Lynn wrote: "Charity wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Charity wrote: "Hey guys, I recognize a lot names here. I'm Charity, and I have written 5 novels. I'm looking forward to joining in :)"Hi Charity,
We meet again. :..."
Oh yay! I'll send Terry an email :)
C.S. wrote: "I just joined twitter and goodreads. Twitter in the last 3 weeks and goodreads seriously in the last week. I am trying to do whatever I can to learn, get word out abou my novel, and try to meet mo..."Hi C.S.,
I have a background in Health Information more specifically Coding Specialist. I basically translated the diagnoses they doctors provided and placed a code or code sets for billing and statistics. It sounds simple but really requires some knowledge in medical terminology and a few other things. I was good at it but not super fast. But as with many things people do, I got burned out on it. I took a giant leap of faith about two years ago and here I am a published co-author. If you asked me a couple years ago, I would never go on Facebook or twitter. I started out to promote our book but have developed quite a number of friendships in a few short months. Many of whom are on here.
Lynn
Charity wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Charity wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Charity wrote: "Hey guys, I recognize a lot names here. I'm Charity, and I have written 5 novels. I'm looking forward to joining in :)"Hi Charity,
We ..."
That's a great idea.
Lynn
Deb wrote: "To me, it's the sign of a person with, at least, the potential to be great (if they aren't there already - although, they probably wouldn't think they were, even if they were!)."This is paraphrase. If I could remember who said it, I'd have looked it up to quote. "The more skill one has, the more one realizes there is much to learn. Only those who know too little, think they have learned enough to be called great."
Tim wrote: "Maria wrote: "Hi Teresa, Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately I have already done most of them. But I will keep thinking hard! :)"
Maria, you're welcome to drop a few paragraphs overview here in..."
I'll be up for a read if you want. Something may zing for a title with a bit of brainstorming.
Norma, I sent you a message with my e-mail address. Get in touch and we'll start working on your video!!
anyone caring to take a quick glimpse at my book trailer is welcome to do it at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpmWhE...
:P
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MM, now you're in the soup. Who was that guy that "outed" your trailer-making skills, anyway? :-)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpmWhE...
:P"
Edwin, I mentioned it before...I really like your trailer's "Python-ish...as in Monty" presentation :-)
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Michael, that's the most succinct and fascinating bio I've read in a long time :-) Welcome to the group!
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