Gingerlily - all cleaned up!

[Philip (sarah)]

Great news Gingerlily, I tried to buy it and Amazon says I have already bought it,off to check if it has downloaded.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Oh I should buy it on the US site to check if its ok there. (Will they buy that excuse?)

[Patti (baconater)]

Brilliant, Gingerlily and Alison!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Thanks Patti :)))))))

[Philip (sarah)]

Wee panic,it hadn't downloaded,I trawled through all the pages then before my eyes the screen flickered and it appeared. I love my Kindle.xxx

[Alison]

Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "Brilliant, Gingerlily and Alison!"

Thanks ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Philip (sarah) wrote: "Wee panic,it hadn't downloaded,I trawled through all the pages then before my eyes the screen flickered and it appeared. I love my Kindle.xxx"

I love your Kindle too!

[Philip (sarah)]

Tough,you can't have it.It's guarded by a huge Dragon and the spirit of narrative! :@)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Uh-oh! **sound of rapid footsteps as author runs away as fast as possible!**

[Pat ()]

Got it! Well done

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Now the next thing - I wonder who the first review will be from?

[Alison]

Mornin' all and especially GL

Just checked:
[Re]Awakenings is #8 in Books > Fantasy > Short Stories!!! ;-)

If you've bought a copy - THANK YOU! **Big smile**

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Oh and yes, thank you!

[Patti (baconater)]

One question.

Where is the promo thread in the 'zoo?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Ah. Well I have to do some work now....

[Patti (baconater)]

Lol!

C'mon. We've got your back!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Alison is doing it. I'm watching for it to go up so I can add my 2 cents worth.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Ok guys - its up there now. Good job Alison!

[Patti (baconater)]

Here's the link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/forum/kindle/...

[Alison]

Thanks GL and Patti ;-)

[Philip (sarah)]

Read your story last night Gingerlily, it left me feeling as warm and fuzzy as your pj's and gave me really happy dreams. Looking forward to reading some more of your work.Thank you.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Awwww, I'm all warm and fuzzy now! Thanks :))

[eastwood (do you feel lucky punk,well do ya)]

congrats gl well done, why don't you dip your toe into
amazon promo, on second thoughts you would be toeless within seconds, they just pummelling rocky perry as i speak,they are looking for fresh meat to feed on, on second thoughts we want you in one piece so ignore.

[Cornelius]

Congratulations, GL. You must be very excited.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Cornelius wrote: "Congratulations, GL. You must be very excited."

Oh yes! Fingernails completely gone. Starting on toenails....

[Alison]

Gingerlily (excited author) wrote: "...Fingernails completely gone. Starting on toenails...."

Now that's a weird mental image GL...

[Lorraine]

afternoon everyone ! Glad the book is doing well Gingerlily and Alison !

[Alison]

Lorraine the pretty flower ♥ wrote: "afternoon everyone ! Glad the book is doing well Gingerlily and Alison !"

Hi Lorraine
Good to see you. Your Hi Bye message on the Morning thread had me worried that you were having a bad day. Glad to be wrong on that ;-)

[Lorraine]

Lol not to worry, but thank you x

[Mhairi]

Congrats, Gingerlily!! It's on my To Buy list :D

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Aw you're all way too nice!

[Mhairi]

It's because we love you :D

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Where are those tissues...?

[Alison]

Hi GL
So how was your first day? ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Exhausting! Working hard all day, then out at 10 to 7 for that meeting and got back a few minutes ago. Now off to bed. Hope I can enjoy it a bit more tomorrow.

How about you?

[Alison]

You poor thing! Not much time to celebrate then ;-(

It's been a while since I had a new work published, so I'm afraid I was distracted from my work all day. I'll work doubly hard tomorrow to make up ;-)

Anyway, you're tired so I won't rattle on. Well done and congratulations again on becoming a published writer. Now, have a good night's sleep - sounds like you've earned it.

Night ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Morning. I see we did quite well yesterday. Now what we need is a few reviews saying how wonderfully wonderful we are. Or at least that its not a total sad loss....

[Steve]

Morning GL.

Reviews posted on .com too will really help to get it noticed. And if you're promoting in the forums on .com I would suggest you don't post anywhere outside of the 'Meet our author' forums. It's really not worth it. The problem with that is that the threads don't stay current for more than a minute. The thing to do there is to get your pitch onto plenty of threads so that it's always there somewhere when anyone looks. Then update them every few days or so. But don't overdo it. If you have a post on page 1 in a thread, I would suggest you don't post again until it drops off. You can get banned for over pitching too.

Best of luck and I hope the reviews are great! :o)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Thanks Steve. I must confess I haven't yet managed to get up the nerve to post on .com, having seen the carnage that can result. Suppose it has to be done though....

[Alison]

Morning GL, morning Steve

Last night I put promo posts up two .com threads and mentioned the book when chatting on another but, don't worry Steve, I've stayed in the MOA forum - don't want any hassle 8-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Oh great stuff Alison! You're on the ball there. I would have done more if I didn't have that meeting last night. Good meeting but the timing was terrible...

[Alison]

No worries - you must've been shattered.

Quieter day today?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I hope so, will try and get a nap after work - that is if I don't have more badly timed phone calls from family members...

[Alison]

Gingerlily (exhausted author) wrote: "I hope so, will try and get a nap after work - that is if I don't have moore badly timed phone calls from family members..."

Lol. Good luck with that ;-)

[Steve]

Hi Alison, I actually prefer .com nowadays. because authors have their own place there, its a bit of a safe-haven. I keep looking at UK but as soon as I do, I see all that negativity and walk away. It's such a shame. I never thought I'd say it but I wish UK had an authors sections like .com, but I wish they would give us more categories like the readers have. With just one it's all a bit pointless. But it can help early on - then if you're lucky you get reviews and rise in the charts and get to a point where the whole thing self perpetuates without too much input on Amazon. Getting exposure outside of Amazon is the best thing.

If someone contacts cheapdailyreads they will probably feature you. Jackie Lubens got a spot with them and I've got one coming up on Thursday in the UK and a couple of days later in the US.

[Alison]

Hi Simon
Am I right in thinking you have to pay to be considered for a feature in cheapdailyreads?

[Steve]

Er hum... It's 'Steve' lol, not Simon - he's that nice moderator chap. :o)

No, they do it for free and just ask in return that you tell people about them. I'll be tweeting about them Thursday - probably tomorrow too as a warm up. :o)

Just visit the site and hit the contact button. Then tell them about you and your book. I got a reply a few days later. Tell them how well it's doing in the UK charts, too. That won't hurt your chances of getting a feature at all.

[Kath]

I've just been rather upset at hearing from Cornelius that he has been banned from .com for posting outside the Meet our Authors forum - and he hasn't. Hasn't posted there for ages. The upshot is that they have removed his posts from .co.uk too. I understand this happened to a few authors a couple of months ago but they got re-instated - sorry to barge in on your thread girls but I'm annoyed as hell! Take care over there.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

What? There are strange things going on... Its the Amazoo Twilight Zone... cue creepy music...