More Shameless Self Promotion

[Moonitic]

Hey, I'm a business minded babe now...publicity is the name of the game! I need my fencing family to run over to this website:
http://bitbooks.com/Stories_for_Teens/

Read the excerpt for SECRETS OF THE MAIDEN (click on the title), then rate the excerpt. For those of you who are asking why...I wrote it. It's got pirates in it! Pirates who use swords! Need I say more?

Thanks a bunch, gang...you're peaches!

[Shadow Fencer]

Moon-
An action packed chapter 1!

[flik]

a great start moon! the excerpt ended in a excellent spot... thinking of getting it to find out what happened!

love the fencing overtones as well

[Moonitic]

Glad you liked it!

And if you get it, you can send away for a FREE autographed bookplate! Let me know!

ps...thanks for the ratings...I'm in a very comfy top spot for my catagory right now!

[arcon]

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[veeco]

That was awesome. I want to know the rest of the story! I'm buying the book right now!

[rusty epee]

Checked out the site and read the excerpt -- looks like it ought to do very well! Only one thing: where can I get it? Please let me know. Checked out Barnes & Noble and of course, you're not mainstream enough for their list yet (that's a yet, not a never, and I don't see this as a never). Their networked sources didn't cough up anything except a load of books by an author of the same name who preceded you by about a century. So what gives? (Hrmmmph)

In exasperation,
-- k

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Youth and enthusiam are no match for age and treachery....

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[Moonitic]

you can get the book from www.publishamerica.com or Amazon.com.

[rusty epee]

Very cool -- thank you!

Best of luck on your next one!!!

-- k

[Stryder]

Loved your story Moon'.


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[Moonitic]

Glad you liked it. And thanks for the heads up. The bugs are being worked out of that webpage now.

[This message has been edited by Moonitic (edited 02-07-2001).]

I'm sorry.

Richard Montgomery is the name of my high school, named after some random general who died in the Revolutionary War. There's a big, ugly mural of him done by students in one of the hallways, so I can't stop laughing at your portrayal of a guy with the same name as one sexy momma.

And your story is.. interesting. It's very suspenseful, but I can't honestly say I liked it. It seems cliche, with the crossdressing swashbuckler girl with Melodramatically Dead Family, which died in melodramatic ways and comes back to haunt her in melodramatic flashbacks.

I dunno, that's just judging from the excerpt.

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[Moonitic]

That's nice. Have a nice life. I didn't post this information to give people ammo for a snit fest. But some people are so insecure in their own lives that they have to find fault in others. Oh well. Your loss. Other people like it. End of conversation.

[Willow]

goodness....Moon asked for support. Do you call criticizing her and saying you didn't like it support? I mean, you are entitled to your opinion, but if you didn't like it, why bother posting anything? Didn't your mother ever teach you that if you don't like someone, or something, it's better to say nothing at all?

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does Elvis talk to you?

[sabreuse]

Moonitic, Willow, relax.

Different people have different tastes. When the movie Dances with Wolves first came out, I read a bad review that said, in effect, that the whole cowboys and Indians thing was so OVER. I still liked the movie and so did a lot of other people. A person saying they don't care for a particular book is not a personal attack on YOU. If you are going to put your artistic creations out in the open, you have to be prepared for some criticism. Constructive criticism can be supportive too. Look at the feedback you receive with an objective mind. Use what feels valid, disregard the rest. Being closed to all criticism doesn't sound like a good way to get ahead in the publishing world. My friends and I have a standard comment when we see a strange art exhibit or hear a musician with less than professional talents. We say that someone was not honest with that person early in their career. I consider that lack of honesty to be a disservice to the artist. Anyway, I wish you the best in your writing career.

[MikeHarm]

I took a look at it, not the sort of book I'm into. Good luck with the writing career though, my brother and one of my cousins are trying to become writers also and I know its very difficult.

Mike

[Moonitic]

Maybe I forgot to mention that the book is targeted mainly for teens. Oops!

[Moonitic]

Here's an update...

In fact, it could be VERY good for people who run fencing clubs, charities, special events, etc...

Cafepress.com makes merchandise with whatever design you want on it. No charge to you. They have a base price that covers their costs, then you mark it up to whatever you want. I.E. A plain white t-shirt's base price is $10.99. I marked it up to $15.99, giving me a profit of $5. Go check it out!

While you're there, visit my store: www.cafepress.com/maiden1 to get a sample of what they do.

[Fencing Angel]

i love the first chapter and i would love to read more... but my mother says that we can't buy anything online... but i will have to look for it at boarders or barns and nobel next time i am there. again it sould like a great book. i am 15 BTW. just so you know that you got a teens oppion

[Moonitic]

Thanks so much, Angel. I *think* you can order it from B&N. Give it a try. The ISBN is 1-58851-307-6.

You can also order it by mail. I'm hoping to get my own stock in soon, so you could even get it directly from me (autographed, of course!). Let me know & we'll work something out. The bookstores are really being snotty about new books lately.