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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 18, 2020 15:50:34 GMT
"Someone who is not into lesbian vampire romances may not find much to like in Olga, Blood Slut of the Gestapo"Now there's a book I'd never buy! Lol 'Olga, Blood Slut of the Gestapo' actually might be good. Years ago I read a 'paranormal romance' featuring a demon [tricked by other demons into manifesting ala Shirley Temple of 'Good Ship Lollipop' appearance], a ghost cat [which died during the Blitz] that lived up to its name by piddling on the floor, and the obligatory vampires and such. The book was actually well-written and kept me laughing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 17:11:36 GMT
For instance, a few nice words from a respected clergyman or a clergyman associated with well-known church (oh, I dunno, something like someone from Notre-Dame Basilica, Snowdon or St. John's) could do no harm to What Would Jesus Do?Really...? Never even thought of that, Ron. Brilliant. Ok, I need to find a clergyman or woman. I sent Jesus in Town to skoob when it first came out. He said it was a good book. My sister and her friend were offended by it. Orthodox Christians are not open minded. At all.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 18, 2020 22:07:02 GMT
For instance, a few nice words from a respected clergyman or a clergyman associated with well-known church (oh, I dunno, something like someone from Notre-Dame Basilica, Snowdon or St. John's) could do no harm to What Would Jesus Do?Really...? Never even thought of that, Ron. Brilliant. Ok, I need to find a clergyman or woman. I sent Jesus in Town to skoob when it first came out. He said it was a good book. My sister and her friend were offended by it. Orthodox Christians are not open minded. At all. Maggie,
If you wish to see your sister and her friend offended, send them copies of "Mono-Earth: The War of the Egg", as it's guaranteed to offend anyone with a fairly narrow definition of what they consider 'human'.
Point is any book that challenges someone's basic definition of how things are supposed to be will cause offense, at first.
As for Ron's advice, you can always check to see if there is anyone at the Vatican who enjoys reading about different perspectives. I've know more than a few priests [Roman and Orthodox] who were very open-minded, they enjoyed reading about different viewpoints.
Sometimes a bit of controversy or people within a field of study can boost sales far more than expected.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 23:06:03 GMT
Really...? Never even thought of that, Ron. Brilliant. Ok, I need to find a clergyman or woman. I sent Jesus in Town to skoob when it first came out. He said it was a good book. My sister and her friend were offended by it. Orthodox Christians are not open minded. At all. Maggie,
If you wish to see your sister and her friend offended, send them copies of "Mono-Earth: The War of the Egg", as it's guaranteed to offend anyone with a fairly narrow definition of what they consider 'human'.
Point is any book that challenges someone's basic definition of how things are supposed to be will cause offense, at first.
As for Ron's advice, you can always check to see if there is anyone at the Vatican who enjoys reading about different perspectives. I've know more than a few priests [Roman and Orthodox] who were very open-minded, they enjoyed reading about different viewpoints.
Sometimes a bit of controversy or people within a field of study can boost sales far more than expected.
I think the book is special and promotes Christian themes. We'll see.
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Post by hulsey on Feb 19, 2020 8:39:19 GMT
Sorry, it's Kindle Unlimited and not Prime. For authors, you are required to have published with them.
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Post by ronmiller on Feb 19, 2020 14:57:32 GMT
Here is an example from Velda of the sort of focused blurbs I was mentioning. Some of these are from the novel and others from the comic books. The names of the people quoted are hardly household, but they are meaningful to the the book's potential audience, which is the idea... "Velda is the kind of detective I like!" Richard A. Prather "A pulp classic! If you like your action gritty, yet full of surprises, then you'll love Velda... " Rick Overton "Coooool!" Michael Wm Kaluta "Good stories and art that fits the period." Dean Davis I LOVED ISSUE #1!" Kevin Burton Smith "The Velda comic is spectacular. I felt like I was a kid again as it had that real flavor of the old detective comics I used to read." Bob Burns The late Richard Prather was the most successful detective writer of the 50s with the exception of Mickey Spillane. Kaluta was the artist behind the Shadow comic books. Rick Overton is an actor and comedian www.realrickoverton.com/Davis was the author of the "Secret Agent X-9" comics Smith is the editor of the Thrilling Detective Website Burns is a well-loved fan and collector bobburns.mycottage.com/Blurbs and/or forewords for other books have ranged from Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury to Arthur Schlesinger and Nicole Stott.
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Post by ronmiller on Feb 19, 2020 16:09:26 GMT
Maggie,
If you wish to see your sister and her friend offended, send them copies of "Mono-Earth: The War of the Egg", as it's guaranteed to offend anyone with a fairly narrow definition of what they consider 'human'.
Point is any book that challenges someone's basic definition of how things are supposed to be will cause offense, at first.
As for Ron's advice, you can always check to see if there is anyone at the Vatican who enjoys reading about different perspectives. I've know more than a few priests [Roman and Orthodox] who were very open-minded, they enjoyed reading about different viewpoints.
Sometimes a bit of controversy or people within a field of study can boost sales far more than expected.
