15:51:44 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Yay, Hailey! 15:52:12 From Hailey : Happy Hello, Beth (and everyone)! 15:52:32 From Beth Barany : Hi Everyone, We’ll get started in about 8 minutes. thanks joining us early! 15:53:23 From Beth Barany : Hi Hailey! 15:53:33 From Ezra Barany's iPad : To all those who came early, we have cupcakes in the shape of file cabinets for you. Enjoy! 15:53:51 From Hailey : 15:54:08 From Heather Dakota : Hi Everyone! 15:55:36 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Hi Heather!! 15:58:23 From Nicole : Hello, hello. 15:58:28 From Nadine Travers : Hey there 15:58:54 From Nadine Travers : Yep 15:58:57 From Heather Dakota : Just peachy! 15:59:08 From Nicole : yep 15:59:12 From Audrey : Yes, can see you 15:59:13 From Therese : Yes and hello to you both! 15:59:13 From Hugh Tipping : Can see/hear! 15:59:19 From Nadine Travers : Hi both 15:59:36 From Hailey : The sound is wonderful - no echo! 15:59:46 From LaVerne St. George : Working great! 15:59:46 From Nicole : They were a little tough to chew.... 15:59:47 From Hailey : ; ) 15:59:51 From Denise : Hello to everyone! 16:00:10 From Nadine Travers : 7:00pm here 16:00:17 From Hailey : Where do we find the files? 16:00:22 From Heather Dakota : YAY East coasters! 16:00:34 From Nadine Travers : Yes... 16:00:39 From Heather Dakota : Deep breath! 16:00:49 From Nadine Travers : We will have 35 cm of snow tonight 16:02:11 From Nicole : Phoenix. Fiction, short stories, paranormal 16:02:17 From Audrey : Literary fiction, contracted with a small press and coming later this year. 16:02:27 From Heather Dakota : Orlando, FL…Children’s Book Fiction & Nonfiction…and Adult Guided Journal 16:02:28 From cheryl : Chicagoland..., YA fiction contemp 16:02:29 From Audrey : SF bay area 16:02:35 From Nadine Travers : Montreal Quebec Canada (where it's cold and snowing (blizzard) tonight ;) I write fiction 16:02:36 From Candace : CA- just finished my YA secondary world fantasy. 16:02:46 From Hugh Tipping : From Brooklyn. Working on my first fantasy novel. Also working on getting some poetry submission-ready. 16:03:03 From tesiadejesus : Georgia, Fiction, Romantic Suspense 16:03:11 From Therese : I’m from Alameda and a fellow SFA-RWA member. My debut novel comes out April 12th -it’s paranormal time travel romance. 16:03:19 From LaVerne St. George : Durham, NC. Historical inspirational romance. Sending it out now. 16:03:24 From Suse : sue in wisconsin -- writes fiction 16:03:40 From Denise : I’m from CT. I write both YA and Time travel romance . I also belong to RWA 16:03:46 From Hailey : Hi Beth, Ezra, and all! I’m from NYC. I have two works out on Amazon: _Feeding the Passion_ is an adult sci-fi romance, and a sweet YA romance, _My Crush_. I have 4 5-star reviews on the adult work, but nothing (WAAAAA) for the YA work. 16:04:06 From Nadine Travers : I'm also in RWA 16:04:16 From MindsofSteel : Menlo Park, CA. Short stories. One done: A SUPERSTAR LOVE STORY on amazon. #2 coming in March 16:04:24 From Gael : gael in Western PA, fiction and non-fiction 16:05:07 From Janet Jennings : janet Jennings aka lady J. I'm from Ohio. My genre is fantasy,sci-fi, and urban. have a book at Amazon under the name Billie Maverick. 16:05:22 From Nadine Travers : Indie for me 16:05:23 From Nicole : independent 16:05:25 From Heather Dakota : Both…Traditional and Indie 16:05:27 From Hugh Tipping : Independent! 16:05:34 From Therese : Indie all the way! 16:05:37 From cheryl : indie 16:05:39 From Denise : Indie and published with a small pub 16:05:44 From LaVerne St. George : Both...Traditional and Indie. 