Haaave Ya Met... discussion

Hello All and welcome to the group. Since I ook over the group I haven't had the opportunity to meet most of you so stop by and introduce yourselves

Hi Laurie. My name is Barbara and I have written two books. One is published, If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor, and the other will be published in Summer or Fall 2014. I also have several poems in two anthologies each of which has all the profits going to charity. I have a blog and an author page and I love to host authors on my blog. Since I write YA usually they are children's or YA writers and PG novels.

Welcome All thanks for the intros! I made a few changes here and there if there is anything you would like to see let me know.

Welcome Ginger, hope you enjoy the group.

Hi everyone. I'm Jennifer... small town library assistant... avid book reader and occasional reviewer.

Hi Everyone,
My name is Jay S. Levy. I am an author, social worker, and enjoy stargazing, as well as writing and reading books. My work and writing focuses on homelessness... telling people's stories, understanding their values and sense of meaning, while providing an innovative outreach counseling approach for helping vulnerable populations.

Thanks for running the group and inviting us to share!
:-) Jay

Welcome Jennifer and Jay! Hope you enjoy the group.

Hello, Friends

I am Chayil Champion. I am an author, life coach, and speaker. I look forward to meeting and networking with you all! Thank you for running this group, Laurie.

Hello everyone!- I'm Jennifer Fales, Southern California resident and eclectic fantasy author with a sometimes scifi edge. Happy to be here and look forward to getting to know fellow readers and writers.

Hello to everyone! My name is Deborah Isner. I am a voracious reader who reads virtually any fiction genre (occasional non-fiction as well. I am a book reviewer (although just getting back to that,) and a beta reader. I love to do beta reads, because I enjoy helping with everything from deciding if an outline is conceivable to plot enhancement. Even more, I love to edit - yes, line by line editing (my children call me the grammar police).

I have been away from Goodreads (and a few other related sites) for awhile but hope to become more involved soon. I am also working on setting up a review blog

(Please forgive the bad grammar above, the computer froze, the post submitted prior to me finishing and it will not let me edit!)

Hello everyone. Not much to say about me except that between work/school/mowing 2 acres I read constantly. My husband cannot believe how many books I go through in a week, he says I devour them. I have even gone to listening to audiobooks because of the commute time. I easily spend 2+ hours in my car on my regular commute and school nights are closer to 4 hours total. I always have a book on me, whether I am carrying my Nook around or an actual paper book, I never leave home without one.

Hello Everyone,
My name is Margot Justes, and I write romantic mysteries set internationally. My first vampire romance set in Chicago, was released in October. I also write travel articles and blogs.

I'm still learning how to navigate on Goodreads.

Hello, Goodreaders! My name is Erica Ellis, and I am a freelance book editor. And like most people on Goodreads, I love to read! I read all day for work, then read some more for pleasure after work. I enjoy a variety of genres including science fiction, literary fiction, non-fiction, dystopian, mysteries...I'm not picky.

I live in the frozen northland of Minnesota, but plan to move to Florida once the kids both go off to college in 2 years, 7 months, and 3 weeks. Not that I'm counting. :)

I am looking forward to getting to know all of you!

Hello LeGroupe! My name is V. I am a poet, and a thirty-something single mother. I have so many ambitions that it's sometimes paralyzing. I want to network and communicate more with authors and other like-minded writers in 2014. I want to dabble in joke-writing, play writing and maybe even directing... I love horror films, sci-fi books, poetry slams, stand-up comedy, sewing, knitting, teaching, learning, designing, reading, performing, laughing creating and caring! (I am so serious) I would love suggestions on how to market my book or rade spots with other authors featuring your work, and/or links on the top of my deviantart page!

Hi everyone! My name is Maria. I am an avid reader, and I am interested in becoming a Beta Reader. I read everything and anything and all genres. I look forward to getting to know everyone on here.

Hello literati!

