Happy & Brainy Group discussion

Hello Micha,

Welcome to the group. Good fortune on Permanent Passenger: My Life on a Cruise Ship.

Hello Micha,
I will recommend your book to a dear friend who goes on a cruise quite often. More power!

Hey sorry im not trying to be rude but you shouldnt jump from group to group and plug your book dont join a group unless you interested in that group have you no shame! Just trying to peddle you book!

Tim is close to my heart. He's one of the first members of the "To the Glory of Man" group; he's a jolly company, one of the few who very kindly posted.

I miss Tim.

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Micha said in the "Self-Publishing" topic: "... - it is not easy - I get treated badly and have a lot of rejection."

I can empathize. (see my experiences below)

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Tim & Micha, let's "shake hands"; let bygones be bygones.


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I was so happy on July 12, 2008 when I found Goodreads. Excitedly, I explored the site, then read the group descriptions.

One group description included: "bring your A game, the best you have" - I joined. I posted in the topic: "What Book have you read in the last five years has changed your life?" I answered: The Romantic Manifesto, and mentioned why - I wrote Reason Reigns (RR) after - I must have added that I just self-published RR.

The next post was by the moderator. He said two words, the second is a 4-letter word starting with f.

One other group I joined has a folder titled: "Promote Your Site/Stuff Here". I happily did, and got a hostile reception.

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An act of kindness could have significant impacts. I love this scene [also posted in Heaven on Earth] - Victor Hugo's Bishop Myriel in Les Misérables:

After years of imprisonment for stealing bread for his starving sister, the peasant Jean Valjean is released. Rejected by innkeepers who do not want to take in a convict, Valjean sleeps on the street. He finds Bishop Myriel who feeds and gives him a bed. In the night, Valjean steals the bishop’s silverware and runs. He is caught, but the bishop rescues him by claiming that the silver was a gift, and then gives him two precious candlesticks as well.

Alone, benevolent Bishop Myriel tells Valjean:

"Jean Valjean, my brother: you belong no longer to evil, but to good. It is your soul that I am buying for you. I withdraw it from dark thoughts and from the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God!"

Congratulations, Micha. I'm very happy for you.

Good fortune on Permanent Passenger: My Life on a Cruise Ship!