tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post4289680141239140904..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: This blog post: a blog postJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-4501565099682975862018-11-20T09:29:33.879-05:002018-11-20T09:29:33.879-05:00I had to laugh. I had to laugh. Sarah Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981800748918091310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-24261464011856866812017-11-01T21:36:19.548-04:002017-11-01T21:36:19.548-04:00I guess I need to add, ": An Almost Historica...I guess I need to add, ": An Almost Historical Fantasy Fiction Novel" to my Dragon Lord Chronicle titles. Now you tell me.<br /><br />roadkills-r-ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029861300358380117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62155343371103713522017-11-01T11:47:53.858-04:002017-11-01T11:47:53.858-04:00This topic reminds me of another, completely diffe...This topic reminds me of another, completely different (yet similar) irritating trend I've seen coming from [what I believe to be] the self-publishing market.<br /><br />Have any of you seen these marketing tags added to the titles of thrillers and suspense novels on Amazon?<br /><br />"The Secret Mother: A gripping psychological thriller that will have you hooked"<br />"The Lost Child: A gripping detective thriller with a heart-stopping twist"<br />"Dark Houses: A gripping detective thriller full of suspense"<br />"Only Time Will Tell: A gripping serial killer thriller"<br />"Zoe: A mother's gripping story of her daughter's fight for life!"<br /><br />Just search the word "gripping" in Amazon's Kindle store. It returned 2,467 titles.<br /><br />I would guess this is some kind of marketing ploy. A tricky attempt to interject keywords into the book's title as a way of gaming Amazon's algorithms, but it seems amateurish to me. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15876822909177092295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-50651175820556827772017-11-01T07:06:30.456-04:002017-11-01T07:06:30.456-04:00Hi bbluemarble, welcome to the pool =)
Glad to se...Hi <b>bbluemarble</b>, welcome to the pool =)<br /><br />Glad to see our NY Reiders (including Janet) & family members are all okay. <br /><br />And I think Fruity Pebbles should be marked "a cereal" for those of us who have never heard of it before =)AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-35499497020885716462017-10-31T22:01:37.680-04:002017-10-31T22:01:37.680-04:00Hey, bbluemarble! I guess your question has been a...Hey, <b>bbluemarble</b>! I guess your question has been answered, so I just wanted to say hi, and welcome out of lurkdome! :DColin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-28856588485314128152017-10-31T21:24:05.786-04:002017-10-31T21:24:05.786-04:0010,000 words isn't a novel. It's a long sh...10,000 words isn't a novel. It's a long short story or a novella.<br /><br />Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-68903302753727894042017-10-31T20:47:12.978-04:002017-10-31T20:47:12.978-04:00Bbluemarble, welcome! I don't know what people...Bbluemarble, welcome! I don't know what people are thinking, but 10k words is not a novel. If I'm wrong about that, I've written *way more* novels than I thought!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581361783795436259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-16108283527532563732017-10-31T20:39:00.512-04:002017-10-31T20:39:00.512-04:00You wouldn’t think ‘War of the World’s’ needed to ...You wouldn’t think ‘War of the World’s’ needed to announce itself as a fiction but the 1938 radio play sure caught a lot of people unawares...<br /><br />‘Perhaps as many as a million radio listeners believed that a real Martian invasion was underway. Panic broke out across the country. In New Jersey, terrified civilians jammed highways seeking to escape the alien marauders. People begged electric companies to turn off the power so that the Martians wouldn’t see their lights. One woman ran into an Indianapolis church where evening services were being held and yelled, “New York has been destroyed! It’s the end of the world! Go home and prepare to die!”’<br />MA Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11055543285024785889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-50710206933384875222017-10-31T20:29:50.978-04:002017-10-31T20:29:50.978-04:00(Hello. I've been a lurker around here for yea...(Hello. I've been a lurker around here for years, but this is my first comment.)<br /><br />What do you think about the books (mostly ebooks, but always self-pubbed) on Amazon that are listed or subtitled as novels but clock in at well under 10,000 words? It seems like either the authors are either misrepresenting their work or they lack a fundamental understanding of industry norms, but I could be misunderstanding their purpose. If there's something else behind it, I'd love to know what that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-67521856601471045922017-10-31T19:43:06.195-04:002017-10-31T19:43:06.195-04:00So Very Far from Famous is a great title.So Very Far from Famous is a great title.CynthiaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175917641033760408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-91336682534769013292017-10-31T17:55:45.670-04:002017-10-31T17:55:45.670-04:00And I'm packing my suitcase and reconciling my...And I'm packing my suitcase and reconciling myself to a kale diet: I'm with OP on this one. I understand all of Janet's points, but I share OP's aversion to titles with A Novel in them.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165072684559960801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-58301745140546468362017-10-31T17:24:28.032-04:002017-10-31T17:24:28.032-04:00Theresa: Excellent point, and my apologies for tha...<b>Theresa</b>: Excellent point, and my apologies for that oversight. I have corrected it. You have your very own section! :)<br /><br /><b>Peter</b>: You are very welcome. :D<br /><br />Anyone else need me to make corrections, changes, additions to the list?<br /><br /><b>nightsmusic</b>: Thanks for the update. I was also concerned in the event other Reiders or loved-ones-of-Reiders were involved. If I recall correctly, New Leaf and many other agencies are in Midtown Manhattan, so they should all be okay... ? I'm glad your daughter is okay, <b>EM</b>. I hope she and her friends make it home swiftly and safely.