Goodreads Authors/Readers discussion

Dear Authors,

I started this group to help you post your books and find readers for your work. Because I enjoy aiding fellow writers, I created a different site that I think will give you another opportunity to display your novels.

I'm currently looking for a few volunteer authors to post on my site.

If interested, please reply to this post or send me a Goodreads email.

Thanks!

-Vince (Moderator/Group Founder)

Can aspiring authors who are e-publishing soon post a few chapters or does it need to be a complete book?

Completed books for display purposes. But I will contact you Sonia since uncompleted work can still be mentioned to visitors.

Vincent wrote: "Dear Authors,

I started this group to help you post your books and find readers for your work. Because I enjoy aiding fellow writers, I created a different site that I think will give you anothe..."

What is the agenda and/or qualifications for this new group? I've got something like 30 full-length books (haven't bothered to count recently) and some shorter works currently in print (all were originally published "traditionally").

Hi Stephen,

There are no qualifications other than to be an author (or at least have a book in the works). 30 is a lot so I'll have to see about that! Please send me an email and we'll talk.

-Vince

Hello Vince, My historical novel BETRAYAL has been recently published and I need all the help I can get to get the word out about it. Can you help me?

Hi Vince,

I'd be interested to learn more about this and what's involved. I am trying to promote my debut novel We, The Watched, which is available on eBook through Amazon and Smashwords.

Okay. I'm moving this down here because I've got to close the tap for a bit. lol. (As the group moderator, I know very few people check down here because two dozen of my poems/short stories are in this folder.)

Thanks Vincent,

Here's my latest romance/YA novel, "In His Love."

Okay. I'll open this again for the next three authors to reply.

My book, Right Now Is Perfect: A Romance, An Adventure, The Unexpected Thereafter is a memoir about sailing off into the sunset with a free spirit. We sail aboard a 36 foot boat through the South Pacific. But, there is more to the story! See the book trailer for a few minutes relaxing in the South Pacific and more about the book! www.RightNowIsPerfect.com/book

Thank you Vincent!

Thanks, Carol!

I can help two more authors...

Hi Vincent

Here is my novel profile on Goodreads:


And here is my book listed on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/AV-Erotica-Fran...

Just to avoid any misconceptions it is actually an urban fiction action novel. The title has a deeper meaning than it suggests.

Cheers
Francisco

Let me ask if you'd be interested in my new novel, "True Friends." Here's the link to its GR page:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

Yours,
Robert

Thanks Francisco and Robert, I will email you both shortly.

I'm open to helping out more authors. Just leave a post.

The first book in my series, A Place Beyond Man, was published in 1975-7 by Charles Scribner's Sons, Dell, and Millington London and by iUniverse in June 2011 as an Authors Guild Backinprint.com Edition, A Place Beyond Man-The Archives of Varok.
The problem with aliens in The Archives--they live too close, appear too attractive, make assumptions too weird, and are too nosy--telling humans that their way of doing business-as-usual is all wrong
THE WEBS OF VAROK is the second book in my completed five-book science fiction series, ready to publish. In 85,000 words, it tells the story of a quixotic microbiologist, her young daughter, and their alien family partners--a sassy, aquatic elll and an all-too-humanoid varok--who retreat from the ailing 21st Century Earth to the safety of the steady state society on nearby planet Varok. They hope to prove to Earth that the future can be secured in a no-growth environment. They are appalled to find Varok's economy disrupted by a ruthless traitor, a varokian beauty who also triggers a crisis of trust in the family. During a tangle of interspecies conflict and intrigue, an insult-loving insectoid helps the family build on their faith in each other so Tandra can outwit and expose the traitor. For more projects in the series and my new blog "How the Hen House Turns" see http://caryneeper.com

Cary Neeper

I have the first two in a series:




I'm always happy to accept help.

Hi Vincet...

I just released my book "A Calm Whisper: Art Unseen, stories Untold: which is a compilation of several short stories, poems and artworks created by people from all over the world.

So in short i represent my self and 22 other writers and artists. the book aims at giving budding and unsung artists and writers a platform to establish themselves.

More details can be obtained here - http://www.theyouthworld.com/a-calm-w...

I would love to be a part of your initiative. You can mail me anytime on - akshhat94@yahoo.in

Regards,
Akshat singhal

Hi Vincent,

My book Cardsharp is set in the art-smuggling underworld and is an adventure book with a historical slant.

It's now available from Lulu and on Kindle. Plus the first couple of chapters are download-able from my site.

The story is for young adults, but adults have enjoyed it too.

I'd love to be a part of your site, please tell me what you think.

