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  • #31
    Re: Shameless marketing

    Lurkah, is stirring up things since he can SEE now!! *L*

    Read all of Susie's stories when she first started her blog then she stopped. She had a list on tap but never got around to doing them. Always looked forward to more. Really good, entertaining reads.

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    • #32
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      Originally posted by GregLee View Post
      By the way, has anyone besides me bought Susie's story and/or put a review of it on Amazon?
      I bought the guineahen story today and plan to read it tomorrow, followed by my review. I hope Susie wanted honesty, because I'm going to give it a fair review, highlighting positives but pointing out negatives, if I should run into any.
      But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
      GrouchyTeacher.com

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      • #33
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        Okay, I just bought one of Susie’s stories. I hope to read it soon. One thing you lose when you self-publish is marketing and advertising, so the name of this thread is spot on--Shameless Marketing. You have to do it. So no shame, Susie--advertise it! Apparently, this thread has done its job.

        Publishing is going through a tremendous amount of change. With print on demand (POD), it’s becoming very easy and affordable to have a book published. I recently oversaw the publishing of a hard-cover book for our company. Quite an experience. And Hawaii Threads recently had an example of a self-published book being advertised here (remember that little episode?). And now we have e-books, which is taking it up several more notches.

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        • #34
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          Dear Gregory Lee and ST Grump....

          I have no idea who you really are (well, I suspect I know who Grump is because of his Amazon wishlist), but I would like to thank you both for leaving such lovely reviews on one of my Amazon Kindle ebook pages....How to Kill a Guineahen. It was so kind of you to take the time to each leave a thoughtful and kind review.

          Mahalo and Merci.
          http://thissmallfrenchtown.blogspot.com/
          http://thefrenchneighbor.blogspot.com/

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          • #35
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            Originally posted by SusieMisajon View Post
            Dear Gregory Lee and ....

            I have no idea who you really are ...
            I am me. De nada.
            Greg

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            • #36
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              My review hasn't yet posted to the story's page, but it is showing up in my profile.

              I like it, but I'm a tough grader. I hope that my review is seen as I meant it: mostly good but with a few flaws and worth the purchase price.
              But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
              GrouchyTeacher.com

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              • #37
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                Aw, Scrivener, that's beautiful! And so diplomatic at the end, too....will you marry me? Or at least consent to being my editor?

                Seriously. I just can't handle punctuation, among other things. Someone once said that reading my stories was like risking whiplash and then I tore out my hair trying to get rid of some of it and, well...
                Last edited by SusieMisajon; May 22, 2011, 08:41 PM.
                http://thissmallfrenchtown.blogspot.com/
                http://thefrenchneighbor.blogspot.com/

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                • #38
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                  Now I'm going to go and see just exactly what 'ellipses' are...
                  http://thissmallfrenchtown.blogspot.com/
                  http://thefrenchneighbor.blogspot.com/

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                  • #39
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                    Originally posted by SusieMisajon View Post
                    Now I'm going to go and see just exactly what 'ellipses' are...
                    Ah....I think I get it.....
                    http://thissmallfrenchtown.blogspot.com/
                    http://thefrenchneighbor.blogspot.com/

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                    • #40
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                      I'm glad. Have you noticed that you seldom see ellipses in anything that's in print form, except to indicate that words have been removed? As a device to indicate a pause or a trailing thought, it's something you see in three-dot columns and in informal writing all the time, but you'll almost never see it in formal published writing.
                      But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
                      GrouchyTeacher.com

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                      • #41
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                        Originally posted by scrivener View Post
                        I'm glad. Have you noticed that you seldom see ellipses in anything that's in print form, except to indicate that words have been removed? As a device to indicate a pause or a trailing thought, it's something you see in three-dot columns and in informal writing all the time, but you'll almost never see it in formal published writing.
                        I have noticed. But I haven't really found anything else that I'm happy with as a substitute.

                        Maybe an editor would be the best kind of 'substitute'. Have you noticed that you have a pm?
                        http://thissmallfrenchtown.blogspot.com/
                        http://thefrenchneighbor.blogspot.com/

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                        • #42
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                          Susie - part of the charm of your writing is its style. I would hate to see that change.
                          "Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."
                          – Sydney J. Harris

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                          • #43
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                            Originally posted by anapuni808 View Post
                            Susie - part of the charm of your writing is its style. I would hate to see that change.
                            Haha! Maybe he didn't mean that I talk too much, but that I just needed to comb my hair and straighten my tie a bit in order to be 'presentable'?
                            http://thissmallfrenchtown.blogspot.com/
                            http://thefrenchneighbor.blogspot.com/

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                            • #44
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                              Originally posted by anapuni808 View Post
                              Susie - part of the charm of your writing is its style. I would hate to see that change.
                              I believe I made it clear in my brief review that I also really like Susie's style and narrative voice. My mechanical issues revolve more around the standard use of the punctuation with which she marks that style. I'm sure you would agree that a sentence should end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point, rather than just a double space.
                              Last edited by scrivener; May 25, 2011, 07:32 AM.
                              But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
                              GrouchyTeacher.com

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                              • #45
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                                No, I don't agree. The story is more important to me than an exclamation point. But then, I don't use the most perfect grammar or punctuation myself so I don't waste time criticizing others lack thereof. I think a lot of Susie's "style" is the fact that it is NOT perfect and that she just lets the story flow.

                                wasn't there a very famous writer (e.e. cummins?) who didn't use much punctuation?
                                "Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."
                                – Sydney J. Harris

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