My name is Gayle Nix-Jackson and my book, Orville Nix: The Missing JFK Assassination Film will be out soon. Please don't let the "JFK Assassination" part of the title scare you away, as the book is about my grandfather, Orville Nix, and the home movie he took of the assassination. It's not another conspiracy book, rather an insight into how the death of our 35th president not only changed the world, but my grandfather's life as well. Now, if you DO love everything JFK, this book doesn't solve the conspiracy, but it questions those who don't believe in one, to understand there WAS a conspiracy to hide the truth from the people. Wait, someone is pulling me down from my soapbox...oops, okay, off to mingle among the pages.

My name is Julia Legian (aka Loan Thi Nguyen). I was born in 1972, South Vietnam. Or was it 1971? Nobody really knows so I prefer to err on the young side. In the 80s my family fled Vietnam as “boat people” and immigrated to Australia.

I'm not a professional writer, just an ordinary person with an extraordinary story I'd like to share with the world.

I've recently publshed my memoir called The Ugly Daughter. Here's the link if you'd to check it out :)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I7S5PK2.

Have a wonderful day.

Julia

Greetings from Tennessee. I am an muse to a fantasy writer. I promote him and learn as much as I can about the art of publishing these book series. Your search has ended. Moonwarriors is the very best Vampire and werewolf series on the market. You may be interested in a writer friend of mine which is on facebook and he is very down to Earth kind of man. Send him a friend request to Rusty Nugent and you can like Author Rusty Nugent group. Take it easy and let me know if you like Rusty's book series. You get many transformations of heroic werewolves vs evil vampires, and many battles between the both of them. There is a lot of blood and guts. The books are Dark Fantasy with Horror and Romance elements. Thank you for your support. Lets become friends, send me a friend request.

Welcome everyone! Sorry for being absent lately but I hope you all enjoy the group.

Hello! I'm a book reader and writer. Enjoy groups such as these.

Well hello! I'm an author and avid reader- nice to be here.

Hi, junkie reader here! I devour books of pretty much any subject. I am always happy to leave reviews. I mostly review here on Goodreads and Amazon. I tend to download the freebies and feel obligated to leave comments for the privilege of perusing a work for free.
Unless asked to do otherwise, I tend to review books based on concept, pacing and continuity. I have a family that has many dyslexic members and so tend to overlook grammatical and spelling errors unless it is requested, or unless it is so prevalent that it throws me out of the story several times.
So I am all eyes for pretty much anything to read.

Hello Group,
I'm Tabitha. I'm a newbie Indie author looking to connect with other authors, bloggers, reviewers, etc. I'm thirty-two years old. I teach AP Lit. and Comp. as my day job. About a years ago, I took a deep breath and shared a novella that I had written with a fellow indie author and dear friend, who has been very successful in recent years with her own work and has become a full-time writer. She encouraged me to self-publish.

I'm not fame-and-fortune seeking (although I'm sure we can all agree it would be nice, ha ha). In truth, I strive to create meaningful "art" with my writing, and wish to share that with the reading community. Books and music have had a deep, soulful impact in my life. I am a more creative and conscientious person due to the stories that I've gathered over the years, both through my voracious reading and through the family and friends who have shared their stories with me.

Currently, I have two self-published novels. I am happy to send anyone a free copy of either in exchange for a review. Because I am writing under a pen name (my books aren't particularly scandalous, but as a school teacher..you know), creating a presence for myself has been a challenge.

Happy to be a group member!

Jett wrote: "Hi, junkie reader here! I devour books of pretty much any subject. I am always happy to leave reviews. I mostly review here on Goodreads and Amazon. I tend to download the freebies and feel obligat..."

Hey Jett. Nice to meet you. I'd be thrilled to send you a free ecopy of either of my novels if you are interested. The titles are "Requiem for the Fallen" and "Finding What Is" by Tabitha Vohn. Let me know if either of them interest you. Thanks for being willing to review books!!