16:05:54 From tesiadejesus : traditional. one published 16:07:15 From tesiadejesus : yes 16:07:16 From Heather Dakota : Yeppers 16:07:16 From Hugh Tipping : Can see! 16:07:16 From Denise : Yes 16:07:16 From Nadine Travers : yes 16:07:17 From Janet Jennings : Nice. 16:07:18 From Therese : yes 16:07:19 From LaVerne St. George : yes 16:07:22 From Audrey : yes 16:07:25 From Gael : yes 16:07:32 From Hugh Tipping : This is a great template! 16:08:20 From Heather Dakota : :) 16:18:38 From Denise : I’m a book blogger. Been doing it for 8 years 16:18:53 From Ezra Barany's iPad : booknerdigans 16:19:02 From Gail : Cool! Can you put your URLs? 16:19:19 From Nadine Travers : nice 16:19:37 From Hailey : Denise - what types of books do you like to review? 16:19:46 From Denise : The Pen and Muse Book Reviews. http://thepenmuse.net I read romance, ya 16:20:00 From Gail : Thank you, Denise! 16:20:10 From Ryan : Know of any sci-fi reviewers/bloggers? 16:20:36 From Nadine Travers : Me too not enough review 16:20:43 From Janet Jennings : Same here. 16:20:59 From Ezra Barany's iPad : we'll show how to find book bloggers specific to your genre. :) 16:21:01 From Gail : Very hard to get reviews, sadly. 16:21:08 From Janet Jennings : very good 16:21:48 From Deborah Globus : What if you don't know what genre you are? 16:21:59 From Audrey : I have found literary fiction reviewers hard to find, as opposed to genre. Not nearly as obvious or as many. 16:23:33 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Audrey, consider typing into the search engine, "[a bestselling author in literary fiction like your book]" "book reviews". See if anything comes up :) 16:24:05 From Ryan : https://bookbloggerdirectory.wordpress.com <--First one I found 16:24:41 From Audrey : That's a good idea. I remember trying that a while ago but didn't find many. Will certainly try again! 16:24:42 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Ryan: Sweet! 16:25:05 From Gail : Thanks, Ryan! 16:25:09 From Heather Dakota : Thank you Ryan! 16:25:16 From Denise : This directory is great for bloggers. Here is one for Science Fiction. https://bookbloggerdirectory.wordpress.com/fiction-blogs/science-fiction-fantasy/ 16:25:29 From Ryan : Always happy to help. 16:25:30 From Gail : Thanks, Denise for the sci-fi!!! 16:25:33 From Audrey : It's like Elizabeth Strout -- Olive Kittrege. Could try taht. 16:29:08 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Http://twitter.com/Beth_Barany/lists/book-bloggers-reviewers/members 16:29:16 From Christine : Are there reviewers and bloggers for E-books? 16:29:31 From Gail : Thanks for the link :) 16:29:41 From Therese : how do you find out twitter blogger’s policies? 16:29:49 From lindabudzinski : Their policies will tell you if they accept ebooks. 16:30:03 From lindabudzinski : What she said :) 16:31:03 From tesiadejesus : me 16:31:22 From Carol : I have queried agents at conferences. 16:31:23 From Ryan : I haven't done the agent thing yet, to be honest I'm a bit leery of it. 16:31:49 From Nicole : No, but I've sent queries to blogs for guest posts and publications on Medium 16:32:11 From Gail : I've had so many agent rejections over the years, I could paper my walls! (if I'd saved them) 16:32:19 From Nadine Travers : Ah no!!! Blurb!!! 16:32:40 From Carol : I belonged to a Review-Crew a few years ago. Worked really well. 16:32:40 From Janet Jennings : Gail you should just publish your own book.,.. 16:32:45 From Nadine Travers : When a course how to create a amazin blurb, Beth?? 16:33:03 From Gail : I've been lucky to find small publishers and absolutely love them! 16:33:55 From Carol : Amazing blurb! 16:34:05 From Ryan : Yeah, I've got a small publisher that I'll probably contact directly and see if they can point me towards an appropriate agent (if needed). 16:34:25 From Carol : I've used Ezra's article to write my blurbs. 16:34:27 From Nicole : Didn't we cover that in Plan Your Novel? 