Why are we so judgemental?? Not only are we critical of other people we are so much more than brutal when it comes to something WE have done or created. Why? Why can not more people stand on their own soap box and scream “Look at me! I am AWESOME!!” We seem to have preprogrammed ourselves to expect the worst and thus crawl in our own little holes and hide. This is NOT ok!
I should probably enlighten you all as to what has so recently set this off…
My friends mother recently wrote a book and self published direct to Amazon (thank you to amazon for allowing the unknown publishers their pedestal!), when I asked him how the book was going he told me that it was slow going and that his mother was unsure of how to best advertize it. she had been turned down by so many publishers that she seems to have become gun-shy and as a result has seemed to put it on the back burner. I was outraged! I had taken the time to purchase, read, and review the book on goodreads.com, the book was outstanding, a stand alone story set in a well created other world with amazing characters and phenomenal scenes. The book transported me completely to the other world and I felt for the characters and their struggles. I understood their i and felt challenged by the ending. I wanted more as soon as I was done, I did not walk away feeling that this book was boring or sub par in any way so HOW could she be backing away and not wanting to shout from the roof tops that this book was awesome?! The world today baffles me, I feel lost and confused as to why we must bring each other down to bring ourselves up. So my dear friends if she will not stand on her own soap box I sure as heck will!
I challenge each and every one of you to go to http://www.amazon.com/Susan-Shell-Winston/e/B00HZP2QMS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1414974003&sr=8-1-spell and download her book to your device! OR be a trooper and purchase the paper back! Read it, absorb it, pass it along (be sure to review it!). lets show Susan Shell Winston that her book IS amazing and all she really needs to do is get out there in front of the masses and tell everyone about it! Because, at the end of the day, isn’t that what we all need to do? get out there and MAKE people see just how amazing we are! Come on guys, help me out! Lets show the world what one stand alone author can do! Who says we need a big name publisher to back us up? Why can’t we just be awesome on our own??
While you’re at it, maybe visit http://www.holdenstone.com/index.php/other-works-by-susan-shell-winston and check out her other works (short stories and prose). What do you have to lose? Maybe you will stumble upon something there that truly moves you. I dare you!
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