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I wasn't sure where to post this. If this is in the wrong place, would one of the mods move it for me?

So. With my new novel out in a few days, I thought it was time to fix my author page and on Amazon. What do you guys think of the profile? It used to be jokey and silly, but I tried going a bit more straightforward. Now I'm afraid it's dull.

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

I miss the silly. I like the silly. But I suppose if you want to focus on you being all writerly and stuff, then it's alright.

However, I should delete this post just to out-annoy you for that first sentence. :P

Zzzz ... Zzzz ...

Kidding! It does lack the funny and original that is present in the works of yours that I've read, but it is well written and damn impressive.

I hear where you're both coming from. My gut tells me that having an overly silly bio may be off putting to anyone who hasn't actually read my work, yet. It comes across as if I don't take this writerly thing seriously.

I don't. But, I want people to think I do. I'm dishonest that way.

Dwayne,
You wiseguy! Christina should have locked your thread or moved it somewhere you'd never find it! : P

In the words of Miss Addy Vice, who's opinion I highly respect..., What the hell is wrong with you?! Why did you remove the humor from your author profile?! You ARE a comedic author, aren't you? But if you're going to get all snooty on us, you'll have to change your photo to one without the KV doll. You don't want to do that, do you? Please, put the nutty stuff back. > (

Hugs... from a distance, Sue : D

Sue (Dog Mom) wrote: " You ARE a comedic author, aren't you...? Please, put the nutty stuff back... "

Sometimes. Not always.

Maybe I could sprinkle a few more nuts in...

Stealth nuts.


That totally didn't come out as intended.

Christina wrote: "Stealth nuts.

That totally didn't come out as intended."

*giggles*

Suuuure it didn't, Christina

@Mr Dwayne: Do you happen to have your old bio handy? I've love to see it!

This one (forgive me!!) totally lost me at the first line...

*gulps*

Sorry!!

Hugs,
Ann

Annie wrote: This one (forgive me!!) totally lost me at the first line..."

WHAAATTT???? The fact that I was born in Iowa AND in 1966 isn't gripping stuff?

I'm sorry, Dexter. Oh, wait. That's not your name? Crap.

Wait... wait... I think I got it... I love this idea...

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

Add the actual quote in the text for those of us with bad eyes and it could work.

Yep.

Sounds like you now, Mr Dwayne. I dig it!! But, yeah, I'd say either add the actual quote in text or buy Miss Christina some new glasses ^_~ And I dunno if this is rude or not but...

I believe *one day I shall be one.

If that's totally rude, please forgive my insolence...

*prepares to grovel*

Hugs,
Ann

Looks good! At the end it says "on day" instead of "one day", but maybe that is part of the funny!

:D

Dwayne wrote: "I wasn't sure where to post this. If this is in the wrong place, would one of the mods move it for me?

So. With my new novel out in a few days, I thought it was time to fix my author page and on A..."

I'm not seeing a profile for you on that link. It seems to be your author page, but I must be missing something...

But, it's not written in third person! I has to be written in third person!!

Oh, wait, you're thumbing your nose at the rules, aren't you? Well played.

Also, I agree, you should make the quote easier to read.

J. Daniel wrote: "I has to be written in third person!!"

You has broken your own rule!

Grrr. Not sure if I should blame posting from the phone or just blame you (can't be my fault). Ok, I decided, it's your fault, Christina. Don't try to deny it or I'll tell Mom.

J. Daniel wrote: "Grrr. Not sure if I should blame posting from the phone or just blame you (can't be my fault). Ok, I decided, it's your fault, Christina. Don't try to deny it or I'll tell Mom."

Mooooooooooooooom! Dan's trying to derail Dwayne's post by blaming me for typos!

Touché. Now, where did I put that delete posts sword?

Okay, so...

The quote is now in text for Christina and other blind folk.

"On day" changed to "one day". Good for you all! I purposely misspelled the word "one" to see if anyone would catch it. Really. I did. Really. Why don't you believe me?

Christina and Dan... TIME OUT! BOTH OF YOU! Into the corner in the clubhouse. Now!

Dwayne is Mom? I had no idea.

I like the new profile. It works. I'm still partial to the old silly, but this one sums up Dwayne Fry in few words.

I guess I always thought Dwayne was the Mod Dad...

My two cents worth: I like the picture of you and Mark Twain best.

I'd love to get feedback on this blurb for new book I'm working on. Young, raven-haired, impulsive Luce, an independent American woman, a feminist even, meets Roger one snowy night at an upstate NY grad school party. “You must be French,” she declares. (He proves it to her later.) Mesmerized, she can’t wait to cry mush and jump into his arms to be whisked away for adventures in faraway Mexico and France. Having studied French since ninth grade, she asks for nothing more than to push back his long black hair, dust off his beret, snuggle up to his ratty black sweater, and settle in for the ride.
A couple of years later, living in Paris with a tight-fisted husband and a colicky baby in tow, she’s increasingly on edge and unhappy. In The City of Light? Will she shrink down against the bedroom wall and clasp her knees to her chest and dream of the days she had independence, purpose, friends? Will she go on the hunt for playground buddies, an English language women’s writing group, a part-time job financed by the CIA? A lover? Has her romance with Roger run its course?
Just when she’s getting semi-comfortable in Paris, Roger announces he’s accepted a job in Hawaii working on a huge telescope project there. A great career opportunity. Now what?

Janet wrote: "I'd love to get feedback on this blurb for new book I'm working on. Young, raven-haired, impulsive Luce, an independent American woman..."

You might get more feedback if you start your own thread.

My gut reaction on your blurb is that it's a bit wordy. "Young, raven-haired, impulsive Luce, an independent American woman, a feminist even, meets Roger one snowy night at an upstate NY grad school party", for example, is a run on sentence. It might read smoother like this: "Young, impulsive Luce meets Roger one night at a grad school party."

It tends to jump around a bit, making it hard to follow what your main story really is. At first it seems like a romance, then it feels like a story of a woman trying to keep sane in France, then she's headed off to Hawaii... there's a lack of focus in the blurb. Center it on your main story and go from there.