Introduction

[M.B.]

I was added a while ago but have been super busy (and away for a short vacation) so I figured I ought to speak up and introduce myself too! hahah

I'm an author,a budding photographer and an educator looking for a job. When I'm not pecking away at my keyboard or looking at the world up close through my lens, I've got my nose stuck in a book. Jersey girl, born and bred, I spend much of my time scouring the boardwalks for images to capture and conversations to overhear.

I write young adult novels in genres ranging from contemporary to paranormal to soft sci-fi to fantasy. I have self published one novel
Near Death

and will be publishing my second, a romantic comedy, sometime this month
Tears of a Clown

Thanks for inviting me to be a part of this group!

[[deleted user]]

Hi everyone!

I just joined and wanted to quickly introduce myself. I love to read and I’m also a published author that wrote a YA series. I read about 3 books a month. This group seemed cool and really interesting. I love discussing books and discovering new authors. :-D



Happy reading,

Sherry
Beautifully Broken

[Joanna]

Hi all, I'm a newbie to this Group.

I'm an English author writing (with my best friend) as The Lazuli Portals. Our first novel, The Cordello Quest, was published in January, and we're now working on the sequel, Mosaic of Light. We have a poll running until 5 August, allowing readers to choose one of our new characters' names. The winner will be acknowledged in Mosaic of Light. Entry is open to everyone. :-)

We also write short stories and flash fiction, and maintain a blog and newsletter (more on our website.)

We love hearing from readers and other authors, so please do stop by if you have a moment. :-)

Also, if you'd like to be friends, please just drop me a request as I'll be happy to add you.

--Joanna

[Jolena]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Jolena and I work with Less Than Three Press. I just wanted to take a minute to let you guys know about two great books that we've got coming out this month.

The first is Domestic Relations by K-lee Klein


The Second is Dear Rival by Robin White


Both of these are great books by incredible authors and I really hope you'll take a minute to check them out! ^_^

[Corey]

Please check out my latest illustrated children's book.

[Rustin]

Hi. I'm Rusting and I wanted to introduce myself toeveryone. I'm a recently self published author. I write anything from paranormal to sci ti to fantasy. Those are my favorites. I was born in Texas but I grew up in Japan and Korea. I am a professional graphic designer also so if anyone wants logos, business cards, illustrations or even book covers designed I'm your man. I have really affordable prices.

Well that's about it for now. Check out my novella Cat's Paw available for free today only.

[Luke]

Hello! I am Luke Benjamen Kuhns author of The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which is 7 short stories written in classic Doyle style. There murder, mystery and blackmail and more in this book!
Sherlock Holmes And The Case of the Crystal Blue Bottle this is my first Comic Book based on the great detective. It feature some of todays leading illustrators and its turing out to be a remarkable piece!

Fragile Words: A Collection of Verses and Short Stories This is an amazon exclusive. A group of short stories and verses that I have written. They blend fairy tales/theology/philosophy/ and more into a stream of unique pieces.

I hope that everyone has a chance to check out my works!

please feel free to come say hello at my page!

[Mammy]

Everyone! Hello!

Mammy Oaklee here. Author of the children's book, Mailbox Kitten.

I love to read and write. I am currently working on my next two books, ss well as promoting Mailbox Kitten, of course. Check out my page, join my friends and I hope to share a many'a smiles :)

[Karen]

Just joined! This sounds like a great group to talk about books.

I am both a reader and a writer. I read just about anything across the romance boards. I love romantic suspense, paranormal, historicals, contemporary, and Regencies. I tend to change up my genres with each book I read, so I might read RS one time, a vampire book the next, a warrior the next. Sadly, I don't get to read as much as I used to. Used to read a book a day, now it's more like one a week.

I'm also an author with a split personality. :) I write romantic suspense (Women hunted by killers...men who'd die to protect them) and contemporary (The lighter side of romance – Not a killer in sight…unless it’s killer heat!) novels. My debut romantic comedy, SATIN PLEASURES http://www.amazon.com/Satin-Pleasures..., released on Valentine's Day. I have a romantic comedy novelette, CATCH THAT SANTA!, coming out on Thanksgiving Day. I'm also working on the first of my romantic suspense Thorne's Thorns series, KILLING SECRETS.