I think the book is special and promotes Christian themes. We'll see. A blurb wouldn't necessarily have to be someone directly connected with the church or a church. In fact, there needn't even be any overt religious connection. It could be someone connected with, say, a youth or family organization, for instance.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 16:19:21 GMT
I think the book is special and promotes Christian themes. We'll see. A blurb wouldn't necessarily have to be someone directly connected with the church or a church. In fact, there needn't even be any overt religious connection. It could be someone connected with, say, a youth or family organization, for instance. You know what, Ron, all this conversation and thoughts back and forth have made me think the book is worth it. I'm going to give in some serious thought then take action. I think I may have been discouraged with the disappointing comments from my sibling. You can't find glory at home it says in the bible. So true.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 16:20:24 GMT
Here is an example from Velda of the sort of focused blurbs I was mentioning. Some of these are from the novel and others from the comic books. The names of the people quoted are hardly household, but they are meaningful to the the book's potential audience, which is the idea... "Velda is the kind of detective I like!" Richard A. Prather "A pulp classic! If you like your action gritty, yet full of surprises, then you'll love Velda... " Rick Overton "Coooool!" Michael Wm Kaluta "Good stories and art that fits the period." Dean Davis I LOVED ISSUE #1!" Kevin Burton Smith "The Velda comic is spectacular. I felt like I was a kid again as it had that real flavor of the old detective comics I used to read." Bob Burns The late Richard Prather was the most successful detective writer of the 50s with the exception of Mickey Spillane. Kaluta was the artist behind the Shadow comic books. Rick Overton is an actor and comedian www.realrickoverton.com/Davis was the author of the "Secret Agent X-9" comics Smith is the editor of the Thrilling Detective Website Burns is a well-loved fan and collector bobburns.mycottage.com/Blurbs and/or forewords for other books have ranged from Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury to Arthur Schlesinger and Nicole Stott. These are great blurbs. I could get a few like that. Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 16:22:06 GMT
Sorry, it's Kindle Unlimited and not Prime. For authors, you are required to have published with them. Too bad. I will repeat in case they are looking themselves up; If Amazon Prime offered a book promotion program for $7.99 a month I would join. Sell my books for me!!
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 19, 2020 17:30:16 GMT
A blurb wouldn't necessarily have to be someone directly connected with the church or a church. In fact, there needn't even be any overt religious connection. It could be someone connected with, say, a youth or family organization, for instance. You know what, Ron, all this conversation and thoughts back and forth have made me think the book is worth it. I'm going to give in some serious thought then take action. I think I may have been discouraged with the disappointing comments from my sibling. You can't find glory at home it says in the bible. So true. Getting perspectives unconnected to a particular church is a good idea.
You might also want to consider getting your sister to write offer up a blurb before seeing if say a professor in comparative world religion would offer up his / her comment. Betimes the juxtaposition of differing viewpoints offers potential readers more reason to read. I feel certain there are at least a few academics where you live who should find your book of interest.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 18:21:09 GMT
You know what, Ron, all this conversation and thoughts back and forth have made me think the book is worth it. I'm going to give in some serious thought then take action. I think I may have been discouraged with the disappointing comments from my sibling. You can't find glory at home it says in the bible. So true. Getting perspectives unconnected to a particular church is a good idea.
You might also want to consider getting your sister to write offer up a blurb before seeing if say a professor in comparative world religion would offer up his / her comment. Betimes the juxtaposition of differing viewpoints offers potential readers more reason to read. I feel certain there are at least a few academics where you live who should find your book of interest.
Cameron, good feedback and I believe saying it out loud will help me move on: My sister and her friend were horrified and disturbed by the book. They picked it apart and criticized it unobjectively. I regret sending it to her, unfortunately, though I adore my sister. In fact, she's the one who inspired the series. Her commentary and the fact that she analyzed my hard work and disliked it together with a stranger made me quit and not do the third in the series. The more I write about it the more upset I'm getting. So, I'm going to drop it for now, and think.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 19, 2020 22:17:41 GMT
Getting perspectives unconnected to a particular church is a good idea.
You might also want to consider getting your sister to write offer up a blurb before seeing if say a professor in comparative world religion would offer up his / her comment. Betimes the juxtaposition of differing viewpoints offers potential readers more reason to read. I feel certain there are at least a few academics where you live who should find your book of interest.
Cameron, good feedback and I believe saying it out loud will help me move on: My sister and her friend were horrified and disturbed by the book. They picked it apart and criticized it unobjectively. I regret sending it to her, unfortunately, though I adore my sister. In fact, she's the one who inspired the series. Her commentary and the fact that she analyzed my hard work and disliked it together with a stranger made me quit and not do the third in the series. The more I write about it the more upset I'm getting. So, I'm going to drop it for now, and think. Okay, you've got the negative blurb covered, so time to go for more positive ones.
As for your third in the series, if it were me I'd do it.
I didn't finish the story my mother crapped on [over twenty years ago], I wrote better ones. One thought though, is it possible there was more driving your sister's and her friend's 'criticism versus critique' than the subject matter?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2020 0:19:19 GMT
Cameron, good feedback and I believe saying it out loud will help me move on: My sister and her friend were horrified and disturbed by the book. They picked it apart and criticized it unobjectively. I regret sending it to her, unfortunately, though I adore my sister. In fact, she's the one who inspired the series. Her commentary and the fact that she analyzed my hard work and disliked it together with a stranger made me quit and not do the third in the series. The more I write about it the more upset I'm getting. So, I'm going to drop it for now, and think. Okay, you've got the negative blurb covered, so time to go for more positive ones.
As for your third in the series, if it were me I'd do it.
I didn't finish the story my mother crapped on [over twenty years ago], I wrote better ones. One thought though, is it possible there was more driving your sister's and her friend's 'criticism versus critique' than the subject matter?
It was the cool version of Jesus they didn't approve of. Almost sacrilegious. Not really because it was the boy imagining, but that's how they saw it. And my sister is really a very nice person, caring, kind, like a mother to me even though she's only two years older, so it truly was a pained but honest review. I like that you told me to do the third book. Thank you, I believe I will.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2020 0:19:58 GMT
Ohhhhhhh! I'm green!
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