Have you ever been on Amazon browsing reviews and then read a really good review and decided to buy the book that you are looking at because of the review? A well-crafted review can really tip the scales for me when I am looking to read a book.
As a writer for self-published Christian books, I took to writing reviews for every book that I read and loved and signed off the review with this tag line
With Love
Your full name
Author of (number) Christian books on Amazon
I have found in my time of writing books and speaking to people on Facebook that have read my books, that quite a number of people have found my books because of the reviews that I write.
You are a writer, and you have books to sell, and as a writer, you are probably a reader like me, and so what is stopping you from writing positive reviews. And putting a tagline like mine.
You can write a review for a book in Intimacy with God and sign off with a tag that says
With Love
Jan Johnson
Author of 6 Christian books on Amazon including 7 Tips to Intimacy with Jesus
Did you know that Amazon will allow you to do that? How great would it be to be one of the first people to write a comprehensive and positive review on Amazon for that book on Intimacy with God and have people upvote your review to such a point that you are the first or second review to be read on a popular author's page?
Now a few rules with reviews
I only write reviews for books that I enjoyed, and loved. The least number of stars I write a review for is 3 stars, but most often my reviews are 5 stars and sometimes 4 stars. I will only do a 3-star review when I have something negative to say about a book, yet I still want the people to read the book. However, there is something about the book that I feel readers need to be aware of.
I don't write two or one-star reviews, however, I am happy other people take the time to write extensive 1-star reviews because they often help me from buying a book that is going to let me down.
I also make a point of letting people know how the book made me feel. Many times, I will use a sentence to let people know that I am a writer like this sentence.
As a Christian writer, I appreciate the candor of this writer when he speaks about his indiscretions as I try to use the same candor in my books, and I love people who are transparent.
This line I have just used lets the reader know that the book is transparent and also that I am a transparent writer myself.
As a writer concentrate on blessing other writers, and your reviews will be fine.
Story of a girl who blossoms into a woman who can't get herself out of bullying, both from so-called sane people, invisible creatures like spider-monkey, and evil giants! Yes, this book is fantasy, adventure and thriller rolled into one.
With her sensitive power to face all her tormentors, she is slated to ace them out, and find the nirvana she richly deserves. To making impact, issues like environmental degradation, pollution, genocide, etc brought about by greed and ignorance are springboards to knowing the value system of characters in the novella.
I have been writing articles for over a decade now, and writing article is different from writing a short story, or novella, or novel.
In fact, the number of hours to spend and pages to bleed heart out, and lots of energy needed to write one could make one feeling drained from such; and, of course, oftentimes, the desire to go on dissipates along the way. Yes, unless the motivation is real enough to get one done and published, no matter what the circumstances.
Mine was a roller coaster ride, sort of, there were times I am highly motivated; other times, I am unmotivated to go on with my writing. Yes, when you are not in the mood to get ideas down on your lappie, you won't ever get productive. Better look for other things to do like gardening, say grape nook growing, going for a walk, having update with friends about what's new, hot or what, in your circle of influence, and so on. Then, go back to face the blank page; now, with more determination spilling over onto the page ideas about fictional characters, events, places or the like.
Contacted with acquisition editors for two publishing websites but, sad to say, had enrolled on Kindle which means the manuscript is already locked on their system, for three months. To disenrol from KDP Select program, had to inform them about it, then, if reason found to be valid enough, that's the time my manuscript will be allowed to be uploaded to other publishing websites around.
Lessons here: If you want to get your book distributed to other publishing websites don't ever enrol to KDP Select. Just upload on amazon.com sans exclusivity thingy attached to it.
Writing IMACUS: Secret Island took me months to finish and; finally, published on Kindle Unlimited for free, and live as an e-book on Amazon.com, for a reasonable price.
Well, won't spoil you more about the content of the e-book, so why not take a look on Kindle Unlimited if you have an app, or better yet, get a copy and download to your Kindle Reader.
He was looking at the entrance to the office from the cabin again and again, was looking for someone or maybe it was waiting for someone...
Pratap was his name, he was working on the post of manager, in that company,
And he was employed in the same company,
Sangeeta,,,
A beautiful girl, beautiful but beautiful!
Even though the color was beautiful, it was beautiful, it seemed as if a skilled and paralyzed sculptor himself had carved a statue of a beautiful marble with his own hands and made this beautiful idol from beauty.
He used to bend his head, came in the office, greeted everyone in his voice, mingled with applause and greeted everyone in his work and greeted everyone at the time of leaving his head bent.
Nobody has ever seen him talk in extravagant talks, and no one ever calls him too much, do not know why he is always lost in his own self.
Pratap had started wishing for him from the very beginning, but on seeing his simplicity and decency he could never say anything, he had fear in his mind that he would not refuse, Do not get it wrong.
All these things had passed in 7 months today, Pratap had already realized that it is his birthday today and Pratap had decided that there would be anything, but today he will have his heart full of his feelings in his handsome hands After that, if they want to throw them away and if you do not want them, just take them.
But today she came very late, Pratap did not know how many times she got up and saw it, she remembered..
Pratap's mind was not in the work today, he looked at the clock, never looked at him, after that he kept his underprivileged rose in his bag, which he had brought with his music beautiful For Sangeeta.
He touched the rose frequently and thought that he would ask for a lot from the time he came out in the evening, and after giving it the flowers on the same he would say the heart of his heart.
Pratap's situation was bad today, on the other hand, Sangeeta also looked somewhat troubled today, she repeatedly removes her phone from her purse, disconnecting her continuously coming phone and back in the purse Took!
Pratap seemed so strange to him repeatedly doing this, he was watching music so much late, he would disconnect the phone and repeat the phone again.
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