16:34:32 From Christine : My e-books are for older children and adults who like fairy tales and the stories are in rhyme. Does anyone know someone who would like to review them? 16:34:34 From Nadine Travers : Cold 16:34:42 From Nadine Travers : oups cool 16:35:02 From Carol : Christine: https://bookbloggerdirectory.wordpress.com/fiction-blogs/childrens-under-12/ 16:35:21 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/2015/11/05/how-to-get-reviews-by-beth-barany/ 16:35:28 From Heather Dakota : Christine…contact me…I’m a children’s book writer & coach. I review Indie publish too. heather@heatherdakota.com 16:37:36 From lindabudzinski : queries 16:37:41 From Suse : 1 16:37:41 From Nicole : number of queries sent 16:37:42 From Carol : How many query letters sent. 16:38:02 From LaVerne St. George : queries 16:38:05 From Gail : 2, queries sent 16:38:06 From Christine : Thank you Heather. I will be in touch. 16:38:07 From Deborah Globus : Your time 16:38:10 From Ryan : Queries, no doubt :P 16:38:41 From Suse : oops read it wrong duh! "2" 16:38:52 From Heather Dakota : Deborah!!! <3 16:40:37 From Nadine Travers : yes please 16:40:43 From Gail : Love spreadsheets! 16:40:50 From Deborah Globus : Hi Heather! 16:41:35 From Gail : Love quizzes, too! 16:41:39 From Janet Jennings : How long to you give bloggers to get back with you. And do you have a format for using excel to keep up with your inquires. 16:43:16 From Gail : Hi, Leo! 16:43:17 From Nadine Travers : hello Leo 16:43:18 From Carol : Hey Leo 16:43:24 From Heather Dakota : Awww…Leo! 16:43:28 From Denise : Aww adorable! 16:43:29 From Therese : hi Leo!!! 16:43:29 From Hailey : Meow, Leo! 16:43:34 From lindabudzinski : Very cute 16:43:50 From Christine : Leo is pretty. 16:44:18 From Ezra Barany's iPad : http://canva.com 16:44:37 From Ryan : The sound's getting a bit weird ... 16:45:05 From lindabudzinski : Mine is fine 16:45:09 From Candace : yes- weird 16:45:10 From Heather Dakota : mine is good 16:45:11 From LaVerne St. George : sound ok 16:45:11 From Gail : Yes. It's been a bit weird from the get-go. 16:45:14 From Deborah Globus : good 16:45:14 From Nicole : kinda off 16:45:16 From Christine : It's okay to me. 16:45:17 From D.Anne to Beth Barany (Privately) : mine is fine 16:45:19 From Gail : Still understandable though. 16:45:19 From Carol : Sounds like you're speaking under water, but it's not bad. 16:45:20 From Therese : fine for me 16:45:22 From Janet Jennings : fine,.. 16:45:25 From Hugh Tipping : no problems with sound here 16:45:28 From Hailey : There was a moment of tin, but the sound recovered 16:45:31 From Carol : Okay fixed. 16:45:42 From Ryan : Could be connections. AT&T is screwy at best. 16:46:07 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/how-to-get-reviews/ 16:46:54 From Ryan : I think I have to run, thanks for the info so far, I'll be sure to check back more in depth once my alpha manuscript is read. 16:46:59 From Ryan : Er, ready. 16:47:07 From Gail : By, Ryan. 16:47:11 From Nadine Travers : bye Ryan 16:47:12 From Gail : Bye* 16:47:20 From Heather Dakota : bye Ryan! 16:47:26 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Bye, Ryan! 16:47:34 From Heather Dakota : What do you do if someone gives you a bad review on their blog? 16:47:54 From Hailey : cry and eat chocolate? 16:48:03 From Gail : Ha, ha, Hailey! 16:48:05 From Nadine Travers : lol 16:48:15 From Heather Dakota : LOL…right?! 16:48:19 From Gail : And do not argue with them about it! 16:48:38 From Denise : I’ve had it happen I just move on. Sometimes bad publicity can turn into something good 16:48:40 From Hailey : : ) 16:48:45 From lindabudzinski : Definitely, same on Goodreads and Amazon. Let it go. 16:49:05 From Gail : I realize that not everyone will like what I write. 