Hi all! I am an avid reader, but I prefer book nerd :-) I am also a freelance editor working with both indie authors and traditionally published authors through a few different publishing companies.

Hey all! Thanks for the invite. I am an author and a reader looking to connect with others who love great stories. My latest title (co-written with my amazing writing partner)is "Death of Eden: Outlaw", a historical adventure/gritty romance set in Mississippi just before the Civil War. Other tidbits, I am a classically trained actress, an ex-stunt fighter and P.R. Copywriter. I live in New Orleans which is a magical life in itself. I am happy to review, be reviewed, chat books/writing/craft/marketing, and generally hang out with the gang!

Hello,


I am young author who was recommended to this group. Friendly editors supposedly?

I've held an infamous reputation with my personal book, due to it's poorly written structure despite the story potential that it carries.

"Hell development" may be the proper term, but regardless, I hope to find a way to make my story properly written...

Hello all, my name is Kristen Marquette and I am a Michigan author. My latest book, The Creaking Tree, just came out. It's kind of a fairy tale for adults. I have four other novels, Shakespeare's Sister and The Vampiric Housewife trilogy. I look forward to connecting with my fellow book lovers.

Hello! I'm Becca and I'm a UK book blogger over at my blog Lost in Thought: http://lostinthought-becca.blogspot.c...

I'm currently writing my first book a fantasy novel. I love to read fantasy, sci-fi and YA.

Hey y'all,
I'm Stephanie, nice to meet you.

I'm a bookworm, librarian, editor, and sporadic blogger. I've edited for lots of indie authors, a few of whom have even made to the NYT best seller lists. Not that I'm claiming credit for that. But hey, I did manage to protect them from the embarrassment of a misused homophone.

I'm Josh Mitchell - a writer and director from Hollywood.

My new novel "The Dude Who Did Dictionaries" is now available on Amazon via Kindle Direct as a KDP Selection - www.amazon.com/dp/B00M0DUI8Y

Frank Flutie is a lexicographer who has waged war on the "perils of adultolescence" by leaving a high-paying job as a copywriter for an advertising company called The Banker and taking a low-paying job in a bookstore instead, ostensibly so he can write the first ever all sexual dictionary.

The "war" (and his dictionary), however, aren't going particularly well and, under the stress of his "self-imposed exile" from affluence, Frank has become petty and fatalistic -- "a shit hoarder whose dictionary would be better utilized as a flyswatter, a doorstop, or a paperweight".

Always broke, but too proud to accept charity, he rarely sees his few friends and cannot get the virginal Marlene in bed because (or so he believes), "If you got no dough, no woman will love you."

On the mantle in Frank's shabby apartment is a sickly but unkillable pet sea lamprey -- a jawless fish he abhors as the banner of the sort of "clockwork universe" he is fleeing from in his downward spiral.

In the course of his misadventures, we become grindingly aware that his radical solution to the problem of the money-world is no solution at all -- that in his desperate reaction against a monstrous system, he has become something of a monster himself.

"The Dude Who Did Dictionaries" is a behemoth valentine to Boston and a gritty, sprawling, depiction of today's recession-inflicted state of affairs.

You can learn more about my other books on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/wickid_pissa

Watch my feature film "Helen Keller Had A Pit Bull" here - www.vimeo.com/ondemand/helenkellerhad...

h i my name is sherry zook i am a reader, reviewer. i would like to be a beta reader/ reviewer but i don't know how to get started.

Hi everyone! I am a book-lover, blogger, and aspiring editor. I write and copy-edit for a feminist geek blog called The Daily Geekettte (check it out: http://dailygeekette.wordpress.com/).
I'm currently a college senior, but I'm looking to go into the editing/publishing industry after I graduate.
I would love to hear from other editors who have advice about the industry!

