tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post1028301736990484970..comments2024-03-23T10:46:37.375+11:00Comments on Autumn Write: AAtS - Progress and PromotionAndrea K Hösthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01535131780314094508noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-12218486075263541972012-08-21T22:08:05.732+10:002012-08-21T22:08:05.732+10:00Very good point. I sit back and watch the cut sce...Very good point. I sit back and watch the cut scenes with fascination. You never know what character motivation the NPC's will have...and they behave like normal people. Of course, there's also the highly variable puzzles and the encouragement to use Google searching - I'm not over the novelty of that yet. I mentioned a morse code puzzle to my Dad and he reminisced about the old guys who could listen to it in full speed like it was in English (and thus knew all the police news by hanging out under the morse operators window).Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909466417710679436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-66208767851345534122012-08-21T16:49:15.646+10:002012-08-21T16:49:15.646+10:00It has actual stories! Lots of actual, well-writt...It has actual stories! Lots of actual, well-written stories! And the quests are very cleverly constructed to make it feel like you're not doing your standard collectx-killx.Andrea K Hösthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535131780314094508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-29570685829871012602012-08-21T16:01:33.700+10:002012-08-21T16:01:33.700+10:00The secret world. There are days when I refuse to...The secret world. There are days when I refuse to turn on the computer so I can get other things done. Its possibly the most addictive MMO I've found for me. I'm still figuring out exactly why.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909466417710679436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-68916446342771972952012-08-17T17:54:10.028+10:002012-08-17T17:54:10.028+10:00I've used BookRooster in the past - they are d...I've used BookRooster in the past - they are definitely one way to get some Amazon reviews (though I gather they've declined in effectiveness and gone up in price). The thing with BookRooster, though, is it aims to get you 10 reviews, and then stops distributing your book. NetGalley is done on a time period, not a review number, and the question I'm mulling is that while most reviewers will be completely disinterested in it when I first put it up, if it builds a tiny bit of buzz then it will be available - hopefully creating a little snowball effect.<br /><br />Hard to say, though - as usual I've abandoned every genre convention you might think of. I think some people will love this book, but others might bounce off it.Andrea K Hösthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535131780314094508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-11229793586487363482012-08-17T15:51:15.987+10:002012-08-17T15:51:15.987+10:00I read and review books from Netgalley (among othe...I read and review books from Netgalley (among other sources,) but I don't know how their rate of review is for small press/self-pub works. Have you looked into BookRooster? It's a cheaper second (or third) tier service just for Kindle galleys, and it's more indie/self-pub focused. I sometimes end up delaying reading the copies I get through them because they don't have a suggested deadline the way Netgalley ARCs do, but all the books I've looked up that have gone through there have seen a notable uptick in their Amazon reviews. You're probably already more popular than most of the authors who roll through that service, though.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372317376002783405noreply@blogger.com