16:49:06 From Nadine Travers : You can't please everyone 16:49:33 From Hailey : …and, perhaps, Amazon sees a variety of reviews as being “honest” and they won’t pull all the good ones. 16:53:04 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Http://bit.ly/30daywritingchallenge 16:53:58 From Ezra Barany's iPad : (15-day challenge!) 16:54:17 From Nadine Travers : YES!!!! 16:54:43 From david-emil-henderson : Do blogger reviewers also post to Amazon, etc/? 16:55:02 From Denise : Some do, I know I try to, to BN, Amazon and Goodreads 16:55:11 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Usually if you ask them to, David. 16:55:15 From Heather Dakota : This is excellent! 16:56:07 From Hailey : Looks great! 16:56:07 From Nadine Travers : yes 16:56:07 From Nicole : yes 16:56:15 From Denise : The tail endorses the book! 16:56:41 From Nadine Travers : Yes!!!! 16:56:43 From Janet Jennings : I know that this isnt what you're talking about but do you have a class where you critic books? 16:57:43 From Suse : i'd love a class like Janet Jenniungs asked 16:57:57 From Suse : how to write reviews 16:58:27 From david-emil-henderson : Thanks to everyone for comments, answers, et al 16:58:29 From Janet Jennings : I would like someone to give my book a look through on how to strengthen it. 16:58:53 From Gail : Janet, find a local writing critique grouup. 16:59:13 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Go to writers fun zone and do a search for how to write and get great reviews. It goes step by step on how to write a review, or how your friends can write an honest review. 16:59:14 From Heather Dakota : <——————————— 16:59:30 From Janet Jennings : Thank you! 16:59:46 From Carol : I need to finish the book. 16:59:47 From Heather Dakota : Research 16:59:55 From Nicole : I need to get edited and a cover made first. 17:00:42 From lindabudzinski : I need to start building a database of ya romance reviewers! 17:01:38 From Denise : For covers there are a lot of place including Fiverr.com 17:01:51 From Hailey to Beth Barany (Privately) : What do you do if you are the reviewer and the book is either out or about to be released, but it needs help? 17:01:53 From LaVerne St. George : Several of your campaign opportunities led to more effort on your part, so sounds like when we start on a campaign, we need to plan in some extra time for follow-up. 17:02:04 From Janet Jennings : Nicole you can try to get a cover done by going to 99designs and create a contest for the artists there. Thats how I got a cover for my 1st book done. 17:02:19 From Nicole : Thanks Janet 17:02:39 From Nadine Travers : Or you can look inside the book that you like the cover and look the copywrite and you will see where they do it 17:02:58 From Denise : Fiver shows portfolio’s and feedback. Make sure they have unlimited or a number for revisions 17:03:10 From Gail : Make sure you only use public domain photos for covers! 17:03:11 From Nadine Travers : Yes, go Ezra!!! 17:03:23 From Nicole : yes, Ezra, please 17:03:41 From Suse : great advice, Ezra, on covers! the saying "never judge a book by its cover" really isn't true for lots and lots of readers 17:03:45 From Janet Jennings : can you start a book campaign when the book isn't done yet? 17:04:13 From Heather Dakota : Sometimes it’s better to buy the photo to be on the safe side. If you have a designer do your cover, make sure YOU buy the cover. 17:04:19 From Therese : yes 17:04:20 From Hailey : yes! 17:04:21 From tesiadejesus : YEs 17:04:24 From LaVerne St. George : oh yes 17:04:26 From Nadine Travers : yes 17:04:47 From david-emil-henderson : You mentioned sending eBooks or print books. What about PDF files sent via email? 