Lynn’s Comments (group member since Apr 07, 2021)

Lynn’s comments from the Self-Published Only Club group.

I hope you're able to get some useful insights from this.

Ken wrote: "Why not just ask for the year and let it go at that. I don't see any reason to ask for a specific birth date, and you don't tell us why you need it."

The description for the group on the group's home page (https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...) tells exactly why it's needed. And it's not me that requires it, it's a Goodreads policy for groups that include mature/18+ material.

James wrote: "Greetings, Lynn.
I’ve seen your offer many times. And while tantalizing, submitting my birthdate is the only, but significant, obstacle to my membership. I couldn’t find the portion of settings t..."

It's a very specific place to put in that date and make it private and the directions are on the group's home page in the group description (you do need to click "...more" to see the whole thing), recreated here:

...click "Account settings" in the drop-down menu from your small photo near the top of the page. On the new page, click "edit my user profile" near the top right. On the Account Settings page, on the Profile tab, scroll down and fill in the Date of Birth fields. If you wish to keep your date private, set the Age & Birthday Privacy: field to "Age & Birthday to no one". Then click Save Profile Settings at the bottom.

If you're looking for more places with opportunities to get reviews of your books, another group for getting reviews, that might be of interest, is Read / Write / Review Club.

Read / Write / Review Club is a group for discovering indie/SP books to enjoy, reviewing and getting reviews for your indie/SP books, and sharing the writing process with other like-minded authors.

There are currently reviewing opportunities available in the form of four read/review chains of various themes. Come check it out!

-Lynn

My new book Songborne Gates, book 2 of my fantasy series The Deliberia Chronicles releases April 24. It's currently available for pre-order.

𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘚𝘩𝘺𝘷𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯… 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?

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I do recommend reading book 1 before diving into book 2.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘪 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘪—𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘎𝘺𝘢𝘴𝘪 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤.

Joanie wrote: "Reading Corner Support Goals for the New Year
Let’s begin with author shoutouts for Marcelle Valentine, S. Lynn Helton, and Gary Stringer..."

Aw, thank you Joanie! I'm enjoying reading the variety here.
-Lynn

Gary wrote: "I have completed my Reading Challenge for 2022 with by S. Lynn Helton
Please see my review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Thank you for the review, Gary!
-Lynn

Congratulations!
-Lynn

M.G. wrote: "My review of crystalborne sigils. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thank you for the review, M.G.!
-Lynn

Here's my review for The Night Orchid. Definitely an engaging read!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
-Lynn

Joanie wrote: "Great idea!"
Agreed! :)

Ellie wrote: "Here's my review for Crystalborne Sigils

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This was a good magical read! Great job to the..."

Thank you for the review!
-Lynn

Marcelle wrote: "

Here is my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And I just grabbed the second book"

Thank you for the review, Marcelle!
-Lynn

Marcelle wrote: "

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thank you for the review, Marcelle!
-Lynn

I'm from Colorado and PL Hayes is a software programmer and maker of chocolates who lives in Colorado. He's the self-published author of the Odd Jobs Mysteries, which are primarily set in Colorado.

Into the Fire
A Dollar Short
In For A Pound

Here's my review of Dead Editor File.
-Lynn

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

(I'd planned to post this several days ago, but I've been sick. ☹️
I'm finally feeling better now, though. 🙂)

What a wonderful idea!

I've edited my post above (message 8) to hopefully clarify what I was really trying to say.
-Lynn

**Well, I tried really hard... but I've already finished Dead Editor File... without more commenting here. It was a fast read, as I had suspected. 🙂

I don't have my full review put together yet, but will post the link when it's ready. I can say that I enjoyed the story, a nice little cozy mystery, but I found the frequent and sudden point-of-view jumps made for an uneven read.


**Edited to add: To clarify, I mean I tried really hard to comment as I read, but I didn't want to stop reading the book long enough to come here to post. :)

I've just gotten started with Dead Editor File.

I like how it jumps right in with the mystery, rather than giving a chapters-long lead-in like some cozy mysteries do. It seems like it'll be an easy read and probably a fast one, too.

-Lynn