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shadowkatOn a whim, set up a free "Kindle" promotion of my book, from January 15-January 19th. Also reduced it to $2.99.
So, if you haven't read it yet, happen to own a kindle or have a kindle app (which are free by the way), and want to read it, now's your chance.
Go HERE.
Most people liked it. [Except for two really weird people on Good Reads, who got it from story cartel for free. (Note to self -- never ever promote your books on sites like story cartel which provide free PDF downloads of your book in exchange for reviews.) One - and I kid you not - is a male contemporary romance novelist specializing in environmental activist/native american romance novels.
The other, goes by cookiebatter, and I think was a former Bangle shipper who had issues with me on fanboards.]
I didn't publish it to make money off of it -- I just wanted to share it with as many people out there as possible. Some will hate it, some will like it, some will love it...if you hate it? Don't tell me, I really don't want to know.
Speaking of taste...I continue to find it fascinating how people's taste differs.
Mother: Why are you buying roasted almonds? If you buy that and leave it, we'll never eat it.
Me: You don't like almonds?
Mother: Your father and I both despise the taste of roasted almonds, we won't eat them.
Me: Just roasted almonds or almonds in general?
Mother:: Roasted, regular almonds if they are in something is okay and likable.
Me: How come I did not know this? You never said it before...I love almonds...
Mother: We never did. Didn't you notice how much almonds were left over?
Me: You should try bone broth it really helps.
Mother: It's disgusting. I can't stand the taste, neither of us can.
Me: Really? I love it. Maybe you are drinking the wrong kind? It tastes just like broth...
Me: You should try this cookie.
Co-worker (wary): does it have coconut in it?
Me: It's made with coconut flour -
Co-worker: I hate coconut, not trying it.
Me: You can't taste the coconut.
Co-worker: Don't like the texture or anything.
Me: but you won't be able to tell -
Co-worker : I'll be able to tell.
Social media friend: Quinoa tastes like paper
Me: Depends on how you fix it.
Other poster: mix it with olive oil or broth
Social media friend: so it's basically just like Tofu.
Mother's Choir Director: When is your daughter finishing her next book? I love her book. I love it so much I'm reading it again.
Me: Really? I can't even read it again. And I'm working on a new book -- but it's not the same, completely different genre...
Co-worker: I love that the two leads don't get together and this is a stand-a-lone. I don't need any more story.
Book club member: Is there another book coming? This totally screams for a sequel. And why didn't you put the two leads together?
Another book club member: No, I disagree. It works well this way, and I'm so glad she didn't go that direction.
Social media critic: It wraps up too neatly, the ending is completely unrealistic and happy. Totally wrong.
Co-worker: I love that it ends happy, I related to every character.
Woman from church: One of your characters has my middle name! Did you intend that? (eh no. I didn't know you when I wrote it.)
Russian Co-worker: couldn't get throw it at all, it's okay.
Polish co-worker: I love it. I bought two -- one to help my sister learn English.
ME: Eh, it has a lot of slang in it, not sure how helpful that would be.
Polish Co-worker: the more slang, the better.
Guy from Church: That was a quick read. Not much to it. Fun. But not deep.
Co-worker: This was amazing. You really convey the nitty gritty of NYC, and the idea of being lost in the midst of it all. There's so much here.
Social media friend: It's an interesting book, you sort of subvert the genre, and the dialogue is very noir almost makes fun of it.
Close Friend: Did you notice this error and this error...but other than that, I really liked it. But why the jump from here to here?
Former Best friend: Oh I love this, it's perfect, and it's hilarious in places.
Former friend who is editor and now a B list historical mystery novelist: Doesn't work at all. What frigging reality is this in anyhow? You should have started it with a murder! Not a suicide! This is totally offensive..
Former co-worker/publisher/director of contracts at Reed Elsevier: Love the writing, but the story doesn't work for me. Why do you have this whole section where they discuss looney tunes cartoons? You should just make it a straight mystery novel.
Co-worker who is into James Joyce: I can't get over how good your book is, it's so layered, there's so much going on. How did you come up with it?
