Shirley A. Martin's Blog
May 29, 2023
My lost Amazon reviews
Good day readers.
Last August, 2022 I did a final edit on Bloodline Gypsy, Jook and Gypsies Vol 1
My editor and I added a Rom dictionary and a table of contents. We changed the font size to large, and the paper color to cream for a more pleasant read on the eyes.. We also resized the printed version to match the size of the other two books currently published in the series.
At last, I held in my hands the beautiful book (inside and out) I always dreamed I would publish.
I was so happy with the final version.
It is a finalist in the Readers Favorite International Book Awards 2022. And in the top six books for the horror genre.
However, we had to unpublish the past version and republish the new version with KDP and the 107 reviews didn't transfer to the new current edition.
The ratings were split in half with only six of the written reviews currently available for potential buyers to view.
I have been requesting help for months from KDP customer service but, to no avail. It's a glitch in the cogs and gears of the Amazon machine.
Bloodline Gypsy would now have 136 Amazon review/ratings, with a 4 1/2 star overall rating. If interested readers would like to read the reviews we have added a link to the Amazon book page, or they can still be found on the unpublished version of Bloodline Gypsy still available to view in amazon books.
So sorry for the inconvenience.
Yours truly, Shirley A. Martin
Last August, 2022 I did a final edit on Bloodline Gypsy, Jook and Gypsies Vol 1
My editor and I added a Rom dictionary and a table of contents. We changed the font size to large, and the paper color to cream for a more pleasant read on the eyes.. We also resized the printed version to match the size of the other two books currently published in the series.
At last, I held in my hands the beautiful book (inside and out) I always dreamed I would publish.
I was so happy with the final version.
It is a finalist in the Readers Favorite International Book Awards 2022. And in the top six books for the horror genre.
However, we had to unpublish the past version and republish the new version with KDP and the 107 reviews didn't transfer to the new current edition.
The ratings were split in half with only six of the written reviews currently available for potential buyers to view.
I have been requesting help for months from KDP customer service but, to no avail. It's a glitch in the cogs and gears of the Amazon machine.
Bloodline Gypsy would now have 136 Amazon review/ratings, with a 4 1/2 star overall rating. If interested readers would like to read the reviews we have added a link to the Amazon book page, or they can still be found on the unpublished version of Bloodline Gypsy still available to view in amazon books.
So sorry for the inconvenience.
Yours truly, Shirley A. Martin
January 2, 2016
My Inspiration
Inspiration for the Jook and Gypsy Series
“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.”
–Jenny Willians, The Wolf Man, 1941
I think it was my infatuation with the very first horror movie I encountered when I was only five years old that inspired me to write a werewolf book series. My older brother let me get out of bed late one night to watch ‘The Wolf Man’ (1941) with him while he was babysitting, and a lifelong addiction to horror was ignited. I watched every scary movie I could from that moment on.
Later, as a young adult, I discovered the works of Stephen King. I couldn’t get enough, I burned through everything King wrote and later moved on to Dean Koontz and ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ by Anne Rice. I was insatiable, hungry to rediscover that rush I experienced when I first became acquainted with werewolves and mysterious gypsies, the misty moors and howling in the dark.
After reading so many books and rushing out to every movie that looked promising, I found I was still unsatisfied. Years later, while reading a popular vampire/werewolf series I realized I was never going to find the book I was looking for. I had to write it myself!
“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.”
–Jenny Willians, The Wolf Man, 1941
I think it was my infatuation with the very first horror movie I encountered when I was only five years old that inspired me to write a werewolf book series. My older brother let me get out of bed late one night to watch ‘The Wolf Man’ (1941) with him while he was babysitting, and a lifelong addiction to horror was ignited. I watched every scary movie I could from that moment on.
Later, as a young adult, I discovered the works of Stephen King. I couldn’t get enough, I burned through everything King wrote and later moved on to Dean Koontz and ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ by Anne Rice. I was insatiable, hungry to rediscover that rush I experienced when I first became acquainted with werewolves and mysterious gypsies, the misty moors and howling in the dark.
After reading so many books and rushing out to every movie that looked promising, I found I was still unsatisfied. Years later, while reading a popular vampire/werewolf series I realized I was never going to find the book I was looking for. I had to write it myself!