17:05:06 From Ezra Barany's iPad : draft2digital.com 17:05:56 From Ezra Barany's iPad : instafreebie.com 17:07:16 From Suse : i received a book to beta read that was a pdf -- created from a word doc that had been written and formatted using "styles" -- the final pdf was a mess that did not start at page one and i could not get the text-to-speech feature of Adobe Reader to keep pace with what was on screen -- i'd not use "styles" in creting your homemade pdf ... 17:09:31 From david-emil-henderson : I would send the same PDF that I submit to printers, which should be readable on any PDF reader, such as Acrobat or Apple’s Preview. 17:10:02 From Nicole : I have to go. Thanks Beth and Ezra. Great info as always. 17:10:02 From Suse : david had asked if it is okay tosend a pdf by email 17:10:29 From LaVerne St. George : Gotta run. Thanks so much for the great info Beth and Ezra! 17:11:11 From Suse : that's why i said the "homemade" pdf was a mess 17:11:35 From Hailey : If WE are asked to be a reviewer, but the book needs work, how to handle? I don’t want to give low stars, but I also have a reputation … 17:11:41 From lindabudzinski : Great info. Thank you! 17:11:51 From Carol : I didn't see any other questions on the FB group. 17:12:00 From david-emil-henderson : could you repeat the advice on sending mulktiple formats? 17:12:26 From Carol : Should you send your book to beta-readers before you request reviews? 17:12:28 From Heather Dakota : constructive criticism 17:12:59 From Nadine Travers : How to find beta reader?? good one?? 17:13:01 From tesiadejesus : How do you find beta readers? 17:13:02 From Hailey : Thank you Beth and Ezra! 17:13:14 From Candace : How about Beta Readers giving reviews? Or is that suspect? 17:13:52 From Denise : I called a layered sandwich. Start of nice, suggestions, and then end with what you liked and how you look forward to reading the rest. 17:13:57 From david-emil-henderson : Thank you! 17:14:06 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Candace, Beat Readers could totally give reviews! 17:14:07 From Hailey : Denise - great idea 17:14:08 From Carol : So you SHARE your Drive file with the reviewers? 17:14:39 From Carol : Yeah! Great book! 17:15:06 From Ezra Barany's iPad : Carol, you share the folder that has the files in it, with the reviewers. 17:15:37 From Candace : Exactly Ezra 17:15:51 From Beth Barany : http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/2015/09/17/3-essential-editing-tips-beta-readers-pt-3-by-beth_barany/ 17:16:09 From Nadine Travers : Someone I know it's happen... she been cut off 22 reviews she got on her book 17:16:17 From Deborah Globus : So, seriously? Amazon is gonna give me grief if my MOM does a review?? ;) 17:17:27 From Denise : Deborah, I would’t be too worried. Just have her not say she’s your mom 17:17:36 From Deborah Globus : Who am I kidding. My mom can't use Amazon!! 17:17:44 From Heather Dakota : LOL 17:17:48 From Nadine Travers : lol 17:17:51 From Denise : LOL i cracked up at reading that too 17:17:52 From Candace : I think if there is full disclosure of how you got the book or how you are related to the author, Amazon will keep up the review. 17:17:58 From Hailey : LOL! 17:18:20 From Carol : Usually you say your were given an ARC to review. 17:18:30 From Hugh Tipping : I see a lot of reviewers saying on Amazon: “I was given a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.” 17:18:35 From Deborah Globus : I figured it was OK. I never found Dick... 17:18:53 From Beth Barany : http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_bc_nav?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200791000. 17:19:02 From Nadine Travers : Good!! 17:19:33 From Nadine Travers : FB party and some reviews for the next month 17:19:37 From Heather Dakota : Drafting my letter and doing research 17:19:38 From Deborah Globus : I need to finish the editing process. 