A PLACE TO SHARE AND/OR PROMOTE BOOKS - SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE

I take offense

This may be well out of line (if so, I apologize), but feel I must make the objection. I am a member of half-dozen such author sites; sites that I anticipated were to help authors to improve their craft by discussions with their peers, share ideas, knowledge, defeats, and successes.

However, recently I am being bombarded by promotions by marketing firms that are also members and taking advantage of the membership to push their wares, legitimate or suspect.

Personally, I do not believe they should be part of those who legitimately wish to pursue their craft without being perused by the equivalent of lawyer ambulance chasers

It's a free world and a free site, but these are my sentiments. Right or wrong..

WR.PARK

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Permalink Reply by Karina Kantas on March 28, 2009 at 6:02am: Yes a free site to promote yourself and your wares.

I receive a lot of spam from Ning members , but I just delete it if I'm not interested.

I don't have a problem getting emails from members advertising their new novel or such, as I send my own notification to members when I have something new to relate.

I'm hoping to find a diamond in the rough, some book I have to absolutely read. I've yet to find it but I don't have a problem with the search. lol

You are not right or wrong in your statement, Mr Park... freedom of speech and all that!

Oh and just in case you might be interested.....

My new urban thriller has just been released.
Lawless Justice is a vigilant thriller about a group of women that decide to take the law into their own hands.

Sexy dangerous women you would love to hate!
march 09 published by Legend Press.
You can find it on Amazon ect....

Thanks for reading.
Karina Kantas
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Permalink Reply by John R. Sullivan on March 28, 2009 at 1:20pm: I'm with you W.R. The problem is sorting out the sellers from the writers. Furthermore I find that most members of these "help" sites are so caught up with their own problems that they don't pay much attention to the concerns of others.

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I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.

Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?

A Christmas Tree Already

On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.

Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.

With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.

While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?

Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life

I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.

For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.

PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!

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One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.

Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.

I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.

What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?