<br />Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-72929341878921903572017-10-31T17:08:37.261-04:002017-10-31T17:08:37.261-04:00Nightsmusic Thanks. My kid is ok. She thinks gett...<b> Nightsmusic </b> Thanks. My kid is ok. She thinks getting home to Brooklyn might be a bit of hassle. But she is with friends so I think she will manage. <br /><br />Sorry, Janet- came home to see this on news and I knew the kid was working in lower Manhattan today. I hope you are ok. E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-73019903791896117312017-10-31T17:02:00.284-04:002017-10-31T17:02:00.284-04:00I also wanted to know about what was happening in ...I also wanted to know about what was happening in NY, especially if all Reiders are safe and accounted for.<br /><br />Colin, in light of today's specificity about titles, my book, Angels of the Underground, shouldn't be in the Novel section. I think it's subtitle should have been: A Nonfiction Story.<br /><br />Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165072684559960801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-39209087834321267062017-10-31T16:44:24.965-04:002017-10-31T16:44:24.965-04:00EM, the perpetrator was shot twice by NYPD and tak...<b>EM,</b> the perpetrator was shot twice by NYPD and taken into custody. Right now, it's over but they're reporting six dead and constantly updating the injured. The perpetrator shouted Alahu Akbar (don't know the correct spelling) when he got out of the truck holding two potential weapons in his hands which is why they shot him.<br /><br />Janet, you can delete this if you want, but I wanted to answer.nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-82468161398009124952017-10-31T16:39:27.997-04:002017-10-31T16:39:27.997-04:00Is everyone in New York ok? My kid is right where ...Is everyone in New York ok? My kid is right where this attack is going on. Is it over yet?E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-24988939229583912852017-10-31T16:30:05.890-04:002017-10-31T16:30:05.890-04:00Colin, I'm so very far from famous, but thank ...Colin, I'm so very far from famous, but thank you, that's incredibly kind of you. In all my lurking here I wasn't even aware there was a list, sorry I missed it. Seriously, thanks!! That just made my day :)Peter Salomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521349086385274085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-60063533691413966702017-10-31T15:10:55.964-04:002017-10-31T15:10:55.964-04:00Jennifer: You're welcome. 'Tis done. :)<b>Jennifer</b>: You're welcome. 'Tis done. :)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-90285671672781057642017-10-31T15:04:14.603-04:002017-10-31T15:04:14.603-04:00To think of all of those books that caught my eye ...To think of all of those books that caught my eye until I saw the word novel on the cover and put it back. I always thought it was some kind of literary notation. I don't usually do well with literary novels.<br /><br />Time to go back to being on hold with FEMA. This will be the eighth time to be on hold until they hang up.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33318439513529836522017-10-31T14:55:23.238-04:002017-10-31T14:55:23.238-04:00In my very specific corner library land, we don...In my very specific corner library land, we don't Dewey Decimal our fiction, so unless we're talking about some of our (recently reshelved) classics, a spine label with numbers on it is my library's best way to tell if it's fiction or non. Sometimes our books arrive without those levels, however. Or labeled incorrectly. And that's when I need to occasionally go digging into things like subject traces and WorldCat.<br /><br /><br />Colin, my latest is ready to add! <a href="http://syntaxandsalt.com/portfolio/aground-upon-the-sand/" rel="nofollow">Aground, Upon the Sand</a>.<br /><br />Thank you again for maintaining the treasure chest! It's an amazing thing to behold. Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-36857631102072383092017-10-31T14:10:39.884-04:002017-10-31T14:10:39.884-04:00And then you have "Beneath a Scarlet Sky"...And then you have "Beneath a Scarlet Sky" which is a novel but largely based on fact, including the names of the major characters.<br /><br />As an aside on that book, which is the tale of a teenager in WWII, the first part is written in a YA style but the style changes to more of an adult style as the book progresses. I heard the author say that the styles and the style change were deliberate.Bill Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03334539193831103363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-47270844923936204002017-10-31T14:07:54.420-04:002017-10-31T14:07:54.420-04:00My humorous poetry book is listed under humour and...My humorous poetry book is listed under humour and poetry. That didn't stop a Russian antique piano dealer from inquiring why I had an illustration of an astronaut playing a piano on its cover... Barbara Etlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190731838738606727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-31569474768729851532017-10-31T13:26:26.516-04:002017-10-31T13:26:26.516-04:00Perspectives! I love hearing other perspectives. ...Perspectives! I love hearing other perspectives. <br /><br /><b>Sherry</b> - did you mean to say, hiding the candy 'for' yourself?? Or am I the only one who buys Halloween candy 'for the visitors' and hides my fav pieces?<br /><br /><b>Mallory</b> "one person's "duh" is another person's "huh" - that is hilarious. So many applications in life.<br /><br />Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-43904368420449908362017-10-31T13:18:28.994-04:002017-10-31T13:18:28.994-04:00Thanks Adele.
I always get that wrong, I know not ...Thanks Adele.<br />I always get that wrong, I know not why.<br />I try to remember to google, but I didn't.<br />My cri de coeur: AIEEEEEEEEEJanet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-51693419374882570502017-10-31T12:54:14.846-04:002017-10-31T12:54:14.846-04:00I thought this too for awhile until I started teac...I thought this too for awhile until I started teaching and realized what I thought of as common sense wasn't very common. I guess one person's "duh" is another person's "huh." I need to look into this "Electric Church" book. Sounds interesting. Mallory Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16282261391938135052noreply@blogger.com