Thank you to all 1312 people who entered the giveaway at Goodreads! It's now over and the winners have been chosen by Goodreads.
Aaaand the winners are:
Margaret and Aravi, both from Canada, and Amy from the good ol' USA.
Congratulations!! Your books are on the way.
And thanks again to everyone who showed an interest and entered!
Showing posts with label contests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contests. Show all posts
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Book Giveaway is over, congratulations to the winners!
My book giveaway at Goodreads is over and the winners have been announced! Congratulations to the five winners:
Bitsy Anderson
Kendra Swallow
Fiona Clark
Dana Palmer
Gabbie Jonhson
They will each receive a copy of my book, Rose of Par Kluhnd: A Fairy Tale. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Bitsy Anderson
Kendra Swallow
Fiona Clark
Dana Palmer
Gabbie Jonhson
They will each receive a copy of my book, Rose of Par Kluhnd: A Fairy Tale. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
A couple of things...
ONE: There are only three more days left to enter my book giveaway at Goodreads - it ends March 31st. I'm excited to learn who the winners will be. I have the books right here, waiting to go out to their new owners.
TWO: I read a negative review for a self-published book today, and rejoiced. I've read samples of several self-published books which were not very good, and yet they had several reviews which rated them very highly. When I see that I wonder if it's all family and friends writing the reviews, or acquaintances who are too embarrassed to say what they may have really thought. When a one star review pops its head above the crowd of accolades, I do a fist pump and say, "Yes!"
Why? Well, the particular review that I'm alluding to here, mentioned poor writing, grammatical and syntax errors, and the overall poor flow of the story, among other things. And I would have to agree with the reviewer for the book in question. As a writer, I want to know about these things - preferably before my work goes out to the public. But if I've published trash, I also want to know that. I'll want to improve my writing, or take a good, introspective look to see if I should leave writing behind and allot my time to other things.
I have three self-published books out there and very little feedback. One of the things that is stressed by other writers, self-published or not, is that writers must keep writing. Self-published writers tell each other that continuing to write and publish is one of the things which must be done in order to pave the road to success. I haven't gotten much feedback on the work I have out there, and because of that, I haven't really written anything for a while. I don't want to be throwing muck out there, if that's what it is.
So I'm waiting for feedback. I'm not afraid of honest reviews, in fact I crave them. It's hard to improve when everyone is just smiling and patting your back and gushing. Hey, I've gushed over books before, but I honestly felt the love. You can see some of my gushes over on my other blog under Recommended Books. I don't do reviews, per se, I do book recommendations over there. I will do reviews on Goodreads, and I've occasionally given a bad review, but the books were exceptionally horrible. These weren't self-published books, but I think that if self-published authors hit that 'publish' button before their work is truly fit for public consumption, they should be ready to hear about it - and be grown-up enough to take the criticism and use it to improve their craft.
I hope I'm grown-up enough to hear the truth about my books.
TWO: I read a negative review for a self-published book today, and rejoiced. I've read samples of several self-published books which were not very good, and yet they had several reviews which rated them very highly. When I see that I wonder if it's all family and friends writing the reviews, or acquaintances who are too embarrassed to say what they may have really thought. When a one star review pops its head above the crowd of accolades, I do a fist pump and say, "Yes!"
Why? Well, the particular review that I'm alluding to here, mentioned poor writing, grammatical and syntax errors, and the overall poor flow of the story, among other things. And I would have to agree with the reviewer for the book in question. As a writer, I want to know about these things - preferably before my work goes out to the public. But if I've published trash, I also want to know that. I'll want to improve my writing, or take a good, introspective look to see if I should leave writing behind and allot my time to other things.
I have three self-published books out there and very little feedback. One of the things that is stressed by other writers, self-published or not, is that writers must keep writing. Self-published writers tell each other that continuing to write and publish is one of the things which must be done in order to pave the road to success. I haven't gotten much feedback on the work I have out there, and because of that, I haven't really written anything for a while. I don't want to be throwing muck out there, if that's what it is.
So I'm waiting for feedback. I'm not afraid of honest reviews, in fact I crave them. It's hard to improve when everyone is just smiling and patting your back and gushing. Hey, I've gushed over books before, but I honestly felt the love. You can see some of my gushes over on my other blog under Recommended Books. I don't do reviews, per se, I do book recommendations over there. I will do reviews on Goodreads, and I've occasionally given a bad review, but the books were exceptionally horrible. These weren't self-published books, but I think that if self-published authors hit that 'publish' button before their work is truly fit for public consumption, they should be ready to hear about it - and be grown-up enough to take the criticism and use it to improve their craft.
I hope I'm grown-up enough to hear the truth about my books.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Book Giveaway!
I'm giving away five copies of Rose of Par Kluhnd: A Fairy Tale at Goodreads!
The contest ends March 31st. Goodreads will randomly select the winners at that time, notify me, and then I'll send the books to the winners!
I'm celebrating the release of Rose of Par Kluhnd in print at Amazon.com, and drumming up notice for it in both its print and ebook forms.
Enter to win a copy!
The contest ends March 31st. Goodreads will randomly select the winners at that time, notify me, and then I'll send the books to the winners!
I'm celebrating the release of Rose of Par Kluhnd in print at Amazon.com, and drumming up notice for it in both its print and ebook forms.
Enter to win a copy!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Vote for my story!
The Gatekeepers Discovery Writing Awards
I've entered this contest! It's being hosted on Wattpad.com.It's a contest for Young Adult novels. I've entered Rose of Par Kluhnd: A Fairy Tale.
To see my entry and to vote for it, click here.
In the first round, currently running, the first 50 pages of the story are posted. The top 100 stories with the most votes move on to round two, where the next 50 pages are posted. If you make the round two cuts, your full story is posted and the judges pick the winner.
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