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Jun 13, 2012 05:47AM
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Oops Darren, you have hit upon our biggest bugbear. Asking people to review only if they enjoy it!!!Good lunch with it all though, I don't having time to beta read at the mo as supposed to be studying but hope it all goes well xx
Good lunch with it??
Ha ha ha, just had mine, I obviously mean good luck!!
I've just managed to push some food into my face, too! Rather proud of myself.
Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "I've just managed to push some food into my face, too! Rather proud of myself."What was it?
Bread.If it wasn't for Dave expecting to be fed, I don't think I'd be cooking at all at the moment.
I'm just having mine now - noodles!Of course, what I meant was that anyone accepting an advanced copy of my book to give feedback should NOT feel compelled to have to give a review (only if they really want to - i.e. they enjoyed it enough to do so).
Where's this bugbear thread? ;) My own philosophy is that I don't give reviews below three stars. So if a book is below average I might personally contact the author about how they could improve. Of course, the ratings work a little differently on Amazon to GR.
My philosophy is if I wouldn't give a book at least three stars, I stop reading it.Life is too short.
I see what you're trying to say about reviews Darren.
Perhaps saying something like 'reviews are gratefully appreciated'?
Edited!Yes, I'd stop reading a book if I considered it less than an average rating...which is another reason why I don't review them - because I never finished them.
You'd be surprised how many reviewers do publish reviews and say something like "I only got 20% of the way through this book... blah blah blah" in their review.
How can you review something you've not fully read?? (sorry, this is one of my bugbears ;) )
See now, I consider that to be a very valid review but only if they say why they stopped at 20% or whatever.'I stopped reading at 20% because I didn't like it' isn't a valid review, I reckon.
'I stopped reading at 20% because the plot was too far fetched and the characters were one dimensional' would be a review that would be helpful.
Yes, but if it was a lot better thereafter you'd be given a slanted review - now, some people do not even mention they didn't read all of it (though it is obvious to the author) and thus give an even more slanted review.If you don't finish a book, don't review it. Such reviews just come across as mean.
I disagree. :)Having said that, I've never reviewed a book I've not finished.
Patti, this is the bit where you argue with me more, and the thread becomes really heated, gets lots of traffic, and I sell more books ;)
Hmmm. I'm tempted to go and read the first 20% of one of your books and give it a really good review on that 20% and watch people spontaneously explode!
D.M. Andrews (GoodReads Author) wrote: "Patti, this is the bit where you argue with me more, and the thread becomes really heated, gets lots of traffic, and I sell more books ;)"No it isn't.
And now I've given myself the giggles.
lol. Now try reading Pied and Prodigious at the same time ;)
I see that you no longer think of yourself as an author. Probably for the best...
I've been so tempted to put something in his thread title all day, but I've managed to resist.So far.
Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "I've been so tempted to put something in his thread title all day, but I've managed to resist.
So far."
Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely...
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So far."
Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely...
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Novella now available for proof readers - PM me for link. See details above.Cover not done yet so inside pic is blank :(
Will get onto it as soon as I've proof read the thing I'm currently proof reading!
Thanks, Ignite!Had it ready yesterday but was waiting on cover artwork, but artist has Internet issues so can't upload it yet :(
Since he was a young boy, Jack MacFadden's imaginary friend, Puck, has always been around, but now Jack's thirteen, and Puck's still shown no sign of leaving.
And, if that wasn't enough, Jack's also been targeted for assassination by a faerie death squad...
Audience/Genre: Middle-grade-through-early-young-adult contemporary fantasy
Word count: 25,000 words (novella)
NOTE: As of posting, the Amazon UK site is still not displaying the "Look Inside" sample so please visit the Amazon.com site to read the start of the novella - http://www.amazon.com/Jack-MacFadden-...
I actually wrote this novella to say "thank you" to a group of facebook friends who had helped spread the word about The Serpent in the Glass - I hope they all buy it! ;)
If they don't, write them out of your will!It's a super story, plenty of action and some great characters. Ticks loads of boxes, this one.
Thanks, Ignite!I shall have to think of something for the Salmanrushdie soon...something with a very different feel perhaps...
I've been interviewed about Jack MacFadden and the Faerie Realm by a fellow indie author...http://www.jenniferlynnalvarez.com/20...
ALSO, just a reminder that I am currently revising The Serpent in the Glass and any suggestions for improvement should be posted here or PM'd to me! Thanks!
Darren! Hiya buddy!How you doing?
Editing, editing and revising - at least for a couple more weeks! :(Still, got a little bit of genealogy done, too :)
Cool! Are you pleased with how it's going?Oh and getting down wif yer roots, too! Finding anything shocking?
