Shelly Davis's Blog: Shelly Loves Reading and Writing

Spent my entire day at a marching band competition yesterday. The kids were amazing, they worked so hard and did an amazing job. I love watching my kids do what they love to do.

Some things I've learned. No matter where we go and what we do, we are surrounded by drama. I mean, kids have drama, they're kids, they're supposed to. They're learning and trying to figure out their worlds, so drama follows. My problem is, their parents seem to have just as much drama. Adults walk around in a volunteer organization and boss others around. Some do more than others and tend to become bitter and resentful because of it. Some just do and keep doing because it's what needs done for the kids and they just do what needs done. And some do what they can when they can and try their damnedest to stay out of the drama as much as they possibly can. And some do absolutely nothing but either pretend to do everything or want every privilege for their kid with none of the work. Most of us know who we are, whether we relish the drama or just try to get by, deep down we know who we are and where we fall in the grand scheme. Of course, there are those people who are not longer part of the organization. their children have graduated and moved on to bigger and better things, college, military, etc., but they still try to be part of the drama. They try to extract information by saying things like, "so I hear there's some drama going on these days," and try to get unsuspecting people to give their opinions thus creating more drama. It's exhausting.

So what does this all mean? Nothing really. We're adults, but it seems when we get too many different personalities together, we tend to return to the high school stereotype of drama and cliques.

So that's my opinion of the day. Thanks for reading. Make sure you leave a comment, and following me on facebook and twitter.

So, I am the absolute worst blogger ever! Guess there's only one way to go then ... up, up, up. (Yeah right)

Anyway, I'm learning and trying out this whole blogging thing, along with making an effort to get better at the whole social media thing too. I'm learning how to work twitter to my advantage and am proud to say, I even have a few followers who aren't family and friends. haha

Facebook is another story. I go on there, promo my book, talk books in book groups and clubs, talk about other things too, but it seems that my news feed is pretty much nothing but political lately. I have an opinion, just like everyone else. (Not that I'm going to tell you. lol) But I miss the days of my news feed being dominated by books. People posting about books, their reviews, their promos, their parties, and more importantly, they were showing their love for reading. I miss being able to scroll through and finding books that looked interesting enough that I wanted to buy them and read them. I miss the comradery between authors trying to help each other. Of course it can still be found in some smaller, secret or private groups, but as a whole, politics dominates. And it's depressing.

Well, there's my comment for today. If you like, please consider following me of facebook and twitter, and I'd love it if you read my books and review.

Well, I read these posts from other authors saying that Amazon is taking down reviews posted by their followers. I get that they don't want fake reviews and all, but come on. First of all, they know who bought the book, they can see that. Second of all, it's okay for someone who dislikes the author to post a bogus poor review, but it isn't okay for a fan to post a good review? I just don't get it. And this is really happening. An author friend of mine recently had a few reviews disappear from her last book. Thankfully I didn't have my accounts connected, but it still poses the question, why do they think they need to police our reviews? And if they are doing this to indie authors and authors who are less known, are they doing this to the most popular authors? Have they removed reviews for everyone who follows Stephen King on Twitter just because they follow him? Are they removing reviews for everyone who follows Nora Roberts on Facebook? If they do, I imagine these authors would have a huge problem with what they are doing. The fact of the matter is, in 2015, we use social media to get our names out there. How else are we supposed to connect with readers?

Later-
Shelly

Hello all. Welcome to my first post. I've never done a blog post before, so allow me time for a learning curve.

So recently I decided I'd start talking about books. I wasn't sure how or why I wanted to do this, call it a creative outlet.

So here's what's going on in my world. I'm still writing the sequel for Victory Lane. These books are stand alones, but as with any series, it's always best to read them in order. I'm not sure about the title for this book yet, but hopefully a great name will come to be soon. This book is focusing on Jake and Mia, secondary characters from Victory Lane.

Books I've read recently--
First let me just say I loved the Lux Series by Jennifer L Armentrout, so recently I read Oblivion. Oblivion, the e-book, is the first three books from the hero's pov, Daemon. I loved it. There were many scenes that we've already read but from Daemon's pov, but there were also a lot of scenes we've never seen before. The fact is, these are books that I'd gladly read and reread, so I was totally thrilled to read this book.

Also, I'm in the middle of reading Corrupt by Penelope Douglas. These books are totally different, but I have lots of different genres that I love to read, so it's all good. So far, I'm loving Corrupt, but I'm finding it difficult to read when I'm trying to focus on finishing the first draft of my manuscript.

Well, if you haven't read Victory Lane yet, give it a try. VL is a story that is very near and dear to my heart.

Until next time!
Shelly