17:19:40 From Gail : I'm going to find as many YA sci-fi bloggers as I can! Thanks to you, I actually know how now! 17:19:55 From Carol : Research into reviewers for mid-Century Historical suspense romance with sport elements. 17:20:00 From Gail : Sure will :) 17:20:02 From Candace : When edited, I will seek reviews. I already have many Beta Reader reviews. But good time to do research. I appreciate all this info. 17:20:14 From D.Anne : Drafting my letter to bloggers and put my book up for pre-sale! :-) 17:20:17 From Gail : You guys rule! 17:20:24 From Janet Jennings : I have to start the review campaign for my 1st book on Amazon as I write my second book. i want to study in your seminars this month before I do anything else 17:20:29 From Gail : Oh, and so does Leo. 17:20:30 From Carol : You Rock and Roll! 17:20:43 From Nadine Travers : Woot Woot!! :) 17:21:00 From Denise : You guys are awesome. Thank you for the information. I’ll be doing campaigns, guest posts and using the review tracker. 17:21:02 From Hugh Tipping : I <3 Leo. :) 17:21:02 From David Strom : need to finish that damn novel. 17:21:20 From Carol : Yes, David, it would help to have a finished novel. 17:21:20 From Janet Jennings : Fininsh the damn novel Dave 17:21:28 From Hailey : Such great info! Will research appropriate bloggers and then write to them. 17:21:31 From D.Anne : Thanks for all the info! I already signed up for your class so I am looking forward to it! 17:21:33 From Nadine Travers : Finish my edit 17:21:35 From Heather Dakota : Thank you for all of this great information! 17:21:35 From David Strom : yay 17:21:41 From Carol : Is it a novel about a Dam? 17:21:51 From Therese : You both have been fabulous! Great info. I am working with a PR person for my first book review, but based on what you’ve taught today I will be doing my own campaign for the next book. Yay! 17:21:54 From Suse : Titled "Dam"? 17:22:07 From Suse : I meant "Damn" 17:22:27 From Suse : I want to find reviewe blogs to lern by osmosis how to write a non-spoiler review 17:22:31 From Nadine Travers : I'm there... ;) 17:22:38 From Hailey : Link for class here? 17:22:41 From david-emil-henderson : the time went fast. a good sign. 17:22:57 From Hailey : : ) 17:22:58 From Beth Barany : http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/ 17:23:28 From Carol : I've used Ezra's article every time I write a review. 17:23:38 From Heather Dakota : Whoot! for Blab Chats! 17:23:42 From Deborah Globus : It was loads of fun! 17:23:45 From Suse : Carol --> good toknow! 17:23:51 From Beth Barany : http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/blabchat/ 17:23:59 From Beth Barany : 2pm PT Wednesday 17:24:05 From Nadine Travers : I can't do the whole blab... commute time 17:24:19 From Carol : Twitter is a great medium for building community. 17:24:20 From tesiadejesus : Yeah looking forward to that 17:24:24 From Nadine Travers : YES!!!!! 17:24:31 From Beth Barany : http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/branding-marketing-bootcamp-for-novelists-april-2016/ 17:24:34 From Ezra Barany's iPad : http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/2012/04/25/how-to-write-and-get-great-reviews-with-examples-of-a-book-review/ 17:24:49 From Nadine Travers : Thanks Ezra!! 17:24:51 From Carol : Great article. 17:24:54 From Suse : THANKS! 17:25:37 From David Strom : I am at work and being discrete. 17:25:43 From Janet Jennings : I don't know how to use camera 17:25:46 From Candace : waving! 17:25:49 From Hailey : 17:25:53 From Hugh Tipping : I’m feeling shy tonight. :) 17:25:55 From Therese : sending you a virtual wave! 17:26:01 From Hailey : Yes! GREAT class! 17:26:17 From Hugh Tipping : :) 17:26:25 From Therese : Thank you!!! 17:26:27 From tesiadejesus : thank you 17:26:29 From Hailey : Meow to LEo! 17:26:58 From Janet Jennings : bye 17:26:58 From tesiadejesus : bye 17:26:59 From D.Anne : bye!