I also have a blog at www.karendocter.com/blog where I highlight at least one author and his/her books every week. Busy writer and busy reader. Can't wait to meet you all!

Karen
www.karendocter.com

[Alice]

Another new member. I am a writer and bookkeeper and organic gardener. Odd combo, I know, but it pays the bills.

I write mystery, fantasy and possibly some scifi.

I also have a new business editing books called Book Nurse. For when you need a little help along the way. See my blog for more info on that. http://allthereisandtherestofit.blogs...

And my self-published mystery White Lies http://www.amazon.com/White-Lies-eboo...

[T.A.]

The Weakest LinkT.A. Lean
www.theweakestlink.me
Hi I'm Tracy,new author, although I've been writing poetry for many years this is my first novel (written 15 years ago), a thriller set in the UK.
I am a fitness instructor, ex club singer, ex magistrate who is in desperate need of a hip replacement....but that's life for you. Will use recovery time as an excuse to work on the sequel. I love reading most books but NOT romance or seedy porn.

[Cindy]

I am a new member in Bowie, Maryland. This is one of the four books that I have available on Amazon. Easy Guide to Your Facebook Business Page

[Krystal]

Hello All,

I am a new author hoping to gain some good feedback as well as insightful experience here on goodreads.

Please check out my website www.krystalmilton.weebly.com for information on my ebooks: Deception, Charge that to the game, and Field Advantage.

:) Enjoy your day and Holidays!
Krystal

[Wilfred]

Hello all I am Wilfre Schwartz, a new and struggling author, I just got my first ebook published thanks to amazon. Howard and the Ruby Slippers (a comical twist to the classic tale of Oz). If you like humor than you may want to take a peak at amazon.

[Cari]

Hi - I enjoy reading romance, self-discovery, sci-fi and many others.

[Notti]

Hi,

I'm Notti Thistledore, author of A Frightful Recipe and other forthcoming Chatswood Spooks stories. I'd love it if you'd check out my books on here. I'd love to receive some feedback from readers--particularly young readers--about my work. :)

Notti

[Rakesh]

Hi everyone,

I'm Rakesh Ranjan, the author of Requiem: Will the Dead Come Back for Love?. Take a look at my book and read the excerpt. I'm sure you'll like it:)

[Prudence]

Hi everyone, I am a new author and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Prudence Hayes and my book "When it Rains: The Umbrella Collection" was just released on amazon and is free today :)http://amzn.com/B00AZSCI48

[J.J.]

Hi everyone! Glad to be here. I want to introduce myself, I'm Jana J.J. McGraw. I just published, "Initial Kill" last month. It can be found at http://goo.gl/JoenV available in paperback and ebook. I also hope you will visit my FB page www.facebook.com/janaJ.J.Mcgraw

[Aditi]

Hi all. I am Aditi Chopra. I have written some non-fiction books and am now taking a leap into fiction writing particularly in the romance genre.
You can find me on http://www.aditichopra.com/

Thanks
Aditi

[Devon]

Hi everyone! I'm Devon Herrera. I absolutely LOVE to read first and foremost, and then discovered that I absolutely also loved to write! My debut Contemporary Romance Novel Sapphire Universe was released on Feb 02,2013. You can find me on http://www.facebook.com/Bookie.DHerrera and http://devonherrera.blogspot.com/

I love meeting other authors and readers, so feel free to say hi!Sapphire Universe

[Rayne]

Hi All!
Me, too, I'm new to this group, new to Goodreads, in fact. I self published my first women's fiction LIFE IS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. My second book is due out in May 2013.
I've had a long and interesting life, was born in Helsinki, Finland, but lived most of my life in Geneva, Switzerland. Now I'm permanent in Southwest Florida since the past five years and love it!
For more about my books, my life and my journey from a pyscotherapist to author, see my web site and blog and www.raynegolay.com

[Selena]

Hello everyone,

I'm Selena. Life is hard but good. Writing is hard, but fun, but love is easy when done. (Yes I just made that up).

I'm an author of "A River Moves Forward". You can learn more about me and the book by visiting my website on www.booksbyselena.com

[Selena]

How about we "like" each others Facebook pages and become friends on Twitter? my Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/booksbyselena

Like my page and I will like yours too!

[Rayne]

Selena, I just liked your page and left a comment. My FB page is www.facebook.com/Rayne.Golay
Can we be Friends on FB, too?