Cardsharp: A Vincent Ward Adventure

Thanks for the opportunity,
POW

Good idea - thanks! I have a book on Amazon - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Memory/dp/...


Just uploaded Part II of 'On Finding His Feet' my short story - find more about Buster (the humanised dog), his flashy new friend and just what lurks in the shadows!

http://johndrhodesauthor.wordpress.com/

Mr Memory

Thanks to all the newest authors.

I can take even more, so feel free to leave a post.

-Vince

Vince,

I just published my novel, "A Soul to Steal" on Amazon. It's a paranormal thriller set in Leesburg, Va. that involves the Headless Horseman.

I'd love to participate with your new site. Here's a link to the book:

http://www.amazon.com/A-Soul-To-Steal...

Thanks,
Rob

Hi Vince, I'd love for my book to be displayed. It is on my website, www.Sandiperry.com and is registered on Goodreads as well.

Thanks for your encouragement-Sandi

Hi Vincent,

I'm definitely interested. My full-length historical Romance is called After Midnight, and is available for both the Kindle and Nook.

Sincerely,
Eryn Lockhart
http://erynlockhart.wordpress.com/

Vincent wrote: "Thanks to all the newest authors.

I can take even more, so feel free to leave a post.

-Vince"

Hello Vincent, thank you for this opportunity, I hope you can accept my historical novel, An Unbreakable Bond. Set in 1913 - 1932 it tells the story of two girls brought up in an orphanage. Their lives take different paths, but the bond between them helps them overcome adversity. It contains scenes of domestic violence, prostitution, murder, and the breaking of a child sex ring, but although I tell it as it is, there is also a deep thread of love and how it helps to conquer all.
Out in paper back and on kindle, to date it has received 3 5* reviews from America and 8 5* reviews from British readers. I hope you feel it is a book you can include on your site, my very best wishes and much love, Mary - here is a link
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0...?

Vincent,

I am interested in your proposal for my techo-thriller Perilous Panacea published by Savant Books and Publications.

Perilous Panacea describes how a computer wizard and an Iranian agent steal plutonium and uranium to make atomic bombs. To manufacture the bombs, an Iranian nuclear engineer is blackmailed and two American scientists are kidnapped. Chaos in Washington hinders FBI pursuit. All that stands between the world and nuclear catastrophe are the scientists, who must escape … escape or die.

More on the book at http://www.savantbooksandpublications.com/bookblog/perilous-times-perilous-panceas

Perilous PanaceaRonald Klueh

Hello, Vince
I'd love it if you could help spread the word about my debut novel, Mammon.
Regards
JB ThomasMammon

My recently published novelLove's Fateis romantic women's fiction and will be the first in a series. I would love any help I can get in promoting my work. Thank you for this opportunity!

Hello Vincent,

Not sure if the roster has been filled, but here 'tis:
Bending the Boyne: A novel of ancient Ireland.

Would be glad to contribute to your new site.
J S Dunn

Sorry if you're getting slammed with books. I've got one for you called Heavy Metal Thunder. It's a science fiction "choose your own adventure" epic on steroids. You read it as if you were the main character, a jetpack infantryman named Cromulus, and make choices whenever the narrative reaches a branch. If it sounds nerdy… it is. It takes place in an era when humans have pretty much given up on finding any meaning in life. When an imperialistic alien species attacks, humanity barely puts up any fight at all. The main character, however, is a "human fanatic" fighting in a last-ditch guerilla war against the invaders. He's not a superheroic badass, but he is determined and driven and more than a little unbalanced.

If you’re interested, you can check out the book here:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

And here's the coupon for a FREE copy, which is good until September 24: SZ52D

And you can check out the blog here:
http://heavymetalthunderseries.wordpr...

Amazon reviews are definitely appreciated! Here's the amazon page:
http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Metal-Thu...

It is a lot of books, but I enjoy trying to help authors.

More books are welcome on my site.

Hello Vincent,

I think all of us authors are looking for promotional help, thank you for your efforts!

My book is a true story based on my abused childhood at the hand of a pedophile. I recently challenged the B4U-Act group or any Doctor that believes pedophilia is an acceptable behavior; to read my recently published book and then look me in the eye and say that they really believe that society should embrace pedophilia!

I have had no response from them which does not surprise me at all given the content of my book.

If you or anyone else would like to read a disturbing firsthand look at the abuse of a pedophile, please use the coupon code I just created LE35S which drops my book price to $1.99 at check out. You can download it in many formats at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view.... I appreciate any feedback or support from you or any of the many authors or readers associated with this website.

Sincerely, Carol Fetter

Thank you for this opportunity Vince. Here is the link to my novel, Buried Pasts.


