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  • Welcome to the journey. Hope you have as much fun as I have the past 3 years (and as many sales.) I can tell you when you start to sell the first books to strangers, w...
  • So glad you all found this helpful.  Great idea about the Amazon review "how to" Celine.  After one of my writing colleagues did a review and referred to me as "betsy"...
  • LOL as to how many books we own and when are we going to find time to read them. It's a good point. In our family's physical library we have over 5000 books and maybe...
  • Andrea Miles commented on lara vapnyar's article Bad.
    Ugh! What a rotten review! My first book will be out in the fall and I'm already imagining all sorts of awful reviews. (I suppose I have self-esteen issues, lol.)  I d...
  • Lynn, I think reviewers like you who review for blogs need to make a decision about the economics of your reviews, definitely. I think the more prestigious the venue,...
  • I agree with Ellen Behrens. "I never know until I read it." What she goes on to say is most appropriate: if you read the journals, you find what they don't publish. Wr...
  • Aww... that's too bad Indie View limits participation. I do not review electronic books, in part because I am affiliated with a publisher. And still, I've managed to not only build a quite impressive library, but have bumped up encouraging exposure for a number of authors.
  • As an Indie author with a new book, I appreciate all the comments below. I've heard the same things from friends who have read my book: "But I'm not a writer, I don't...
  • Hi Patricia,You have described my dilemma. Reviews or the lack thereof. I have a few reviews. No one enjoys a bad review. And a low star rating is just as bad. I'm tal...
  • My senior year in high school I wrote a story about a kind man who carries Christ’s cross for a bit so Christ can have a break, sent it to a religious magazine and ear...