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Yeah, and sometimes Amazon reviewers can be really mean. Maybe even worse than the pros.
Hell, I don't mind being compared to someone good--a bestselling author, preferably, but I'm not picky.
I agree about reader reviews. After all, they're our "clients" (so to speak). In that sense, a good reader review is like a client endorsement (and those work). And a reader who takes the time and trouble to provide such an endorsement does speak ...
Sunny's latest book is really great! I just reviewed it: http://thebookgrrl.blogspot.com/2009/09/where-angels-fear-takes-you-for-walk-on.html
One way I stumbled across to find book clubs is to search on the terms 'book clubs' on http://www.meetup.com/. You can limit your search by zip code, so you find the ones in your area. And to narrow the results, you could always add the term 'myst...
This isn't my book, but it's a short story called "The Right to Remain Silent." It's in the latest issue of The Back Alley at http://backalleywebzine.com/.
Rick Helms, the editor, said it reminded him of LA REQUIEM if it took place in a law offic...
Cool!
Hey, Benjamin. I'll send you a copy of mine, if you want to take a chance on me. I think you might be pleasantly surprised. All I ask in return is that you post a review online somewhere (e.g., Amazon, GoodReads, Facebook, a blog, or an email list...
I think the general reading public could care less about how the book was published than what's between the covers (and it helps if they're good-looking covers :)).
I have heard some readers say, if you can't impress an agent or editor enough to ...
Sounds like one I'll probably skip.
Yes, people confuse self-publishing with POD all the time. Simply because self-published authors quite logically use POD, because it makes financial sense.
My former publisher was a small press that used POD, but as you say, the big houses use it...
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- Hometown:
- Queens NY
- About Me:
- I'm a hardboiled mystery author and reader, with one novel, IDENTITY CRISIS, featuring Stephanie Ann "Sam" McRae, a female lawyer/sleuth, and a short story in the CHESAPEAKE CRIMES I anthology. I'm currently seeking an agent/publisher for the sequel to IDENTITY CRISIS and have lots more ideas for more books in that series.
I'm currently working on a stand-alone crime novel that doesn't seem to fall neatly into any particular subgenre category. I'll just call it a crime novel and leave it at that.
- I Am A:
- Reader, Writer
- Website:
- http://www.debbimack.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Authors: Walter Mosley, Sue Grafton, Robert Parker, Reed Farrell Coleman, Carl Hiaasen, Mercedes Lambert, Ross Macdonald
Books: anything by the listed authors, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, The Road and No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- Movies: The Departed, LA Confidential, Chinatown, Memento, Pulp Fiction, North by Northwest, Shadow of a Doubt, Frantic, In a Lonely Place, Out of the Past, Double Indemnity, Mystery Train, The Cheap Detective, The Big Sleep (with Bogart), La Femme Nikita, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Big Lebowski, almost anything by the Coen Brothers or Woody Allen, The Searchers, Fort Apache . . . I'd better quit here
TV Shows: The Shield, The Wire, Rescue Me, Damages, Weeds, Californication, Saving Grace, The Closer
Comment Wall (35 comments)
- At 3:18pm on August 30, 2009,
Benjamin Sobieck said…
- Add me as a friend and I'll PM you my address if that offer is still good.
- At 9:17pm on July 24, 2009,
Preetham Grandhi said… - Hi Debbi, I want to introduce you to my debut novel "A Circle of souls" which is a murder, mystery, psychological thriller and a tale of justice and hope. Do visit www.acircleofsouls.com to read more about the book. Make sure you sign up to win an autographed copy of the book. You can also read more reviews by clicking on the More Reviews button at the website. Thanks for your time in advance.
Best regards
Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
- At 12:35pm on July 19, 2009,
JackBludis said…
- Looks like Monterey to me.
- At 4:51pm on February 10, 2009,
Donna Moore said…
- Hi Debbi - thanks for the invite and thank you so much for your lovely comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Makes me happy to hear :o)
- At 10:59pm on February 2, 2009,
Dan Coleman said… - Hope you enjoy it. Please don't hesitate to offer your honest opinion, good or bad. That's why it's out there, for testing the waters.
- At 10:02am on February 2, 2009,
Dan Coleman said…
- Thanks. Will do.
- At 7:06am on February 2, 2009,
Dan Coleman said…
- Hi, Debbi,
Is your book available at Amazon?
Have a free read of my novel on my page here, if you'd like.
- At 4:08pm on February 1, 2009,
Lisa said… - cheers debbi, i'll have to take a look at his stuff. i hear he's really good. we just had 3 days over 40 degrees, so some of that cold would be nice as long as there was rain involved with it!
- At 9:23am on August 19, 2008,
Debbi Mack said…
- I couldn't agree more. I still have my first "practice novel." Haven't gotten it published yet, but maybe someday. . .
- At 8:23am on August 19, 2008,
David L. Hoof said… - Know where you are now, that is, what you have and don't. Act accordingly. When I first got into this business, a best-selling friend of our family advised, "Save everything you write. You never can tell." Now I'm advising you to do the same. If you save stories, eventually you'll have enough for a collection. And never lose heart. Fourteen years after it was first written, and deemed inadequate for submission, a novel of mine was picked up for production as a film. This wasn't planned. I wasn't chasing anything. It just happened that someone with a need chatted with someone who knew me and voila.
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