BURIED PASTS

The first three chapters can be downloaded for free from this page. Should you wish to read any further than that I'll gladly send you a pdf of the entire 127,000 words.

Below is the review that Buried Pasts was given by Publishers Weekly when a quarter-finalist in this year's Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.


A WWII bombing blitz over Berlin sets in motion the well-crafted plot of this sentimental thriller. Mike Stafford is a Canadian flying for England and leading a night bombing mission that ends with a crash landing and the unexpected death of his buddy. Siggi is a German woman whose mother dies during the bombings that same night. Eighteen years later, Siggi is unmarried and hardened by what happened to her, and family-man Stafford is heading back to England for a reunion of his old squadron. Fate brings Stafford and Siggi together to share their stories, but lurking behind the scenes is the emotionally disturbed son of Stafford’s dead friend out for revenge. Stafford blames himself for his friend’s death, but is there more to the story than he knows? Despite occasional lapses into melodrama, this page-turner blends suspense with a cast of characters who genuinely care for each other. It’s an engaging and satisfying novel for fans of adventure stories with a heart.


Best wishes
George Stratford

My name is Carol Cassada and I'm interested in your offer. I'd like to add my two books Westmore and Going Home Again.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

Hi, I'm DM Coffman, first-time novelist of "The Hainan Incident"--a spy thriller set in China. It was just released in July, 2011, published by Covenant Communications/Deseret Book Company. I would very much like to participate in your offer. The Hainan Incident is available in paperback, audio CDs (7 CD set), and eKindle. Following is the book cover and links (hopefully I've done them correctly; I'm new at this stuff!) Thanks again.

The Hainan Incident



http://www.amazon.com/Hainan-Incident...

Hey all.... I'm in need of help! I need some guest reviewers to help me with Paper Mustang reviews. I do have a few criteria for the reviews: 1) you have to read the book. 2) I don't want reviews that are regurgitated story lines...I want honest opinions on plot, story line, content, characters, descriptions, etc. 3) You read the book you commit to within 5 days.

That's it. If you are up to the challenge, the books are on the TBR page on my Paper Mustang (www.papermustang.com) site, pick one, I'll send u a free e-book and read away!! You don't even have to grab in order.

Hi and thanks! If you ever get this far down the list, I'd love your help to spread the word about my book, The Companion of Lady Holmeshire. I'll just twiddle my thumbs for a while. :)

Hi Vincent,

Saw your mail. My name is Ayoade Oluwasanmi and I have a book The African Prince. It's satire about African leaders and corruption.

Would love help with it.

Regards,

Ayoade Oluwasanmi
Vincent wrote: "Dear Authors,

I started this group to help you post your books and find readers for your work. Because I enjoy aiding fellow writers, I created a different site that I think will give you anothe..."

Hi Vincent,
I'm sure you are awash in requests by now, but I wanted to throw my hat into the ring for the future. I've posted about my book before, but here is some info again, in case you haven't seen it. Thanks.

http://www.theephemera.com

Jeff

Thanks, Jeffery.

I can still take a few more.

Hey Vincent,

Let me know what you want me to post, and I will do.

Thanks,

MG Wells

Hi MG,

I sent you a Goodreads email regarding the site. Please see that email to see the link.

Thanks!

-Vince

Vincent, I'm interested! I currently have a children's ebook out entitled In Memory of Dad which is available on Smashwords, Amazon and B&N. I also have a picture book coming out soon, probably within the next few months. Would love to learn more about your website and promotional opportunities!

Hi Vincent, I'd love to be involved, if you're still looking for authors. My first book, a memoir, is being published in February 2012 (I was sad to learn of a slight delay in its publication, as it was supposed to be published this fall). Please visit my blog for more details: www.the-reading-list.com

Hello Vincent,

It can never hurt to have my book in front of a few more sets of eyes. Please let me know if you're interested.

I also host indie authors on my blog (http://andyrane.blogspot.com) for six-question interviews. It's been very popular.

Regards,

Andy

This is such a great gesture. If you have any more space, please consider the new fantasy novel, The Cripple and the Staff to your list. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FM7W36.

Thanks,
M. Mancey

Sure thing. More authors are always welcome.

Vincent, my husband and I have 2 nonfiction, 3 Adult Romance, 1 YA adventure/suspense, one children's first in series historical adventure, one Adult Scifi and illustrated versions of two of the titles. I am giving you a link to our blog as the easiest way for you to see them all at once. Appreciate your consideration.
http://elkjerkyforthesoul.wordpress.com
Books are picture-linked down the RH side. Thanks again.

Vincent wrote: "Dear Authors,

I started this group to help you post your books and find readers for your work. Because I enjoy aiding fellow writers, I created a different site that I think will give you anothe..."