[Becca]

Hello! I'm Becca! I'm a brand new self published author

I wrote a tantalizing book called Swept It's Adult Romance. It can be found on Amazon http://bit.ly/sweptbook

[Rayne]

Good luck with the book, Becca.

Rayne

[Kimberly]

Spring is here! *SALE* on my recently released Young Adult Paranormal Romance, Raven.
Only .99 now thru April 1st

Get it ONLY on Amazon for .99!
http://www.amazon.com/Raven-Series-eb...

Connect with me here: www.facebook.com/RavenSeries and www.twitter.com/KimBrockman

Happy Reading!

[Patricia]

Hi. I am a new member with a newly published book. Thank you for offering this forum for shameless self-promotion! My new book is OATHTAKER! The first in a new fantasy series!

[Rayne]

Selena wrote: "How about we "like" each others Facebook pages and become friends on Twitter? my Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/booksbyselena

Like my page and I will like yours too!"

Hi Selena, I seem to have "liked"you already:)
Rayne

[Patricia]

Rayne wrote: "Selena wrote: "How about we "like" each others Facebook pages and become friends on Twitter? my Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/booksbyselena

Like my page and I will like yours too!"

Hi..."

I got you, Selena! Want to return the favor? www.facebook.com/PatriciaRedingAuthor. Thanx!

[Patricia]

Kimberly wrote: "Spring is here! *SALE* on my recently released Young Adult Paranormal Romance, Raven.
Only .99 now thru April 1st

Get it ONLY on Amazon for .99!
http://www.amazon.com..."

Hi Raven! I've liked your FB page. You want to return the favor? www.facebook.com/PatriciaRedingAuthor.

[Deb]

Hi! I'm Deb Hockenberry. I just signed the contract, with 4RV Publishing, for my first picture book Where Can We Have The Party? The tentative publishing date for my book is spring 2014.

I do have a question for everyone. When should I set up a Facebook author page? Should I do it now or should I wait until the book is published? I haven't even started going through the editing or illustrating process yet! Any advice on marketing and promoting is welcome!

[Rayne]

Hi Deb, as one who's been totally confused about book marketing, particularly an e-book as THE WOODEN CHAIR will be, I asked the person doing marketing at my publishers. He gave me some very good advise. Get a web site, Facebook and, he said, Goodreads is a must. The sooner you do it and the more active you are, the more presence and name recognition you achieve. I wouldn't wait, but do it now. I'm sure others will have more ideas.
Best of luck.
Rayne

[Deb]

Thanks, Rayne. My PB is going to come out in print and possiby ebook. I do have a website and blog. As you can see I'm here too. I haven't set my author's page up on FB yet since the book isn't published yet. I was wondering about joining LibraryThing and those other sites too. Do you think that'll help?

[Rayne]

Hi Deb,

Suggest you get an Author page, I think that's what it's called, on Goodreads. I don't have an author page on FB and don't intend to get one. On Goodreads, join several groups and be active. I like Linkedin where I'm connected to readers and writers. Am not familiar with LibraryThings.
Blogging is important. You could start a blog site, stream it to Facebook, post it on Goodeads. Also follow a few writers in the same genre as you are, just as long as they're not too big to tie their own shoe laces :)
Rayne

[Deb]

Hi Rayne,
Sorry that I didn't get back to you last night but I had to attend a teleconference. Anyway, you have some good suggestions! Does Goodreads have authorpages? Do you mean to create my authorpage on Goodreads now instead of when the book is published? I do have a blog and intend to utilize it. I have a website too and intend to put that to good use as well. I'm also being advised to join Reditt and Redroom to publicize this.
Deb :-)

[Rayne]

Good Morning Deb, Goodreads has an Author Dashboard. Am not sure you have to have a book out in order to build it. There is a help function which was useful when I went through this.
It's never too early in my opinion. It takes time to build name recognition and followers.
Best.
Rayne

[Deb]

How do you get to the author's dashboard? I'll have to look around some more!

[Rayne]

Hi Deb, this may have been answered already. I seem to remember that you have to download one of several of your books to Goodreads to establish a Dashboard. I kept struggling with this until I used the Help function and was told to upload first.
Hope this clarifies it. Seems you have to wait till your book is out.
Best

[Conrad]

I'm Conrad and I have recently joined the site. I have joined a few groups and have introduced myself several times. I hope I am not overdoing it.
I have a new epic fantasy ebook available and I am just starting the long and painful process of marketing and promotion.
www.dreamsofazenaria.com

I hope to get a lot out of the site.