There was an item on Radio 4's Today programme this morning about having your DNA tested- a group called britainsdna.com - they do YDNA for the blokes and mtDNA for the women. We think we might have it done and pass the results on the the kids. Costs but it's all knowledge.
I dungedit. What would the results tell one?Oh and I just read back through the thread.
Do you still require beta readers for the novella, Darren?
Sorry, I must have skimmed past a bunch of comments in here. :(
Duh. No, you don't. It's published.Have you done a new release thread for it?
Um - yes, I think I did a thread...I may do that DNA thing one day, too :)
Tsk.Obviously I got too swamped with the move for a while. How embarrassing.
Forgive me?
Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "I dungedit. What would the results tell one?The mitochondrial DNA, the one I'll have done, is passed down the female line. I have passed it to my son too but it ends there and he cannot pass it on. My daughter and her daughters will be interested in the results. Because women usually take a husband's name, it doesn't mean if your ancestor is McSomething, that she has Scottish heritage - just that her husband does. I think there are supposed to be just 8 female ancestors of present humanity. Some of the DNA markers are very ancient and tell you that your distant ancestor came from - Africa, Viking lands, who knows? Some markers are more recent.
Himself will have his YDNA read. Male line. I think that, unlike genealogy, where you can trace back through records, this takes you potentially far earlier than written records. Exciting I think. 6 - 8 weeks for the results. I shall report back!
Ignite, that is VERY cool!I know you Brits hate to talk about money but I'm going to embarrass you by asking how much it costs. :)
£175 per test. We regard it as a gift to the kids though.Edit - correction - Just signed up - it's £170 for mitochondrial DNA (maternal line) and men can get both mtDNA and the Y chrosmosome DNA for £200.
Investment in knowledge and a contribution to a research project.
Ignite wrote: "£175 per test. We regard it as a gift to the kids though.Edit - correction - Just signed up - it's £170 for mitochondrial DNA (maternal line) and men can get both mtDNA and the Y chrosmosome DNA ..."
I'd like to have it done...It'll mean a heck of a lot of saving up though to get the money.
It would be interesting to see just what your DNA says about you
My family are pretty much all still English as of about 300 years ago. Of course, there are Norse/Norman, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic possibilities. One of my lines does look like it's Norman, another is pressing into Scotland. There are strong Irish rumors on two sides, but no evidence as of yet.I don't fully trust DNA evidence (assumptions have to be made about past DNA groups based on current DNA groups), but it might give some useful indication within a limited scope and where various groups have not mixed too much...
I'll have to save up for it, too.
Jud, regarding your PM, I thought I'd answer here: no, it doesn't stand for Do Not Answer. *grins*
My PM? I think you have me confused with someone else. I have no idea what you are referring to
Vanessa wrote: "Ignite wrote: "£175 per test. We regard it as a gift to the kids though.
Edit - correction - Just signed up - it's £170 for mitochondrial DNA (maternal line) and men can get both mtDNA and the Y c..."
I'd love to have this done too. I don't know anything about my ancestors beyond my grandparents. I would be interested to hear where I get my dark colouring from (well my hair is now grey under the dye, but it used to be dark and my eyes are dark). I know that the dark hair and eyes goes back at least as far as my grannie but I don't know beyond that. They were a Portsmouth family, so I wonder if a foreign sailor is somewhere in our ancestry. When I went to a museum in Portsmouth some years ago I read that some spanish sailors from the armada were wrecked off Portsmouth (mind you, I've also heard the same about Cornwall) and some of the sailors stayed and lived in the area - hence many people from the Portsmouth area are dark. Wouldn't it be fun to find out that I had an armada sailor in my ancestry!
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Edit - correction - Just signed up - it's £170 for mitochondrial DNA (maternal line) and men can get both mtDNA and the Y c..."
I'd love to have this done too. I don't know anything about my ancestors beyond my grandparents. I would be interested to hear where I get my dark colouring from (well my hair is now grey under the dye, but it used to be dark and my eyes are dark). I know that the dark hair and eyes goes back at least as far as my grannie but I don't know beyond that. They were a Portsmouth family, so I wonder if a foreign sailor is somewhere in our ancestry. When I went to a museum in Portsmouth some years ago I read that some spanish sailors from the armada were wrecked off Portsmouth (mind you, I've also heard the same about Cornwall) and some of the sailors stayed and lived in the area - hence many people from the Portsmouth area are dark. Wouldn't it be fun to find out that I had an armada sailor in my ancestry!
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There's a ton of stuff online today to get you started - records stretching back almost 500 years (though the last 150 year are more complete).
Does anyone know if GR has a global discussion thread that can be set up for each book, so that everyone who has read it (or has it on their shelves) can see it? I see there is something akin to this at the bottom of each book page, but it goes into group forums which readers may not be members of or wish to join.ALSO: Opening Post updated :)
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