Former boss: Who is you in the book? I found me in the book? And did you have an editor?
Reflexiologist: I adored this, it's hilarious and so visual, love the dialogue, the characters, you have a real gift.
Social media friends: It sounds like you -- and noir is your voice. It's amazing and indescrible.
Online Critic: I don't understand what the title means and how is this funny? I just don't get it at all.
Father: Not my genre.
Father's editor: Great book, more I think about the characters, more they play with my head, you really have something here.
Brother: So, I read your book and really liked it -
Father: Don't ask your brother what he thought.
Uncle who is a poet and Father's closest brother: I'm concerned about all the foul language and...it's too descriptive, I can't stand that much description. Some of it is gross.
Co-worker From NYC by way of Haiti: I love the descriptions, so vivid. I can really feel the streets of New York, it's like I'm there. And I've seen it. This is so real.
Male Contemporary Romance Novelist From Arizona: This is totally unbelievable. None of this is realistic at all.
Mother: I really like your book, the characters are so interesting, and there's so much going on. Quirky. You do quirky well. And my book club liked it.
Aunt (Father's Sister and former school nurse): Her book was a bit too graphic for me, too many bodily fluids.
Other Aunt: Not my genre, I only read non-fiction and romance novels.
Mother's Sister: I asked for it for Christmas and I loved it. It's really good. The characters are so vivid.
When you create art, any art really, expect people to react to it in an really odd variety of ways, often extreme ways, and not always positive. It does however make it hard to share art with folks sometimes or really anything we love.
I'm not sure exactly what if anything that says about us as a culture or species? That we are all incredibly opinionated and judgemental of things? (shrugs). I'm still trying to figure out why I like what I like and do what I do...
So, if you haven't read it yet, happen to own a kindle or have a kindle app (which are free by the way), and want to read it, now's your chance.
Go HERE.
Most people liked it. [Except for two really weird people on Good Reads, who got it from story cartel for free. (Note to self -- never ever promote your books on sites like story cartel which provide free PDF downloads of your book in exchange for reviews.) One - and I kid you not - is a male contemporary romance novelist specializing in environmental activist/native american romance novels.
The other, goes by cookiebatter, and I think was a former Bangle shipper who had issues with me on fanboards.]
I didn't publish it to make money off of it -- I just wanted to share it with as many people out there as possible. Some will hate it, some will like it, some will love it...if you hate it? Don't tell me, I really don't want to know.
Speaking of taste...I continue to find it fascinating how people's taste differs.
Mother: Why are you buying roasted almonds? If you buy that and leave it, we'll never eat it.
Me: You don't like almonds?
Mother: Your father and I both despise the taste of roasted almonds, we won't eat them.
Me: Just roasted almonds or almonds in general?
Mother:: Roasted, regular almonds if they are in something is okay and likable.
Me: How come I did not know this? You never said it before...I love almonds...
Mother: We never did. Didn't you notice how much almonds were left over?
Me: You should try bone broth it really helps.
Mother: It's disgusting. I can't stand the taste, neither of us can.
Me: Really? I love it. Maybe you are drinking the wrong kind? It tastes just like broth...
Me: You should try this cookie.
Co-worker (wary): does it have coconut in it?
Me: It's made with coconut flour -
Co-worker: I hate coconut, not trying it.
Me: You can't taste the coconut.
Co-worker: Don't like the texture or anything.
Me: but you won't be able to tell -
Co-worker : I'll be able to tell.
Social media friend: Quinoa tastes like paper
Me: Depends on how you fix it.
Other poster: mix it with olive oil or broth
Social media friend: so it's basically just like Tofu.
Mother's Choir Director: When is your daughter finishing her next book? I love her book. I love it so much I'm reading it again.
Me: Really? I can't even read it again. And I'm working on a new book -- but it's not the same, completely different genre...
Co-worker: I love that the two leads don't get together and this is a stand-a-lone. I don't need any more story.
Book club member: Is there another book coming? This totally screams for a sequel. And why didn't you put the two leads together?