Thanks

Conrad

[Rayne]

Hi Conrad, it's with this site as with most other places; you get what you put into it. I you post interesting and attention attracting blogs and comments you draw more people.

Good luck.
Rayne
www.raynegolay.com

[Rayne]

Deb, if you have a published book, you upload it. That starts your author dashboard. Without something published to show, you can't have a dashboard. I spent hours trying to figure it out until a kind soul helped me understand.
Best
Rayne

[Jill]

Hi everyone,

I'm an indie author of contemporary romance books. My third book in my Pride Series will be released in July 2013.

My books according to some readers:
Finding Pride (book one): Beautifully flawed characters, that I couldn't help but root for.
I MUST read the other books in the Pride series.
YOU GRABBED ME & PULLED ME IN!!!!

Discovering Pride (book two): Truly loving this series!
Soft, sexy romance without being overdone. Great relaxing read, except when she has you on the edge of your chair.
I enjoyed the soft, sexy story line with a great twist at the end! This book is worth reading-maybe even twice!

Returning Pride (book three) early readers:
Iian is my favorite of all the characters in this series. I am so happy to finally get his story!! I will edit my review when the book releases, so I don't spoil anything. Just be ready for Iian!!

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Also, check out my blog where I promote/interview/review other indie authors.

http://www.prideseries.com/blog.html

--Jill
Finding Pride & Discovering Pride & Returning Pride

[Sheena]

Hi everyone,

I'm Sheena and I'm a self-published author of romance and YA/NA novels. My debut novel, In Love With My Best Friend, was released this week on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-lo...

http://www.amazon.com/In-Love-With-Be...

[Philip]

Hello, everyone. My name is Philip Dodd. I am sixty one, live in Liverpool, England, have a degree in English literature from Newcastle University, and I have been writing songs, stories and poems since I was twelve. My first book, Angel War, was published on Tuesday, 23rd, April, 2013 by Fast Print Publishing. As it took me twenty six years to write, I felt I owed it to my story to get it published. It may interest those readers who like reading Bible based fiction, Christian fiction, angel fiction and fantasy fiction. I am very pleased to be a Goodreads Author with my own page for my book. It can also be found on the Fast Print Publishing online bookshop at www.fast-print.net and on Amazon and on the New Book Journal website at
http://newbookjournal.com/2013/05/ang.... Next year I hope to publish my light hearted science fiction story for older children and adults, called Klubbe The Turkle and the Golden Star Coracle.

[David]

Hello everyone,

My name is David Feeney and I recently published my thriller, Terror On The High Seas is out on Kindle. It will be free June 15th and 16th for Father's Day.

Blurb;
When two couples answer a distress call at sea, they get more than they bargained for. The call is a trap and their yacht is hijacked by terrorists. But the terrorists get more than they bargained for, because the men on this yacht are US Navy SEALs. Terror On The High Seas; Two SEALs, forty-seven terrorists, fifty-thousand bullets!



http://www.amazon.com/Terror-The-High...

Check out my trailer on my Goodreads page.

Thanks again,

David

[Victoria]

Hi David,
Your book sounds very interesting. Will you remind us closer to June 15 that it's free?
Thanks, Vicky

[Lisa]

Hi,
I am new here to this group anyway. I have written two books of poetry.
1 Godly Inspirations for the Troubled Soul
2 Inspirations from Heaven's Gate

My books can be found on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

I will be a having a book signing at Barnes and Noble on June 22, 2013 at 1-3 pm in the afternoon. Fairbanks, Alaska. Address is 421 Merhar Ave.

I have a personal blog where you may find all my links. www.lisa-womanofthenorth.blogspot.com

[[deleted user]]

Hi everyone!

I'm new to the group and fairly new to Goodreads so I hope I'm following protocol here.

My self-published debut novel, Preppy Little Liars, will be released in print via Amazon and their expanded distribution channels June 21st. The e-book will be released via Smashwords at the end of the month. This is the first book in a YA mystery series and I'll be working on book two next month for release in September.

Stop by my page and check it out if YA is your thing! I look forward to meeting everyone.