Hi, my name is Maya. I'm an aspiring writer and avid reader. I'm currently working on a book that I hope to start the publishing process soon, and would love to meet other people in the business!

Hey all, I'm Bree. I am a mom, homeschooler, photographer, avid reader, book blogger, and would love to get into editing and/or beta reading. I'm interested in YA, contemporary, Historical Fiction. If it has a love story, or even just a really good story I'm usually in. I learned to be a professional photographer by accepting LOTS of constructive criticism and I'm pretty good at giving it. I'm excited to meet others in the industry.

Hey everyone! I'm Brittney. I'm a student and first time writer. I am a total book worm. I read all the time, and all kinds of fiction. I'm always looking for recommendation for my next read. I just finished my first YA novel and am working through editing now. If anyone knows beta readers that would be willing to look though my book please let me know! I'm so excited to get involved with the community.

hi Brittany I would love to look through your book and help you if I can

Sherry wrote: "hi Brittany I would love to look through your book and help you if I can"

Hi Sherry, I would really appreciate that! Would you be willing to read the first three chapters and give me some feedback. If you are interested after that I would love for you to read the rest.

Sherry wrote: "hi Brittany I would love to look through your book and help you if I can"

Hi Sherry, I would really appreciate that! Would you be willing to read the first three chapters and give me some feedback. If you are interested after that I would love for you to read the rest.

Hi, everyone!
I'm J.B., a student and an aspiring author. I'm currently trying to get my most recent book published, but I'm still in the querying process. I'm really excited to get more involved in the goodreads community!

Oh! And I have a blog, J.A.Y.A., which I've been using to document my (long) journey to trying to get one of my books published! I'd love for you guys to check it out sometime! :)
http://jbkantt.blogspot.com/

Yes I would

Britney I would like to read the first three chapters and give you feed back my email is [email protected]

Hi from me!
I am a self-published author of twelve books - nine for the M.G. age-group and three for grown-ups.

I also have work published in several anthologies which includes short stories, flash fiction and poetry.

I'm now going to trot over to the Promotions Thread where I can tell you a bit more...

I'm Kristin. I'm currently writing my first book and I've recently gotten into beta reading. I love new adult fiction. After reading so many books, I realized my love for a good story so, I decided I wanted to tell good stories and help other people tell a good story.

Hi! I'm here because I searched "what is a beta reader" (having never heard of one) and realized that beta reading just might be my purpose in life. ;) I've always wanted to be paid to read, and proofreading just doesn't quite do it for me. I got into the world of publishing through a side door: I started life as a typesetter (yeah, I'm that old) and through various jobs and technology changes, ended up working for many years in the textbook publishing industry, doing just about everything from page layout, some illustration and photo manipulation, to proofreading and copy editing--sort of a Jill of all trades. I'm a compulsive reader (cereal boxes and shampoo bottles, anyone?) and I have reviewed books for a regional association's book awards. I'd love to learn about beta reading and offer my services to anyone who might be interested.

Haaave ya met... Kasi?

Hi. I'm Kasi Blake, and I used to write sappy romance books for Harlequin. Now I write action-packed paranormal books for teens (and anyone else you wants a fun, clean book). How I Met Your Mother was one of my favorite shows... until they killed off the mom and had Ted chasing after Robin again. Lame! That's why I'm here. The title of the group caught my attention. It's legen-wait for it-dary. haha

Hello, everyone I'm Amy Youghn. I am a book fanatic and would love to be a betareader/proofreader if anyone is interested.

Oops, just realized I never introduced myself to this group... So, my name's Valerie but I usually go by Val. I just released my first novel, and right now I'm working on promoting it and editing the next one (which is turning out to be quite the task). Hi everyone!

Hi all, I'm Meredith and I'm a new beta reader. I'm reading a text book for a new friend of mine. I'd like to do more beta reading. I am typically a fan of fiction mostly, but will try out non-fiction if the topic strikes my fancy. I'm also a new fan of YA.