Another book club member: No, I disagree. It works well this way, and I'm so glad she didn't go that direction.
Social media critic: It wraps up too neatly, the ending is completely unrealistic and happy. Totally wrong.
Co-worker: I love that it ends happy, I related to every character.
Woman from church: One of your characters has my middle name! Did you intend that? (eh no. I didn't know you when I wrote it.)
Russian Co-worker: couldn't get throw it at all, it's okay.
Polish co-worker: I love it. I bought two -- one to help my sister learn English.
ME: Eh, it has a lot of slang in it, not sure how helpful that would be.
Polish Co-worker: the more slang, the better.
Guy from Church: That was a quick read. Not much to it. Fun. But not deep.
Co-worker: This was amazing. You really convey the nitty gritty of NYC, and the idea of being lost in the midst of it all. There's so much here.
Social media friend: It's an interesting book, you sort of subvert the genre, and the dialogue is very noir almost makes fun of it.
Close Friend: Did you notice this error and this error...but other than that, I really liked it. But why the jump from here to here?
Former Best friend: Oh I love this, it's perfect, and it's hilarious in places.
Former friend who is editor and now a B list historical mystery novelist: Doesn't work at all. What frigging reality is this in anyhow? You should have started it with a murder! Not a suicide! This is totally offensive..
Former co-worker/publisher/director of contracts at Reed Elsevier: Love the writing, but the story doesn't work for me. Why do you have this whole section where they discuss looney tunes cartoons? You should just make it a straight mystery novel.
Co-worker who is into James Joyce: I can't get over how good your book is, it's so layered, there's so much going on. How did you come up with it?
Former boss: Who is you in the book? I found me in the book? And did you have an editor?
Reflexiologist: I adored this, it's hilarious and so visual, love the dialogue, the characters, you have a real gift.
Social media friends: It sounds like you -- and noir is your voice. It's amazing and indescrible.
Online Critic: I don't understand what the title means and how is this funny? I just don't get it at all.
Father: Not my genre.
Father's editor: Great book, more I think about the characters, more they play with my head, you really have something here.
Brother: So, I read your book and really liked it -
Father: Don't ask your brother what he thought.
Uncle who is a poet and Father's closest brother: I'm concerned about all the foul language and...it's too descriptive, I can't stand that much description. Some of it is gross.
Co-worker From NYC by way of Haiti: I love the descriptions, so vivid. I can really feel the streets of New York, it's like I'm there. And I've seen it. This is so real.
Male Contemporary Romance Novelist From Arizona: This is totally unbelievable. None of this is realistic at all.
Mother: I really like your book, the characters are so interesting, and there's so much going on. Quirky. You do quirky well. And my book club liked it.
Aunt (Father's Sister and former school nurse): Her book was a bit too graphic for me, too many bodily fluids.
Other Aunt: Not my genre, I only read non-fiction and romance novels.
Mother's Sister: I asked for it for Christmas and I loved it. It's really good. The characters are so vivid.
When you create art, any art really, expect people to react to it in an really odd variety of ways, often extreme ways, and not always positive. It does however make it hard to share art with folks sometimes or really anything we love.
I'm not sure exactly what if anything that says about us as a culture or species? That we are all incredibly opinionated and judgemental of things? (shrugs). I'm still trying to figure out why I like what I like and do what I do...
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Date: 2018-01-14 04:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-14 05:19 pm (UTC)They found it for free on a review site. (Do not make anything you write free for a limited time on a review site (weird people frequent those sites), really bad idea. I regretted doing it after I did it.) I'd announced it on Good Reads -- so they probably just stumbled upon it and remembered me from one of the boards.
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Date: 2018-01-14 11:57 pm (UTC)I did check out the link but it doesn't appear to be free? maybe only in the US?
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Date: 2018-01-15 02:19 pm (UTC)Doing Time on Planet Earth - free today through Friday on Amazon.com
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Date: 2018-01-15 02:24 pm (UTC)When I posted this on FB, my mother worried that I might get some pushback from the Aunts, but they didn't read. They appear to be otherwise occupied at the moment.